AT&T: Idol Breaks All-Time Record for Text Messaging.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-22 May 2008-AT&T: Idol Breaks All-Time Record for Text Messaging(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AT&T announced that the company has shattered its text messaging record of 64.5 million by generating more than 78 million messages this season of "American Idol," the most popular show on television....

Using wireless handheld computers and tailored text messaging to reduce negative consequences of drinking alcohol *.
HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING AMONG college students is a serious problem in the United States (Wechsler et al., 2000). Among other suggestions, the Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2002) suggested developing effective uses of computer-based technologies to reach this group. Wireless devices such...

AT&T Unveils TAP.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-30 April 2008-AT&T Unveils TAP(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AT&T announced a new Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) for iPhone, designed to give iPhone customers with disabilities the choice of unlimited text messaging, Web browsing and easy access to e-mail for $40 a month. "Our...

SMS text messaging improves outpatient attendance.
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the operational and financial efficacy of sending short message service (SMS) text message reminders to the mobile telephones of patients with scheduled outpatient clinic appointments. Design: Cohort study with historical control. Setting: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria. ...

Keep A Child Alive and Alicia Keys Raise Funds During Tour.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-6 July 2008-Keep A Child Alive and Alicia Keys Raise Funds During Tour(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Eleven-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys launched one of the first text message donation campaigns in the U.S. to benefit Keep A Child Alive. During her As...

Dial Directions Deployed in Virgin Mobile Service.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-7 April 2008-Dial Directions Deployed in Virgin Mobile Service(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dial Directions, a provider of voice-activated location-based services, announced that Virgin Mobile USA is leveraging its voice-activated Directions Assistance service to let customers request driving directions by phone, then receive them...

Cody Ventures Set Re-Launch Date for TheOuterPost.Com.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 July 2008-Cody Ventures Set Re-Launch Date for TheOuterPost.Com(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Cody Ventures announced a re-launch date for their flagship property, TheOuterPost.Com. The company stated that they will be re-launching the second phase of their social networking website on August 31. The...

The next frontier: reach the next generation where they are--not where you are.
At age 37, I've finally reached that point in my life where I find myself inextricably tangled in that odd web connecting my wildly misspent youth and my rapidly approaching middle age. I understand each generation passes through this stage of life, but I still find it...

Cyberbullying is common, psychologically damaging.
CHICAGO -- Bullying over the Internet is common, and it is associated with symptoms of psychopathology in boys and girls, according to researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "Peer victimization using the medium of cyberspace ... carries similar negative repercussions for adolescent adjustment compared to...

Use and nonuse of an Australian regional public library.
A report on a survey of use and nonuse of the Wagga Wagga City Library in regional New South Wales, Australia. Over three hundred residents in and around the city completed the survey questionnaire. Their responses indicate that most people in the community visit the library from time to...