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Terminator terminates text messaging in California
After all the pandemonium that text messaging has caused us (Metro link accident, Texting makes you bump into lampposts & Texting while driving worse than being drunk) Governator. Arnold Schwarzenegger has banned motorists from sending, writing, or reading messages on electronic devices starting Jan. 1. Schwarzenegger signed legislation Wednesday that imposes a $20 fine for…
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New study says texting while driving equals drunk driving
An SMS can be your lifesaver and your debt trap in Sweden, with its swift banking transactions done over the mobile. However, that’s not the case here in the US; a new study is showing how dangerous texting can be while driving a car. It even goes as far as to say that tapping out…
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82% mobile users rarely text message
Have a nice snappy mobile phone but don’t really use all its features, when it comes to add-ons the wishes truly are endless. However, most users in the US are not using the now indispensible mobile phone for anything other than phone calls. This is a slap in the face of mobile phone makers and…
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Texting is four times more expensive than email from space
Dr Nigel Bannister’s calculations are some what legend, because of his ability to rate TV shows. Yes this is another math nerds dream comparison of costs between the humble text message and the costs involved in outer space data transfer rates. The maximum size for a text message is 160 characters, which takes 140 bytes…
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Bill Clinton sends his first SMS, on Tuesday, Simply ridiculous
Russell Shaw from ZDNet was present at CTIA Wireless and he was told by a representative of the Mobile Marketing Association that former President Bill Clinton send his first text message to his wife Senator Hillary Clinton. The occasion it was Hillary’s birthday, she’s 60 now. This clearly explains how most politicians are non-tech savvy.
