Texting teens use SMS for help
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Talking to youngsters in the language of text could prove an invaluable way of increasing their access to services.
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By Sharon Jayson  A national education campaign and phone hotline to curb abusive teen dating behavior goes into effect today, prompted by new research that suggests teens and technology sometimes make for troublesome connections.
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Instant-messaging conversations, though quick, aren't always fleeting.
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A small South Carolina company says it has a cure for the modern plague of budget-busting cell-phone charges racked up by teenagers: a gadget for text-messaging that isn't a cell phone.
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Texting frantically on her mobile phone, teenager Sarah Marks is one of millions worldwide who will send their object of desire a romantic text message on Valentine's Day rather than a traditional card.
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By MAY WONG  Instant messages. Text messages. E-mail. Voicemail. Blogs. Online social networks. And the good ol' cell phone. If you thought there were enough ways to communicate with others and express yourself, think again.
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As anyone with a teenager in the house knows, today's consumers live in an era of multitasking. We're watching "Lost" with the phone tucked between shoulder and ear while reading e-mail and conducting three chats via instant messaging.
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The teenage driverâs phone was in use moments before a fatal crash, but a local official said âwe will never be able to clearly state that she was the one doing the text messaging.â
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As people spend more time online &#151; and logged into instant messaging services &#151; it's inevitable that there are times they just can't respond. That's why the "away message" &#151; set up to be sent automatically from someone's account &#151; has become so popular.
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Hamilton, Ontario -- Fun technology coupled with economical pricing fuel young adults' burgeoning use of text messaging, according to new research conducted by the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.Worldwide users send over 1 trillion text messages each year.
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Equipped with cellphones and Wi-Fi, young people who work independently are banding together in shared spaces.
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More than 90% of 12-year-olds now have a mobile phone, a survey of 1,250 youngsters suggests.
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TechWeb - The unannounced service apparently targets teens and young adults, for texting and photo and video sharing.
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By Finn Bullers, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 5--The best way to reach April Newby is on her cell phone.   In July, the Shawnee resident sent more than 800 text messages from her phone -- on average, more than one an hour.
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By SHAUN TOLSON  For college students like 19-year-old Tessa Harvey of Boston University, a social life without AOL's instant messager (IM) would be, OMG, impossible! Then again, 55-year-old John Piekarski of East Sandwich would just as soon pick up the phone.
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The Cornell University junior was in his dorm between classes when the text message came in from a friend. Check out JuicyCampus.com, it said.
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It may be something of a teenage nightmare: limits on when a wireless phone can make and receive calls and to whom, restrictions on text messages and talk time, and set allowances for ring tones and other downloads - all at a parent's fingertips.