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RSS textingSMS means business
News Forget kids texting away on street corners - the SMS has arrived as a serious business medium. In order of priority, business texting goes to colleagues, customers, bosses and then suppliers. Research... [09 Dec 2002]
Clarity needed for MMS, accounting and a good pint at the e-pub
Comment We think that 'SMS' and 'texting' were about the limit for that generation of messaging. "I don't know what MMS means. I've never heard of it before. So said one tester of camera phones in a recent study - and who could... [02 Dec 2002]
September saw an SMS frenzy
News Heavy-texting teenagers, raised in an age of gadgetry, use their thumbs more than any other digit, having trained them on mobile phones and computer games, while older generations still favour the page-turning index... [22 Oct 2002]
Safe sex text promotes AIDS awareness to teens
News In association with mobile phone marketing firm 12snap, kikass will be texting a question to several thousand 16- and 17-year-olds across the UK asking them whether they practise safe sex. AIDS charity kikass.com is... [20 Sep 2002]
Sainsbury's mobile service: When hindsight is a truly wonderful thing
Comment If you have a texting frenzy one month, then you'll most likely be charged using a tariff which includes a hundred free text messages. What's more annoying, people's incessant use of mobile phones in public or... [09 Sep 2002]
Phwoar! Look at the txts on that...
News Readers texting in their own messages will be charged the same amount. Readers of Viz will no doubt be pleased to know that they are now able to contribute to the politically incorrect magazine's infamous 'Profanisaurus'. [06 Sep 2002]
UK government plans mobile spam
News Homerton Hospital in Hackney is already running a pilot of the texting scheme for patients of its sexual health department. Two years from now mobile phones could be alerting users to UK government health warnings and... [08 Aug 2002]
Scottish seals are sending out an SMS
News Seals in Scotland are texting messages to mobile phones as part of an experiment that is expected to take off in other parts of the world. Scientists at St Andrews University have started attaching mobile phone... [06 Jun 2002]
Prez the Lord: SMS for Catholics
News Subscribers have been instructed to register for the service by texting "Amen" to the access number. Catholics in the Philippines are receiving spiritual guidance over mobile phones thanks to an SMS bible-message... [13 May 2002]
Roaming UK consumers overspending on mobile calls
News They need to get more call charge savvy and find out the best ways to get around the hefty roaming costs incurred by phoning or texting abroad, Oftel says. UK consumers are not doing enough to learn about the costs of... [05 Apr 2002]
MMS - mobile's massive stupidity?
Comment They just bought whatever phone they liked and could afford and found out about texting with the first flashing envelope on their screen. The people of Cannes must be used to corporate excess by now, and this year's 3GSM... [21 Feb 2002]
Hi... um, did we have text last night?
News Women are by far the worst culprits when it comes to 'drink texting', with a high proportion admitting to sending rude or confidential messages to the wrong person. They also have a nasty habit of... [17 Dec 2001]
SMS comes of age
Comment Only now it's plain to see this simple form of mobile communication isn't just a passing fad for the young - SMS texting is being used in increasingly sophisticated ways, and is fast becoming a huge money earner for... [01 Aug 2001]
Wirefree Working: The way forward
News These include what 2.5G mobile data standards - such as GPRS and HSCSD - will allow us to do, the ways SMS texting is making and saving companies cash, how Bluetooth-enabled devices will interact with wireless LANs, and... [23 Jul 2001]
Bridget Jones is a load of old WAP
Comment You can be in communication with significant others anytime and anywhere (or not, which can be heartbreaking and obviously requires major analysis and discussion through further texting). Texting allows... [06 Apr 2001]
