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Would it help you manage your stress level to get a warning that the text message you're about to read is your boss or partner chewing you out? The creators of a new mobile app think so.

Stress @ Work is an Android app developed by a student at England's University of Portsmouth. It color-codes incoming messages on Facebook, Twitter and via text, using their choice of language to predict their tone.

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A study of over 9,000 urban minority children shows that sending text messages to their parents can increase the number of children who receive flu vaccinations.

The increase was modest, with the flu vaccination rate rising from 39.9 percent to 43.6 percent. Among parents who actually received the text messages, the vaccination rate rose to 46.3 percent.

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If 16-year-old Sydney Harris remembers that something in the clothes dryer needs to be removed, she will send a quick text message to her mother in another part of the house.

Same goes for a breakfast request by the high school junior as she is getting ready in the morning for classes in Carl Junction. Or if she wants to tell her brother, Christian, to turn down his music in his nearby bedroom.

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Some cell phone users will begin receiving tornado warnings and other weather emergency notifications on their cell phones beginning next week as part of a national program to expand public warning capabilities.

Under the Wireless Emergency Alert  system, the National Weather Services will send warnings for tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms and flash flooding to cell phone towers. These emergency alerts will be sent to the newer version of cell phones in affected areas.

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According to a recent poll conducted by Top Echelon Network, an elite network of highly specialized search firms, that percentage lags behind the number of recruiters who use smartphones for business.

The Top Echelon smartphone poll indicated that nearly 72% of recruiters have a smartphone for both business and personal use. However, the poll regarding texting revealed that just 33% of recruiters send text messages to both candidates and hiring managers.

In addition, 10.7% of respondents send text messages to candidates only. Incidentally, none of the recruiters polled send text messages to hiring managers only.

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Britains Government on Thursday confirmed plans to log details about every email, phone call or text message in the country to help anti-terror services track suspects.

Police and security agencies will also be able to access records of activity on social network sites, webmail, Internet-based phone calls and online gaming.

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Coaches can now pick up their smartphones without trepidation.

Starting Friday, Division I mens basketball coaches will be able to send unlimited texts and make unlimited calls to recruits who have wrapped up their sophomore year of high school. The NCAA will also allow coaches to send private messages to prospective players through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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A key element of last week’s trial involving attorney Joe Neal Jr. and the 18-year-old baby sitter who accused him of rape was a series of text messages introduced as evidence. The sexually explicit messages, read aloud in court by the accuser, were a stark reminder that seemingly private messages are fair game in criminal and civil litigation.

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Prosecutors say Aaron Deveau, who pleaded not guilty, was texting on Feb. 20, 2011, when his vehicle swerved across the road and crashed head on into Donald Bowleys truck, killing the 55-year-old father of three. Bowleys passenger and girlfriend was also seriously injured.

Deveau, who was 17 at the time, sent 193 text messages the day of the crash, according to reports, including some just a minute or so before impact and dozens more after it. Deveau denied sending a text message moments before the crash. Instead, he testified he was tired from his dish-washing job and was distracted while worrying about his homework.

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US campaign finance officials are close to approving a plan to allow political donations via text message.

Several Federal Election Commission - FEC commissioners signaled their interest in approving a plan from two political consulting firms to allow campaigns to accept donations via text message at a meeting Thursday.

The FEC rejected a similar wireless industry proposal to allow text message donations two years ago, but said the new plan appeared to satisfy federal campaign finance rules.

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More than half of high school seniors admit they text or email while driving - the first federal statistics on how common the dangerous habit is in teens.

An anonymous national survey called the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey that was conducted last year found that 58 percent of high school seniors said they had texted or emailed while driving during the previous month. About 43 percent of high school juniors acknowledged they did the same thing.

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Some parents have no problem with snooping through their teen's text messages. Here are three things to consider regarding your teen’s privacy.

Before texting became the standard method of communication between teens, having a private conversation meant hiding in the closet with the home phone. With hundreds (or thousands) of text messages sent to and from your teen’s cell phone each month, everything he is talking about is private. How do you decide how much privacy to allow?

Texting Privacy

Cellular telephones, or cellphones, are an important part of modern society. When Miss Manners wrote about good manners and etiquette, mobile phones did not exist nearly to the extent they do in our society today. In an effort to assist cellphone users, we have written up some guidelines to help people use their mobile phones appropriately while navigating in polite society.

Cellular Phone Etiquette

You may have heard of drunk texting, texting while walking, and now there may be people even texting in their sleep.

According to a study done in Belgium, teenagers are now texting while they are sleeping.

Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline.

Here are some tips to assist you with time management...

Time Management Tips

Businesses that are going green are becoming more and more commonplace. Regardless of your political beliefs or opinions regarding the global warming concept, few can argue that being environmentally aware will leave the world a better place. Whether a company is simply jumping on the green bandwagon, or are honestly sensitive about environmental issues is really irrelevant. Consumers like green businesses, and shaping your business to promote being eco-friendly makes sense from a public relations standpoint.

Going Green Saves Green

Cellular phones and other mobile devices often contain toxic materials that can pollute the environment. The chemicals contained in the cell phones and electronics are harmful to the health of both humans and animals. Cell phones and their accessories contain a large number of hazardous substances known as Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals. Some of the chemicals contained in the PBTs have been known to cause damage to nervous systems, reproductive systems, and developmental systems, as well as causing cancer.

When recycled properly, the materials can be put back into circulation, reducing the health risks to the community. The materials that are contained in old cell phones can often be recycled and reused to make a variety of other products. Additionally, in order to comply with environmental protection regulations, many countries have very specific requirements and methods for disposing of cell phones, batteries, and other toxic items. Rather than wrestling with disposal guidelines yourself, it is often much easier to just sell or donate old cell phones to a company qualified to recycle them.

Disposing of Old Cell Phones

An online survey of 1,300 teen drivers with cellphones, scheduled for release Monday, found that even though their parents may warn them against it, most of those interviewed said adult drivers send text messages all the time.

A sizable proportion of the teens in the study also admitted to engaging in the same dangerous practice. About the same number who said they saw their parents do it admitted to doing it themselves.

The new data — released as part of an effort by AT&T to combat distracted driving — conform with some of the work done by the Pew Research Center, which conducted surveys and focus groups two years ago with teenagers about smartphones.

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Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to cellphones.

The Wireless Emergency Alerts service, which begins this month, is free, and consumers will not have to sign up. Warnings will be location-based

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Technological advancements providing users with improved reception through integrated antenna systems, reduced size and weight of cell phones, along with numerous feature sets, and storage improvements have caused the bulk of cellular phone users and enthusiasts to upgrade to new and improved handsets. The low cost of cell phones and the added technological improvements mean that the majority of cellular phone users are on their 2nd or 3rd generation hand set.

Recycling Cell Phones