text messaging

Sunscreen use increases with text reminders

Sharalyn Hartwell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:11 -0600

Daily sunscreen application increased in participants of a study over a six-week period, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Dermatology.

Texting While Driving Is the New DUI

Gabriel Dorman — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:53:01 -0500

Texting while driving is the new DUI. What does that mean? It means texting while driving is rapidly becoming one of the deadliest killers on the road. The problem is so serious, that the U.S. Department of Transportation just wrapped up the first ever Distracted Driving Summit complete with over 300 safety experts, researchers, elected officials and members of the public to try and figure out what to do about texting while driving and other forms of distracted driving.

U.K. Driving-and-Texting PSA Pulls No Punches

Michael Santo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:34:53 -0500

A new "texting while driving" PSA (public service announcement) from the U.K. pulls no punches. It also makes no attempt to hide the graphic consequences for someone distracted by their SMS messages while driving, either (picture from PSA attached).

April Fool's Day: Standard Text Messaging Rates Apply

Cullen Pajer-Rogers — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:47:46 -0500

April Fool’s Day is a holiday that will never be outdated. With advances in technological communications, the first of April especially in recent years has come to mark a day when many will receive at least one prank text message, fall victim to some elaborate hoax on the Internet or have a prank played on them through their own Personal Computer.

Emergency text-message service being tested this month

harminka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:36:49 -0600

Be on the lookout this month for a test of the MIT Alert text-messaging service, a key component of the Institute's emergency notification program.

LG Kicks Off Mobile World Cup Competition

harminka — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:35:30 -0500

It’s time to start exercising your thumbs as LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, launches the LG Mobile World Cup, giving participants a chance to show off the speed and accuracy of their text messaging skills.

CPUC Bans Cell Phones for Calif. Rail Operators

Michael Santo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:07:24 -0500

As I wrote earlier, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) met on Thursday to discuss an emergency order which would ban the use of cell phones by train operators.

Partial Records Show Metrolink Engineer Texting While On-Duty

Michael Santo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:24:17 -0500

Earlier this week, suspicions arose that text messaging may have played a role in the Metrolink commuter rail tragedy which occurred last Friday. A pair of teenagers told investigators they had been texting the Metrolink engineer, Robert Martin Sanchez, 46, on the day of the Metrolink commuter rail tragedy, and had in fact received a message about a minute before the accident, which left 25 people dead and 135 others injured.

Text Message Hoaxes Plague Obama's VP Plan

erku — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:42:46 -0500

By the time Barack Obama is ready to announce his vice presidential pick with a text message will anyone believe his VP choice? WIS10 reports.

Flight lands safely with help from mobile phone text messages

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:56:52 -0500

In November 2007, a twin-engine 30-year-old Piper aircraft lost all electrical power on board shortly after departing from Kerry airport, Ireland for a flight to Jersey. Without any electrical power, the pilot was unable to use his radio to contact air traffic control. He was briefly able to re-establish contact with the tower using his cell phone, but that was also disrupted.

Regulators Approve Emergency Text Messaging Alert

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:42:09 -0500

This isn't a new idea (for example, China used text messages to warn citizens about Typhoon Kaemi in 2006), nor is the wrangling around it in the U.S. new, but on Wednesday an "emergency alert via SMS" plan finally received approval by regulators.

Dialogue Text Messaging Service For Northumbria Police Hard Of Hearing

webitpr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:10:19 -0500

Text messaging for the Hard of Hearing is used in Northumbria