NotePage SMS, Texting and Messaging Blogs

Many worry that the popularity of text messaging among young people is a nuisance and a distraction, keeping adolescents and young adults from succeeding in school and at work. However, when applied right, texting might have a positive impact on young peoples performance in higher education. A text messaging initiative launched by West Virginias Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) might be keeping college-bound students on track and promoting better performance at the college level.

Can Texting Boost College Preparedness

Alerts are generated for user-definable events, and may be triggered by the simple occurrence of an event or by the crossing of a threshold value for a monitored Interface, Volume or Node. Alerts may be set to notify different people on different days, different times of the day, different people for different events, or any combination of times, events, and people. Alerts can be configured to notify people who need to know about the emergent event.

How to Integrate SolarWinds Orion with PageGate

Follow these steps to use Andover Controls with PageGate.

Andover Controls sends alerting information by serial line and PageGate can be easily integrated with Andover Controls by using the GetSerial module. The GetSerial module allows PageGate to monitor a serial port for incoming alerts from the I/NET system.

How to Use Andover Controls with PageGate

Step by step video tutorials on how to effectively use NotePager Pro software.

NotePager Pro Video Tutorials

If you are an Android user who's always wished you could experience what it is like to text someone with iMessage instead of regular SMS text, well, you are probably going to be pretty psyched about this new development. You can now send iMessages on Android devices, thanks to an app called weMessage — if you have a Mac computer, that is.

That is right: you should know that you will need a Mac computer at home in order for this app to work. No, you cannot escape Apple entirely — iMessage is their program, after all.

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I will assume that if you are reading a blog post about texting privacy tips, then you already have a passcode or Touch ID or Face ID enabled to keep your iPhone protected when it is locked. The next step is to keep text alerts from appearing on the lock screen, where anyone can see them. To turn off lock screen notifications, go to Settings > Notifications > Messages and toggle off Show on Lock Screen in the Alerts section.

Alternatively, you can still get lock screen alerts but without the preview of the text message.

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You have probably been told once or twice (likely by your mom at the dinner table) to stop constantly looking at your phone. Using your phone is almost unavoidable, though, since smartphones are such multifunctional devices. Unfortunately, it turns out that the convenience of being able to reply to emails, send text messages, and take calls all right there on your smartphone might be taking a toll on your body. So, what is text neck? This latest news has a slightly silly name, but its effects can be all too serious if you are often looking down at your phone.

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Samourai, a privacy focused crypto wallet, have recently introduced a new feature which allows you to send Bitcoin payments using standard SMS messages. It opens up a whole host of possibilities, and really moves the Bitcoin network along.

Because it uses SMS messages, the app, called PonyDirect allows you to send Bitcoin without an internet connection. This also makes it a viable option in countries where there are restrictions.

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Mel Viney, MD, is a hospitalist with emergency room responsibilities at Artesian Valley Health System and is on the front lines of the opioid crisis. He treats patients addicted to opioids every day.

One such treatment includes the prescription of Suboxone, a narcotic medication used to aid recovering addicts with the symptoms of withdrawal from opiates. The medication is used as a form of detox, where patients ultimately are weaned from the Suboxone so they are drug-free.

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OK, first, take a deep breath. It appears you have made the decision to finally tell your crush how you feel about them. Major props to you. Getting past that mental hurdle is the hardest part, I promise. And in todays technologically-driven society, you will not even have to do it in person. Even better, there are a bunch of options for texts to send your crush on Valentines Day that will make coming forward with your confession way less intimidating.

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But what makes a good V-Day text to your BFF? It should be something that puts a smile on their face and lets them know that you are the person who really just gets them. Something that says, We are in this together, boo! Still need some inspiration? No worries, I have got you covered with plenty of ideas to get your Valentines Day texting fingers typing.

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One of the first things many of us do in an emergency situation is text our loved ones, but what if we can't? Often, in instances of attacks, abduction, and other violent acts, the impulse to reach for our phones subsides to the impulse to defend ourselves, and scarcely in such situations are victims even able to access their phones. Thankfully, numerous developers and organizations have found ways to put texting to use to help victims of violence, whether or not they are able to reach for their phones.

How Text Messaging is Helping Victims of Violence

With OneSolution CAD ability to execute an external program, you can send a message to a pager or cell phone using PageGate.

How to Integrate OneSolutionCAD with PageGate

Cellular hardware is the single most reliable and efficient method of delivering SMS with PageGate. By using cellular hardware, you're removing PageGate's reliance on your internet connection to deliver your messages which means that your internet connection could go down and your messages would still be delivered. It's also important to note that using cellular hardware also allows you to receive replies to your messages, which means you can configure a two-way messaging system with SMS.

SMS capable cellular hardware comes in three varieties: cellular modem, router and gateway.

Using Cellular Modems, Routers & Gateways

Follow these steps to use Spok with PageGate.

PageGate has multiple methods of being integrated with Spok's on-site paging solutions as it can output to a Spok paging transmitter by using the TAP protocol and it can also receive input from a Spok paging transmitter by using the GetTAP receiver module.

Integrating Spok with PageGate