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Articles tagged with: Text Messaging
Majority of Americans Support Ban on Texting While Driving
A survey by car insurance company, Nationwide Insurance has found that 8 in 10 surveyed Americans say they would support legislation restricting cell phone use while driving. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, reports that 80 percent of Americans favor a ban on texting while driving, while two thirds favor a ban on cell phone calls, and more than half say they would support a ban on cell phone use altogether. more
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Governors Highway Safety Assoc. backs texting ban
The national association representing state highway safety officials on Sunday threw its support behind a growing movement to ban text messaging by drivers, reversing its previous stand. more
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Open Wide - Dentists Urge Patents to Stop Texting During Treatment
Dentists are complaining that too many of their patients are trying to send text messages while receiving dental treatment. A survey by the Chicago Dental Society found that four out of five dentists reported problems with texting patients. more
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Injunctions Granted Against Australian SMS Spammers
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says that it has been successful in obtaining injunctions and declarations against a number of parties involved in the ACMA's first SMS spam case before the Federal Court. The matter relates to the sending of unsolicited commercial SMS messages. more
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Thai Operators Start Blocking Spam SMS
Thailand's three main mobile network operators are to cooperate on blocking SMS spam being sent over their networks. The three GSM based networks, AIS, DTAC and True Move are to spend THB 30 million (US$880,000) on anti-spam software to filter messages sent between their three networks. more
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Some NFL teams clamp down on texts, tweets
The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials' whistles. The Dolphins are at the forefront of an NFL clampdown on Twitter and other social media, with new restrictions imposed on players, reporters and even spectators. more
mBlox Launches Cross-Operator Free To End User Message Service in the US
Businesses in the USA are now able to send text messages to consumers, without the recipient being billed for receiving the message. SMS aggregator, mBlox announced the launch of its cross operator Free to End User (FTEU) message service in the US today. more
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Transportation Secretary LaHood calls summit on distracted driving
The Obama administration will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about the problem of texting while driving, a practice studies and a growing number of accidents show can be deadly. more
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New Insight into Cell Phone Use and Driving Distraction
Several large-scale, naturalistic driving studies (using sophisticated cameras and instrumentation in participants' personal vehicles) by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) provide a clear picture of driver distraction and cell phone use under real-world driving conditions. more
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Police: Texting, talking NY trucker hits car, swimming pool
Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. more
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