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  • August 2008

    • Obama's Veep Text Reached Record 2.9M

      CNET  |  Aug 26, 08 6:46 AM CDT

      Obama's Veep Text Reached Record 2.9M

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's cell phone text to supporters naming Joe Biden as his running mate reached 2.9 million people, according to Nielsen—enough for a $290,000 bill at normal text rates. The statistics company ranks the message the nation's "single largest mobile marketing event" to date. More »

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      Barack Obama  • cell phones  • Joe Biden  • text messaging  • Nielsen  • text message

    • Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice

      New York Times  |  Aug 13, 08 11:14 AM CDT

      Why Obama Wants 2 Txt U His VP Choice

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's decision to announce his running mate by text-messaging supporters makes him seem "just like the cool kid in study hall," writes Garrett M. Graff in the New York Times . But there's more to the text blast than just embracing new technology. The move will give Obama hundreds of thousands of cellphone numbers, an invaluable resource come November. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Internet  • cell phones  • running mate  • text messaging  • text message  • voter turnout

  • July 2008

    • Pols Try to Curb Enthusiasm for Ped-Texting

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 29, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      Pols Try to Curb Enthusiasm for Ped-Texting

      (Newser) - Though walking and texting is commonplace for many Americas, experts and politicians are considering whether the increased risk of walking into a mailbox—or oncoming traffic—is worth the convenience. A bill to make the practice illegal is working through the Illinois legislature, the Chicago Tribune reports, with advocates citing a growing number of injuries—and deaths—associated with ped-texting. More »

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      cell phones  • Illinois  • safety  • text messaging

  • May 2008

    • Let's Hang Up on the Female Booty Call

      Australia's News Network  |  May 24, 08 6:29 PM CDT

      Let's Hang Up on the Female Booty Call

      (Newser) - When her husband got steamy text message from a drunk female colleague, Janine di Giovanni had had enough: "Go back to the male booty call, I say." Marshaling evidence from a big French study and anecdotes from friends, Giovanni writes in Australia's News Network that too many women have become the initiators of bedroom conquests—regardless of whether the man is married. More »

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      women  • sex  • text messaging  • sexuality  • infidelity  • text message

  • April 2008

    • OMG Gatsby Was a Fraud!

      Associated Press  |  Apr 24, 08 9:07 PM CDT

      OMG Gatsby Was a Fraud!

      (Newser) - Two-thirds of American teens aren’t keeping their LOLs to themselves: They're turning in papers and lab reports with abbreviations, dropped punctuation, and other informalities inherent to Internet and text-message vocabularies, the AP reports. Kids who write blogs and have Facebook pages are more likely to slip from formality in their schoolwork, a new survey shows—but OMG! grown-ups aren’t that upset about it. More »

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      Facebook  • text messaging  • youth  • SAT

    • Parents Get the Text Message

      Washington Post  |  Apr 11, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Parents Get the Text Message

      (Newser) - Moms are leading the charge in taking text messaging beyond the teen set. Adolescents and adults in their forties and fifties are the two most active groups sending texts, the Washington Post reports. In the past two years, texting increased 130% among people 45 to 54, while text-saturated teens saw only a 41% bump. More »

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      cell phones  • technology  • parents  • text messaging  • teenager  • baby boomer  • text message  • cell phone plans

    • Facebook App 'Nose' Where U R

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 3, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Facebook App 'Nose' Where U R

      (Newser) - A Facebook application launching in the UK will put people’s friends on the map—in real time, reports the Times . The Social Network Integrated Friend Finder or ‘Sniff’ app lets users pinpoint a friend’s cell phone down to the nearest 650 feet. Privacy is a priority: users need to give permission before they can be tracked, and they can specify who can and can't zero in on them. More »

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      United Kingdom  • cell phones  • Facebook  • cell phone industry  • surveillance  • text messaging

    • OMG, Txt Msg Shopping!

      Associated Press  |  Apr 2, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      OMG, Txt Msg Shopping!

      (Newser) - Ruling the computer shopping world wasn’t enough for Amazon. Thanks to its new TextBuyIt service, customers can search the retail giant from anywhere… including, just as an example mind you, brick-and-mortar stores. Is Amazon specifically hoping to pluck price-comparing shoppers out of real world aisles? “We think they’ll use the product…wherever they happen to be,” said Amazon’s director of mobile payments. More »

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      Amazon.com  • retail  • text messaging  • online shopping

  • March 2008

    • New York Subpoenas Texting Guru

      New York Times  |  Mar 31, 08 12:20 AM CDT

      New York Subpoenas Texting Guru

      (Newser) - New York lawyers have asked the creator of a mass text-messaging service for records of texts sent during 2004 Republican Convention protests, the New York Times reports. MIT student Tad Hirsch’s TXTmob service was a communication tool for demonstrators and reporters, providing up-to-the-minute data on what was happening where. Hirsch calls the subpoena unfair to users, citing his “moral responsibility” for their privacy. More »

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      New York City  • cell phones  • Republican National Convention  • protesters  • text messaging

    • Coming Soon to Your Cell: Spam

      Washington Post  |  Mar 10, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      Coming Soon to Your Cell: Spam

      (Newser) - To the dismay of customers and cellphone providers, spammers and even phishers have gone mobile. Researchers predict US consumers will get a record 1.5 billion spam text messages this year, while “smishing” texts try to con recipients into giving up sensitive financial information, reports the Washington Post . Most galling of all, users pay for spam text messages they receive. More »

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      cell phones  • fraud  • Verizon  • spam  • text messaging  • phishing  • mobile advertising

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Saucy Texts Could Sink Detroit Mayor

      Detroit News  |  Jan 25, 08 2:59 AM CST

      Saucy Texts Could Sink Detroit Mayor

      (Newser) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's continuing administration looks doubtful after the emergence of over 14,000 racy text messages between him and his chief of staff. Kilpatrick and his aide, both married during their steamy affair, testified under oath last year that they weren't sexually involved with one another. They were grilled as part of a lawsuit against Kilpatrick and the city filed by two cops who said they'd been punished for investigating inappropriate behavior by the mayor. More »

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      Detroit  • mayor  • Kwame Kilpatrick  • text messaging

    • NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

      ESPN  |  Jan 13, 08 1:37 PM CST

      NCAA Upholds Ban on Texting Recruits

      (Newser) - The NCAA has upheld its ban against coaches text messaging high school prospects as a means of recruitment, ESPN.com reports. Though the rule was criticized by coaches and athletic directors when it was passed last year, the motion to overturn barely got enough support to bring the issue to a vote. The ban was overwhelmingly upheld with support of 78% of the NCAA delegation. More »

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      NCAA  • text messaging  • recruiting  • high school sports  • Division I

  • December 2007

    • Campaign for Young Voters: Vote 4 Me! Pls?

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Dec 24, 07 10:17 AM CST

      Campaign for Young Voters: Vote 4 Me! Pls?

      (Newser) - New technology has given presidential hopefuls a host of new ways to transmit the "Vote For Me" message, McClatchy reports. Campaigners are using social networking sites, YouTube videos, instant messaging, and even text messaging in a bid to gain an edge with young voters. But their target audience seems more bemused by it all than fired up with campaign fever. More »

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      election 2008  • YouTube  • technology  • campaign  • telecommunications  • text messaging  • instant messaging

    • Cell Bills Trump Land Line Charges for 1st Time

      Associated Press  |  Dec 18, 07 4:45 PM CST

      Cell Bills Trump Land Line Charges for 1st Time

      (Newser) - US households racked up bigger cellphone than land line bills in 2007 for the first time ever, analysts say. Only 6 years ago, households spent three times more on residential phone bills than on mobiles, a disparity that shrank to an average difference of only $28 by 2006. Now, with more Americans cutting land lines altogether, experts say cells reign supreme. More »

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      cell phones  • cell phone industry  • text messaging  • telephone  • Internet phone  • land lines

    • FCC Asked to Stop Text Censoring

      Washington Post  |  Dec 11, 07 10:33 AM CST

      FCC Asked to Stop Text Censoring

      (Newser) - Consumer groups have banded together to lobby the FCC to prevent cellphone companies from blocking text messages, the Washington Post reports. The issue of carriers censoring messages from political groups and competing services has become the latest front in the net neutrality campaign. Consumers Union and other advocates are insisting that providers should deliver texts regardless of content. More »

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      FCC  • censorship  • telecommunications  • text messaging  • net neutrality  • texting  • Naral

  • November 2007

    • Hpy Thxgvng: Text Your Troops

      ABC News  |  Nov 22, 07 7:06 AM CST

      Hpy Thxgvng: Text Your Troops

      (Newser) - A college freshman has helped the Department of Defense launch a project to send text messages of support to US troops, reports ABC. Cell companies are backing the "Giving Thanks" initiative, allowing participants to send free messages to the number 8-9-2-7-9 until midnight Thanksgiving Day. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • soldier  • Defense Department  • text messaging  • Thanksgiving

  • August 2007

    • Yahoo Adds Phone Text Messaging to Email

      USA Today  |  Aug 27, 07 5:01 AM CDT

      Yahoo Adds Phone Text Messaging to Email

      (Newser) - Sending phone text messages soon won’t require a phone, thanks to an upgrade in Yahoo’s already leading email service, which will provide the new feature for free. The new system will integrate email, text messages and instant messaging, reports USA Today . Customers "don't want to bounce around to many different areas," said a Yahoo spokesman. More »

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      Yahoo  • cell phones  • email  • text messaging  • communication  • instant messaging

  • July 2007

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