Get a thrill
of Cell phone text chat rooms.
Smishing is the use
of cell phone texting software to lure victims into downloading malware or handing over personal information.
Not exact matches
In addition to lowering their fees for
cell phone service, they also offer free unlimited
texting on flights PLUS a free hour
of Gogo in - flight WiFi for each flight you take — and there aren't any limits on the number
of times you can take advantage
of this offer.
John Zelinsky, a member
of the Stamford Board
of Representatives, said he's confident a proposed
cell -
phone crosswalk ban will be adopted and that once
text - happy citizens see cops issuing citations — right now the idea is for the fine to be $ 30 per violation — «they will think twice.»
The CEO
of AMC Entertainment — you know, the world's biggest movie theater chain — made waves yesterday when he told Variety that he'd be open to allowing
texting or
cell phone use during movies.
In our spring survey
of emerging nations, at least seven - in - ten
cell phone owners said they use mobile devices to
text in six
of seven Latin American countries surveyed.
Many weave in and out
of lanes at very high speeds sometimes in bad weather and / or
text on
cell phones or drink and drive, risking harm to others and possibly destroying families.
A tacit assumption is that PowerPoint computer presentations are merely a means to an end, a value - neutral tool used for innocent, perhaps even noble purposes: enlarging
text for the hard
of seeing; reducing the demand for and thus the production
of printed materials; and bringing younger people, who spend much
of their lives in front
of screens — TV, computer,
cell phone, PDA — into worship.
If you have a
cell phone which shows those bubble
texts, you know that your
texts are on the right in the green bubbles, and the
texts you receive are on the left with the grey bubbles and the name
of the person sending the
text is at the top
of the screen.
A young Russian couple came in and sat in front
of us, and immediately each
of them pulled out the
cell phones and began
texting.
Using their personal
cell phones, farmers send a free
text message to a centralized number and WeFarm's algorithms send out each question to its network
of farmers, collate responses and are sent back via free SMS.
But, the new practice
of talking or
texting on their
cell phones is adding to the youth death rate.
I don't know how old Ian is, but he's old enough to own and operate a
cell phone and
text with his mother during art class, so we can safely assume he's over the age
of, say, nine.
With
cell phones and digital devices capable
of snapping pictures to exchange by
text, sexting has become a popular trend.
Advances include development
of routes and surfaces that are more wheelchair and walker friendly; signage that includes Braille
text and other tactile information to describe specific points
of ecological interest; and trail «tours» that can be experienced through
cell phones and other smart devices.
Our dentist had me take a photo
of the tooth on my
cell phone and
text it to her, giving me instant reassurance that it was totally normal and fine.
Or would you see yourself phubbing (
phone snubbing) your child —
texting friends, checking messages on your
cell — instead
of fully paying attention to your child?
When you are weaving in and out
of the traffic, talking on your
cell phone or
texting while driving, not paying attention to street signs or speeding, you are not being considerate
of other drivers.
(There's even a term for it — phubbing, or «
phone snubbing» — which means checking email,
texting, social networking, etc. on a
cell phone instead
of fully being with the person you are in a room with and should spend time with, like a child or a spouse).
You can't stress enough the danger
of texting or talking on a
cell phone while behind the wheel
of a car.
While some parents may fear giving their child a
cell phone opens the door to danger, such as the child contacting undesirable people without the parent knowing or a teenager
texting her boyfriend at all hours
of the day and night, other parents view the
cell phone as a safety tool.
They may not be entirely thrilled with the agreement on no laptops in their rooms or no
cell phone in their tween years, and they may not fully get why the mall is not a safe hangout spot and why periodic
texts to check in when out with friends are part
of our family dynamic in their teen years.
A surprising percentage (35 %)
of adults are already willing to receive incentive - based advertisements on their
cell phones, especially in
text message format.
First, the latest article to predict the demise
of email, though in this case the author makes a good point that future computers /
cell phones / convergence gadgets will probably combine email,
text and IM into a single interface, leaving us free to use the right medium for a given message.
Imagery can also cause problems on
cell phones, though in this case you'll see that they used big
text to avoid one
of the common mobile pitfalls.
The answer is
cell phones — Twitter is designed to be used like SMS
text messages, making it one
of the few online tools commonly and easily works on handheld devices.
On other fronts, campaign's media consultant can produce online video clips, though they'll have to adapt to a very different world than that
of campaign commercials, and field organizers can embrace Facebook and other social networks as well as
cell phones and
text messaging.
Down the road,
cell phone text messages may take over some
of email's tasks, particularly for event - organizing and GoTV, but they're fundamentally limited by message lengths and by restrictions imposed by providers.
January's Mobile Monday meeting in D.C. featured a fascinating presentation on Republican employment
of cell phones and SMS
text messaging in the 2006 elections, with a lot more...
One particularly interesting use
of cell phones for fundraising in the 2008 election cycle: the John Edwards campaign contacted list members via
text, urged them to call a number and listen to a recorded message, then connected them to operators to take donations right away.
Current Article VII language increases the fines for violations
of our
cell phone and
texting laws and provides for increased penalties for repeat violations within an 18 - month period.
Toward the end
of last week, the John Edwards campaign pulled off a bit
of a technological coup — they got around the inherent limits
of raising money via
cell phone text message.
The answer is
cell phones — Twitter is designed to be used like SMS
text messages, making it one
of the few online tools that's commonly and easily used on handheld devices.
And as Justin again points out, «what most impresses me about this campaign is the fact that it is the ONLY WAY to contact people on their
cell phones to solicit financial donations» because
of the limitations
of the medium — no unsolicited calls, high vendor fees for donations - via -
text message, etc..
First, the latest article to predict the demise
of email, though in this case the author makes a good point that future computers /
cell phones / convergence gadgets will probably combine email,
text and IM into a single interface, leaving...
Structural constraints in the telecom industry still limit the use
of cell phones as a mass communications tool in U.S. politics, but individual Obama supporters and organizers
of course used
text messaging, video and voice calls extensively in their own personal outreach.
Police officers would be able to check the
cell phones of drivers in auto accident to see if they were talking or
texting while operating the car, under a measure proposed in Albany by Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz.
Joel Feldman with the Casey Feldman Foundation notes that New York State already bans both hand held calls and
texting while driving, but he says three quarters
of all distracted driving injuries and deaths are unrelated to
cell phones.
The senator, famous for preferring to use an old flip
phone instead
of a smart
phone, said Upstate has problems with poor quality when it comes to
cell phone network speed, network reliability, data performance, call performance and
text performance.
Radar, flashy LED signs, and
text alerts to drivers»
cell phones and local police are part
of New York's new, high - tech effort to combat often fatal wrong - way crashes on the state Thruway.
The program, available at any time
of the day, will be free for the learner (excluding minutes and
texts billed at the rate
of the user's
cell phone plan).
He wants to raid a fund for workers compensation, with the promise
of reforming the entire system, and raise a small number
of fees, including higher fines for
texting or using a
cell phone while driving.
There was also an association between using all four types
of technology before bed and increased
cell phone use at night, such as waking up to
text someone, with watching TV resulting in the highest odds.
The party when embraced market reforms, you know, these media outlets realized that they needed to deliver something that people wanted to watch and so real journalism was part
of that and so when this man was able to stand up to the government and the word got out in the international media, it quickly made its way onto the Internet, so people in China could see it and then it spread very quickly on
text messages on
cell phones and on instant messaging, and e-mail.
One experiment tested the effects
of electricity harnessed from mechanical vibrations on a New Mexican — grown chili pepper (not enough to cook it thoroughly, it turned out); another examined how high up a
cell phone and a satellite
phone could go before they stopped receiving
text messages.
Most
of Dodgeball's interactions rely on the basic
text - messaging features built into modern
cell phones.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined as far back as 2003 that
cell phone use — both
phone calls and
text messaging — while driving causes hundreds
of thousands
of car accidents and hundreds
of crash - related deaths.
«Which includes anything that takes their attention away from the road:
cell phones,
texting, music and GPS, but most
of all, other passengers.»
Current evidence regarding laws to limit
cell phone use for talking or
texting that are now in place in many jurisdictions suggests that these laws are either ineffective or may have an unintended effect, according to Johnathon P. Ehsani, PhD, and co-authors in «The Impact
of Michigan's
Text Messaging Restriction on Motor Vehicle Crashes.»
Jack Dorsey was arriving in New York and felt like partying — so he picked up his
cell phone and entered a few words
of text into Twitter, the microblogging site he cofounded.