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Interesting ways that SMS messages have helped the neediest in the world.

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Texting has not just improved life for the deaf. It also profoundly has changed life for millions of non-verbal people.

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Mobile devices often get accused of alienating people from the world around them. But for U.S. teens, cell phones, especially text messaging are a key way to stay connected with friends and other people in their lives, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Happy Birthday to text messaging!

The University of Saskatchewan has introduced an emergency alert system that will warn students about fires, explosions and other disasters through text messages.

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Over the past two years, there has been a dramatic decline in email usage among people aged 12-24 they have largely turned to text messaging and posting to Facebook instead.

Many students used electronic devices to connect with their world outside the classroom instead of engaging in class discussions.   I struggled with how to curtail the social loafers -- the students who rely on the most talkative few to answer questions. said Methot, an assistant professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations.

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Bullying in school is hardly a new problem, but in many cases today, it does not look like it once did.

It is gone high-tech, enabling children to target one another through Facebook, Twitter, email, instant messaging and text messaging, in addition to face-to-face.

In the process, anti-bullying has become a national movement of sorts, with celebrities such as Lady Gaga joining the cause.

Local schools universally condemn bullying and cite initiatives aimed at changing behaviors. Several of them have brought in speakers on the topic and are working on anti-bullying curriculum.

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Facebook has denied a report in the Sunday Times in London that the social network is secretly reading the text messages of users who have downloaded its mobile app.

Facebook filed for its initial public offering Feb.1, giving us more insight how the tech titan operates. Here is a look at some of the social networking giant is shareholders and their affiliations with the company.
In a statement, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said that the permission to access text messages is clearly listed in the apps terms and conditions, but that the company currently is not reading text messages.

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Researchers at Georgia Tech produced the app - to be made available on Apple and Android devices - based on the Braille writing system.

It is claimed typing with the app is up to six times faster than existing methods for texting without sight.

Access to technology for the visually-impaired is a growing issue due to the proliferation of touchscreens.

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Tying a string around your finger is so 19th-century. These days, if you want to remember to do something, you get your phone to remind you.

Researchers from Denver Health and Hospital Authority, a medical school, found that patients with diabetes who received text message reminders and prompts throughout the week reported increased accountability, social support, and awareness of health information. The Researchers found that 79 percent of the participants responded to more than 50 percent of the prompts, according to the study’s results which were recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care. About 66 percent provided glucose readings when their care provided prompted them by text message, compared to the 12 percent that provided readings at two previous clinic visits.

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In India you will soon, send a message from your phone and get alerts on buses travelling on a route at a particular time.

Messages are created on a computer and then can be sent to mobile phones or cell phones. Detailed description and explanation of how SMS messaging works.