Campaigns sidestep Cambridge Analytica crackdown with new methods
"Your early vote has not been recorded," one text message said, with a link for more information.
Oct 11, 2020
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Business
In China, WeChat is everything: Text messaging, video chat and mobile payments
Frances He is a Chinese immigrant living near Los Angeles who uses the WeChat app to talk to her brother back home. But with the Trump Administration's Sunday ban on the app, she's going to have to find a new way.
Sep 23, 2020
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LG just upped its dual-screen smartphone offering with swiveling LG Wing
We've seen more than a few dual-screen smartphones that fold and flip to expand. Now, there's one that swivels.
Sep 15, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Home automation rules are more risky and less risky than we thought
According to home automation company IFTTT (an initialism of If This, Then That) around 11 million people use over 1 billion home automation rules, commonly referred to as "applets," each month in their homes. But a 2017 ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Whatsapp for helpful social communities
Dutch computer scientists have assessed the value of the Whatsapp mobile communication platform in the context of social support. The research seems rather pertinent in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic that has forced ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Business
Ex-eBay execs sent cockroaches to harassment victims: US prosecutors
Six former eBay executives and employees sent a box of live cockroaches, a bloody pig mask and a funeral wreath to a couple they were harassing, US prosecutors alleged Monday.
Jun 15, 2020
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Wallpaper image crashing Android phones
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but apparently one image is worth potentially thousands of headaches for Android users recently.
Internet
Google strengthens security system for all users
Google announced today that it is bolstering its malware protection system for Google account holders. It will broaden the protective web provided by its Advanced Protection Program (APP) that has been offering additional ...
Internet
Are political texts flooding your phone? Here's why and how to stop them
Political groups have been revving up their outreach efforts to reach voters and texting has been all the rage. But for some people, the bombardment of political texts has become as much of a nuisance as robocalls.
Mar 4, 2020
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The one ring—to track your finger's location
Smart technology keeps getting smaller. There are smartphones, smartwatches and now, smart rings, devices that allow someone to use simple finger gestures to control other technology.
Feb 3, 2020
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Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting is a colloquial term referring to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones, over cellular networks. While the term most often refers to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS), it has been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content, such as MMS messages. Individual messages are referred to as "text messages" or "texts".
The most common application of the service is person-to-person messaging, but text messages are also used to interact with automated systems, such as ordering products and services for mobile phones, or participating in contests. Advertisers and service providers use texts to notify mobile phone users about promotions, payment due dates, and other notifications that were previously sent by post or left as voicemail. There are internet services available that allow users to send text messages free of direct charge to the sender.
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