Obama Campaign Utilizes The Power of Text-Messaging For Election Day

Throughout the duration of the US Presidential race, the campaign for Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has employed numerous conventional and ingenious ideas to advertise. So far, it has been revealed that the campaign has paid for an in-game ad for the...

Face To Face Contact Deteriorating

            I hate facebook. I hate text messaging. And oh how I hate instant messaging and emailing.             But hypocritically enough, I use all. I text message my friends when I could simply call them. I’m facebook friends (what a ridiculous term)...

Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?

According to the article, it makes people sharper, although with some people it interferes with in person social interaction and contributes to ADD; i'm on so many email lists and RSS feeds, i'm losing my mind!!!"CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Internet is not just changing the way...

Parents Aren't LOL Over Teacher's Text Messaging Abbreviations Assignment

A Texas middle school math teacher hands out a homework assignment to his sixth-grade class to find out the meaning of some text messaging abbreviations. Needless to say, some parents are miffed. " Some of the 20 abbreviations translated to "keeping parents clueless"...

Pressed for Cash... Get a Quick Loan by Text Message...In Holland

Financial innovation never stops.  A Finish company (Ferratum) has started offering small loans ($200 to $600)in Holland and Scandinavia  by Text Message.

Teens sending text messages from the driver's seat

"If you've ever wondered who's driving like a bonehead up ahead, it could be a teen who's behind the wheel, steering with one hand and sending a text message with the other. According to a study ... almost half of teens (do this)."

Americans embracing SMS for voting, coupons

A report released recently shows that American mobile phone users have increased their use of SMS over the previous year.While SMS is comparatively new in the US, it does parallel increases in usage in other countries which have had mainstream SMS use for a longer period of...

U R Naughty - Go 2 Bed

"Almost two-thirds of parents who use text messaging believe it improves their communication with their children. The Cingular survey on text messaging and parents, conducted by Mediathink, also states that 65 percent of parents who text message say they communicate more...