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Photo Credit: SEO Consultants From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Main Entry: wan·na·be Variant(s): also wan·na·bee \ˈwä-nə-ˌbē\ Function: noun Etymology: from the phrase want to be Date: 1981 1 : a person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act like someone else We all know how important design is for any sort of device we plan on using on a regular basis – our phones, our computers, our iPads (if you’re that lucky) – so it doesn’t come as a surprise that mobile phone designers are constantly thinking about how they can make devices that fit into [...] “It takes too long to type messages on a phone keypad!” That was the start of the conversation I was having with my daughter when I first started texting years ago. It was also my first glimpse in to the world of SMS shortcuts and the behavioral patterns that bring them about. Because of the [...] SMS is the most widely used data application – beating email, IM, and social networking sites. More people text than own TV’s, read newspapers or drive cars. No wonder states are scrambling to pass laws against texting while driving - a recent Mobile Messaging Study commissioned by NeverFail found that 76% of respondents text while [...] I was catching up on podcasts this weekend, and listened to the Media Hacks series over at Six Pixels of Separation, the blog of Twist Image. The January 31st episode was all about the iPad, and at one point I believe CC Chapman said – somewhat offhandedly – that this type of technology and others [...] SMS is seeing a surge of use in the days following the earthquakes in Haiti. The American Red Cross [http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=d2b1416215d46210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD] has raised over 25 million $US using a n SMS campaign that is now known to be the largest example of text-based charitable giving in history. |
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