Article: Nearly half of U.S. text messages are spam, says vendor.(News)

Article: Vibes Media taps into teen obsessions; Game tests users' dating ...
Crain's Chicago Business;  October 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... more than 100 million text messages over the past five ... founder. He notes that nearly half of the 216 million ... United States send text messages. Since it offers pay ... game, nor how many text messages it has generated ...

Article: No Text Messages or Calls for NJ Drivers
AP Online;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... But crash statistics suggest that those headsets and earpieces may not make conversations in the car any safer. In 2006, nearly half of the 3,580 phone-related crashes in New Jersey involved a hands-free device, according to transportation officials ...

Article: Your text messages...(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  February 6, 2003 ;     492 words ... ... called the Assembly? Mrs Perez, Cardiff.# I retired nine years ago and the tax was a tenth of my works pension, now it is nearly half. J Lester, Pontprennau.# No one should pay this increase. D J Feehan, Llandaff.# Think again. B Bond, St Mellons ...

Article: Using technology to cheat: teens with cell phones send 440 ...
Phi Delta Kappan;  October 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... friends; and * 20% use their phones to search the Internet during an exam. Other tech-related findings from the survey: * Nearly half of the teenage respondents (48%) said they call or text their friends to warn them about pop quizzes. * Nearly two-thirds ...

Article: PERVERTS IN OUR SCHOOLS; EXCLUSIVE 160 staff are suspended as ...
The Mirror (London, England);  November 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... sharing porn with pupils and sending explicit text messages. Nearly half of all suspensions are still continuing. At least ... for 334 days over allegations of "inappropriate text messages and physical contact". The longest is in Plymouth ...

Article: Children stressed out by surge in bullying.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 1, 2002 ;     570 words ... ... increase. Children's charity NCH found a quarter of children had been bullied via email or mobile phone text messages. Nearly half of the 200 calls to the helpline studied were from parents concerned about teenagers - mostly teenage daughters ...

Article: Spam text scandal sparks angry Chinese government response
Xinhua News Agency;  March 23, 2008 ;     599 words ... ... users spammed with unwanted text messages has drawn the ire of the government ... allowed the spread of spam text messages to nearly half of the country's mobile phone ... arbitrarily sent commercial text messages to over 200 million mobile ...