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RSS textingBrits want ASBOs for rude mobile users
News A survey of more than 2,000 UK adults found the top five pet hates are: people talking loudly on the phone; a person texting while talking to them; loud music being played on phones; using a phone in a restaurant; and... [09 May 2008]
Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT
News BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls (of up to one hour... [20 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Tech history repeats itself
Comment He then went on to complain these young candidates used texting and Facebook to communicate instead of email. The next phase of technology has prompted a repeat performance but this time texting and... [25 Feb 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment Texting is a hard act to follow. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! just emphasises its route to success, argues Martin Brampton. [20 Feb 2008]
BlackBerry backs the social networking 'revolution'
News Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon - not unlike IM and texting - I believe every single social networking user will want a data plan," he told the Congress audience. The secret of the BlackBerry's success is... [13 Feb 2008]
Mobile operators hit back over EU data roaming threat
News Rob Barnes, head of broadband and mobiles at MoneySupermarket.com, said in a statement: "Costs for Brits using mobiles abroad are amongst the highest in Europe and we welcome the European Commission steps towards reducing... [11 Feb 2008]
Mobile tickets for bus travel
News By texting "txt2go" to the number 60060, a passenger can receive a digital ticket on their mobile phone minutes later. One of the leading bus companies in the North of England, Go North East, has claimed to be the first... [08 Jan 2008]
Femtocells to cure 3G headaches?
News A device originally designed for people on the move has become a favourite toy indoors too - and not just for texting or catching up on the latest gossip from friends but for richer data and video services too. [26 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment from the review done on the gadget show it looks like everything that is attached to a premium service like iTunes or mobile web browsing is really good but more mature things like the camera function or texting using... [08 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - September 2007
Photo One of the things it has looked at doing with its foray into the virtual world is the possibility of calling or texting people in the real world from inside the virtual one. Apple launched an updated range of iPods this... [27 Sep 2007]
SMS the future for CRM?
News Around 70 per cent of all calls from contact centres to customers will be to mobile phones by mid-2008, leading companies to look at texting as a cheaper option. According to research commissioned by comms services... [18 Sep 2007]
Learn to love the web, councils chiefs told
News The report said: "It seems likely that many key decision-makers in councils, including elected members, senior managers, and service managers, do not really appreciate how far or how fast citizens have migrated to the internet (and... [01 Jun 2007]
Leader: No hang ups about subterranean mobiles
Leader Frantic texting can also be seen when the Tube emerges into the light but anything higher tech is pretty rare. With mobile coverage encroaching into nearly every part of our lives - even on planes - it was only be a... [16 Apr 2007]
SOA? Get the business involved, say IT chiefs
News Vanco is using SeeBeyond's SOA-based Sun Java Integration Suite to buff up the company's business process management - including a problem management system allowing customers to inform Vanco of their troubles via a variety of means,... [23 Mar 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader Listen to a lot of the debate - especially out of Brussels - or ad campaigns and it is easy to view this as a consumer issue - about texting from beaches, perhaps. It is fitting that in this week of the annual 3GSM World... [14 Feb 2007]
