NotePage SMS, Texting and Messaging Blogs

Even a presidential candidate’s most devoted supporters could be forgiven for trying to tune out the torrent of campaign emails, Twitter messages, Facebook posts, Instagrams and Snapchats that steadily flood voters inboxes and social-media feeds in this digitized, pixelated, endlessly streaming election cycle.

But a text message is different.

A text message — despite its no-frills, retro essence — is something personal. Something invasive. Something almost guaranteed to be read.

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Almost nine out of ten financial services organizations believe SMS—or mobile messaging—has a considerable or major impact on customer service, and 73% consider it to be very effective for employee-focused emergency alerts, according to a study by OpenMarket and International Data Corp.

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These days, instead of writing notes to ourselves, some people rely on texting. They text themselves something they don't want to forget, and they text friends to make sure they don't forget something important.

And schools are catching on...

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According to a Pew Research Center report from April 2015, sixty-four percent of American adults own a smartphone, and forty-six percent believe they cannot live without them. But, are nonprofit organizations paying enough attention to these important statistics, and are they applying them to their brand outreach and fundraising?

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Paesslers network monitoring software, PRTG Network Monitor, offers multiple methods to relay notifications, including SMTP mail relay, SMS, ICQ, etc., allowing users to ensure in various ways that they are informed if an issue such as an outage or a slow server needs to be brought to their attention. However, there are times when the normal relay means do not suffice, particularly if the main leased line used to connect to the network is interrupted. For these purposes, PRTG Network Monitor includes the option to trigger executable notifications which, combined with the proper external software, can overcome this issue with ease. One software we have been recommending a while is PageGate from NotePage, Inc.

Why Integrate PRTG with PageGate

Using PageGate to Send Messages from PRTG

PageGate delivers SMS messages to wireless messaging devices such as alphanumeric pagers, numeric pagers, mobile phones and PIMs (Personal Information Managers). It is loaded with advanced features like group paging, pre-programmed messages, on-call groups, scheduled messages, and repeating messages.

TextPipe Pro is a data extraction and text manipulation application that updates your web site, extracts data from databases, reformats and standardizes your electronic text and program source code, data mines unstructured text reports and your competitor's web sites, cleanses data in legacy databases, converts between a variety of mainframe and PC data formats - the possibilities are simply endless.

TextPipe Pro can trigger one or more PageGate messages to a mobile phone or pager in a number of situations:

Steps to Integrate TextPipe and PageGate

PageGate can be used as the bridge between CAD (computer aided dispatch systems) and can pass the email message to Active911 to have the message broadcast to the indicated individuals. There are several ways to configure Pagegate to send messages to Active911. The easiest method is to create a new recipient and add this recipient to the desired group in Pagegate that is currently receiving messages over either SNPP or SMTP.

Active911 and NotePage

Users simply text their request to GoButler and the service goes to work communicating via SMS as needed along the way.

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According to the World Health organization (WHO), infants who are partly breastfed or not breastfed at all may face a higher risk of death from diarrhoea and other infections.

The global health body recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant's life. Breast milk not only protects newborn babies from infection, it also lowers mortality among malnourished children.

Luckily, Rahim knew better than her well-meaning friends, having signed up to receive text messages on staying healthy during pregnancy and after giving birth as part of a government campaign to improve maternal and newborn health in the east African country.

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With todays release of version 5.0 of NotePager Pro, companies are able to reduce the amount of time it takes to acknowledge and respond to urgent situations. This automatically improves efficiency, increases productivity and reduces costs.

NotePager Pro now allows messages to be scheduled based on the calendar, reminding staff of important meetings or deadlines. Additionally messages can be prioritized, if you need to guarantee that someone in your recipient list gets their message first, now you can! NotePager Pro can send messages to an unlimited number of recipients, and allows for sending critical alerts at any time of day, from any location.

NotePager Pro v5 What is New?

In the 1960s, the CIA was attempting to develop a hand-held two-way communications system that would allow case officers to swap messages with sources without having to physically meet.

There were a few possible advantages to these early Short-Range Agent Communications devices (SRAC). SRAC systems could eliminate detection risks associated with face-to-face meetings. Messages could be sent directly to sources, rather than left in vulnerable dead drops or conveyed through risky brush passes in public.

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Text messaging has been maligned for causing chronic aches and pains0thanks, in part, to the fact that picking the perfect emoji and typing haha for the hundredth time causes us to take on the posture of Quasimodo.

However, while the act of texting may lead to discomfort for those glued to their smartphones, receiving a text message can significantly reduce pain for those who are injured, ill, or undergoing surgery.

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We do not too often think of technological development in the realm of religion, a word that calls to mind community gatherings and places of worship that long predate modern technology. But the fact of the matter is, when it comes to SMS technology, everyone is finding ways to advance the things that are important to them, and religion makes no exception. By embracing text messaging, some religions and religious organizations have found ways to make practice more convenient and accessible to all.

Text Me to Church

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Smart Phone, Healthy You
Trying to keep that New Year's resolution to stay fit? You'll be pleased to learn that technology can help you far more than it may distract you, if you use it right. Whether you want to stick to a fitness regimen, eat healthier, manage your weight, sleep better, or improve your overall wellness, there is, as they say, an app for that.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/smart-phone-healthy-you.htm

Can Your Smart Phone Make You, Well, Smarter?
Smart phones do an abundance of amazing things for us, but it is important to note that making you smarter overnight is not one of them. Your smart phone can, however, be implemented in a way that will aid you substantially in the process of expanding your mind and heightening your intelligence. Use your phone right, and you may be surprised at what it can do!
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/can-your-smart-phone-make-you-smarter.htm

The Health Implications of Texting
These applications of texting are certainly a boon to the sphere of health and medicine, which constantly grows more efficient and effective as we develop technology and find new uses for it. With so many new uses for SMS arising in the medical community, texting promises to provide many innovative and useful new programs to come.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/health-implications-of-texting.htm

How Your Phone Can Make Driving Safer
As much as we love our phones, their widespread use has a number of negative consequences, and the fact that almost one in four car collisions involve cell phones is a particularly grave one. However, many innovators have responded to this danger, developing technologies that aim to reduce the role of cell phones in distracted driving.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/how-your-phone-can-make-driving-safer.htm

When Crisis Strikes
We have all seen the tragedies that have struck a little too close to home.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/when-crisis-strikes.htm

Settings for Popular Carriers
http://notepage.net/top-carrier-settings-for-sending-messages.htm

Verizon Conversion from TAP to SMTP
http://notepage.net/conversion-from-tap-to-smtp.htm

New Role of Cell Phone in Politics
With the expansion of cell phones into so many aspects of our lives, it's hardly surprising that cell phones are playing a growing role in the political sphere.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/new-role-of-cell-phone-in-politics.htm

What is the Right Age for a Cell Phone?
There are a few factors, however, that remain consistently important in helping parents decide whether their child or young teenager is ready for their own phone.
https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/what-is-right-age-for-cell-phone.htm

Stayed Tuned!
We will be announcing a new NotePager Pro Release shortly as well as a number of new partnerships and integrations!

Humor!
SMS and text messaging cartoons!
https://www.notepage.net/sms-text-messaging-humor.htm

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While texting enables romantic partners to develop and maintain their relationships, it also may create a potential strain.

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How did text messaging evolve from a high-tech feature to a cellphone staple? Check out its history here.

Brief History of Text Messaging