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The Lewiston Police Department has seen a rise in threats made to local residents via text message in recent months.

The era of threatening phone calls and voice-mails is news of the past as people turn to harassing others with a more modern technology.

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69 percent of those who text say they get unwanted spam or text messages. Additionally, 25 percent of those admit to getting spam texts once a week.

Two men have been convicted of murder in connection with a 2009 killing over an insulting text message.

Zareh Manjikian and Vahagn Jurian, both 25, were found guilty Friday of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit assault in the shooting death of 19-year-old Gombert Mike Yepremyan in North Hollywood.

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2012 U.S. National Texting Championship, an annual competition to find the fastest thumbs in America. When you can text 149 characters in 39 seconds with no spelling or punctuation errors, who needs vocal cords?

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The average American adult sends or receives over 500 text messages per month, totaling 8 trillion text messages sent in 2011 alone. The large majority of U.S. consumers— a whopping 80%—indicate that sending a text message is their preferred way to send a message to a friend. Both in the U.S and worldwide, the SMS text-messaging platform is growing and being recognized as the preferred communication medium.

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Dropped calls remains the biggest annoyance for mobile phone users, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life project. Other major complaints include telemarketing calls, spam text messages, and slow wireless connections.

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Police are investigating after a threatening SMS was sent to people across Australia this morning, leading to a spike in 000 calls.

The message reportedly reads: Sum1 paid me to kill you. get spared, 48hrs to pay $5000. If you inform the police or anybody, death is promised...E-mail me now: killerking247@yahoo.com.

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A new survey shows that the manner in which males and females use text messaging services is very different.

Just a day after Ofcom released research showing that text communications are taking over from voice based mobile phone calls, research from Acision show a definitive split between the genders in SMS usage.

The survey covered 2000 respondents and was led by psychologist Graham Jones. The survey was designed to determine any trends in the usage of text messaging.

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In Israel:

The Homefront Command on Sunday will conduct a drill that will include sending text alerts to individuals signed up for a test program. The drill will continue until 6 PM Sunday, and will be extended until Wednesday. Individuals in the program who are in the area of Ramle will receive the messages.

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Innovation in India:

The Mumbai Crime Branch, which until now was responsible for ensuring that hardened criminals stay behind bars, have been entrusted with the job of alerting citizens of any traffic-related problems via SMS.

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The average American adult sends or receives over 500 text messages per month, totaling 8 trillion text messages sent in 2011 alone. The large majority of U.S. consumers— a whopping 80%—indicate that sending a text message is their preferred way to send a message to a friend. Both in the U.S and worldwide, the SMS text-messaging platform is growing and being recognized as the preferred communication medium.

Marketing and branding professionals are beginning to grasp the importance and relevance the text-messaging platform has to marketing efforts. In the same way the Internet and social media networks are proving to be strong marketing tools, text-messaging is presenting itself as an untapped platform and resource for marketing and branding professionals looking to drive brand awareness and loyalty.

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An appeals court in Washington State on June 26 upheld the conviction of Jonathan Roden, the client of a drugdealer whose cell phone the police had seized and then used to entice Roden to arrange a meeting to buy more heroin. The detective initiated the text messaging after finding older texts that suggested he was a client.

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Text messaging may offer tweens a quick way to send notes to friends and family, but it could lead to declining language and grammar skills, according to researchers.

Tweens who frequently use language adaptations Ȓ techspeak Ȓ when they text performed poorly on a grammar test, said Drew Cingel, a former undergraduate student in communications, Penn State, and currently a doctoral candidate in media, technology and society, Northwestern University.

When tweens write in techspeak, they often use shortcuts, such as homophones, omissions of non-essential letters and initials, to quickly and efficiently compose a text message.

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Hallmark Cards Inc. is getting into the text-messaging world — but not the one that usually springs to mind.

Text Bands, a new product from the Kansas City-based greeting card giant, aim to give kids a way to exchange positive messages when they meet in person.

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A new Cochrane Systematic Review reveals that mobile phones could be a significant tool in helping HIV patients take their medication every day. Data from two Kenyan trials involving 966 HIV-positive adults were reviewed by researchers and found that patients receiving text messages reminding them to take their medications were less likely to miss doses.

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