Kids prefer texting to talking
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NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters Life!) - The majority of young U.S. drivers admit they chat on their cell phones and text message while driving -- and almost a half of them see no reason to stop.
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Pupils prefer active learning with real-life relevance, a review of research studies suggests.
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By BETH REESE CRAVEY  When sixth-grader Katlyn Hatfield sees young people giving out personal information online or behaving badly in chat rooms, she quickly jumps into action.  She tells her teachers, or her parents.
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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.
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A little less conversation and a little more action
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WASHINGTON - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists.  They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults.
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By Melissa Vargas Sanchez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 24--Making sure your kids are staying safe in cyberspace just got a little less tedious.   Many parents and grandparents of teens are mystified when it comes to things like friends lists, comment sections and blogs.
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A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted teens based on predictive text.
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Yep, your 7-year-old knows more than you Children are becoming tech-savvy from a younger age, a new study has discovered.â¦
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The way children learn may determine the building blocks of language, suggests a study of deaf Nicaraguan children. Ann Senghas of New York&#39;s Columbia University, US, and colleagues studied three generations
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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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Many people are just getting used to snapping pictures, listening to music, watching videos, sending text messages and getting e-mails over their cell phones.
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Some 51 percent of all 10-year-olds in Britain own a mobile phone, but that figure rises to 91 percent by the time children hit the age of 12, according to a survey.
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Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.
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Palm says its new phone is easier to use and cheaper than its Treo line of smart phones and is aimed at a younger audience.
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Europeans are far more likely than Americans to have text-message ads sent to their cellphones, but Americans  are far more receptive to them.