photo credit: Got Charge?

Just 2 days after the earthquake of January 12, 2010 hit Haiti, the first ever EIR (Emergency Information Service) was set up and in place to help. The goal was to provide SMS messaging on cell phones to the disaster-torn country. Working with InSTEDD, the Haitians were able to sign up for a free subscription to the Digicel and Comcel networks to receive our free Creole-language alerts. Read the rest of this entry »

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The U.S. DOT (Department of Transportation) clamps down on truckers and bus drivers. Commercial drivers now face a fine of up to $2,500 for texting or using hand held cell phones while driving. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Obama using BlackBerry

Obama has declared war on driving while using cell phones! Driver distraction based accidents are becoming an epidemic. In the last year, over half a million people were injured and 6,000 were killed due to driver distraction. This includes talking on cell phones and texting. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Bully Free Zone

An Irish firm has released new software, Bully Stop, allowing parents to monitor and block text messaging and both identified and unidentified callers on their children’s phones. The idea behind the software is to stop text bullying and abusive calls which both fall under the guise of cell bullying. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Give It a Ponder

LG is sponsoring PSA ads on YouTube to influence teens who are sexting. The theme of these ads is to “Stop and Think” before sending that sexting. The ads also concentrate their efforts on mean rumor texting. (See the ads at Give It a Ponder.)

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What is SEXTING? It is a coined word for sending text messages with sexual content, be it text or images, that will soon be showing up in the dictionary. Sexting is a sign of the technology affecting our society, for good or bad. Without being judgmental, technology affects all of our daily lives. Sexting is just one more example of how technology permeates our awareness.

photo credit: Safe Sexting

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Vanity or stupidity? As a woman was walking home from a train station near her home in Olney, Maryland, she was accosted by an unknown man, heard a click and felt a gun pressed to her neck. The robber demanded she drop her purse, leave and not look back. She did exactly that and left unharmed. Read the rest of this entry »

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There’s a new software application named TipSoft that allows you to report crimes anonymously via text messaging. The obvious target market is the texting generation who already live by their thumbs. This same group also witnesses more crimes than the average middle aged person, so the idea is have them help law enforcement agencies by anonymous reporting.

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Most phones nowadays come with a generic camera that allows you to spontaneously capture your surroundings with that certain fuzzy quality many of us cellphone camera clickers have come to (unfortunately) know. But now, thanks to Brando’s Generic Mobile Telescope, the days of the blurry cellphone picture may be over.
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