Tag Archives: text messaging

It’s healthy to text

I still get excited and inspired by the possibilities of mobile communications. On Friday I got a text reminder from my doctor about an appointment I have next week. It reminded me not only to put a memo in my phone but also to email work to say I’d be late in on Thursday. Clear, [...]

Obama gets busy texting

According to Nielsen Mobile and news.com, Barack Obama sent a whopping total of 2.9 million text messages announcing his choice of Vice President. Golly. That’s a big bill. But then again the Democractic convention is, apparently, a billion dollar business, so maybe Barack can afford a few text messages. It was also, according to Nielsen, [...]

Techno-pecking

I spotted an enjoyable article over the weekend in The Sunday Times. Apparently the texting is breaking down social barriers and encouraging instant flirtations. Whoohoo! Bring on the LUV. However, it seems that this is also causing plenty of social embarrassment and things are all a bit tricky in the world of the ‘techno-peck’ (I’m [...]

Americans say no to texting

I find this stat extraordinarily hard to believe, but apparently, 82% of mobile phone users in a survey in the USA said they never used text messaging. What??! Where on earth was this survey carried out? Twin Peaks? Snohomish? LaLaLand? Sadly, the article in the New York Times doesn’t go into much more detail such [...]

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