http://www.silicon.com Results for texting en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39554594,00.htm Just nine per cent of people said they'd actually laughed out loud at anything they'd ever been sent by text - despite 61 per cent saying the popular texting acronym 'LOL' was part of their regular texting vocabulary. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60622481p,00.htm While people still primarily use their mobile devices for voice, texting and e-mail, the emergence of applications such as audio and video download and streaming, virtual collaboration and Web 2.0 applications will continue to increase demand for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:22:48 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39447399,00.htm BA is currently planning to launch a mobile email, web browsing and texting service from OnAir on two new Airbus A318 aircrafts in September of this year. British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39398406,00.htm In every case they have seemingly been texting on their mobile phone but on closer inspection I think they have been taking photographs and making movies. Compiled in San Francisco Airport having observed a young man 'cruising' computer screens in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39396876,00.htm The Nokia E63 is a good phone that delivers a competent texting and email experience but its E71 predecessor is better, offering more features and greater finesse. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39389271,00.htm British Airways is launching an in-flight texting and email service for business travellers doing the London to New York run. If they're going to let people SMS across the Atlantic, it might be worth adding texting etiquette to the in-flight safety... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:04:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39363837,00.htm I haven't seen a 404 page in ages and my mobile can cope with me texting 'cool' very happily indeed. "LOL, that code 18 thinks he's so book but really he's just a 404 CGI Joe. No idea what I'm talking about? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39321007,00.htm RIP voice and texting: these two bastions of mobile revenue are set to be usurped by rich social media fuelled by an increasingly ubiquitous mobile web. Speaking in a keynote at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London John Ellis, director of carrier... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:18:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39313847,00.htm The OS could also expose users to new types of fraud, such as apps that fool the handset into texting premium rate numbers, Symantec threat researcher Candid Wuest said. Google's mobile operating system Android could spell the advent of new... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39301018,00.htm So that's drunk emailing solved but with instant messaging, texting, Facebook and Tweeting on Twitter it's still a tricky world out there for the connected and tech-savvy drunk. You don't have to be - like the Round-Up - someone who once dropped a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39291763,00.htm Since then we have seen the arrival of mobiles, texting, instant messaging and web browsing. First draft compiled on highway 101 heading south from San Francisco and finalised on BA286 flying to London the next day. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39288647,00.htm When we first launched texting you could only send texts to people on the same network and people debated about should we do interoperability. This is something that's a bit like cross-network texting. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:13:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39271412,00.htm Internet and mobile phones have seen the biggest usage increases: time spent on PCs and laptops grew fourfold between 2002 and 2007 - from six minutes to 24 minutes per person per day; while time spent talking and texting on mobiles doubled over... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39258577,00.htm Clunky texting is a frequent gripe with the iPhone: one person who was planning on buying Apple but has gone for the Samsung Tocco instead, points out: "For those who text a lot, the iPhone does not really stand out as a suitable option. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:48:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39239800,00.htm A plan to use SMS to combat youth knife crime is being trialled in schools in East London. The text pilot enables youngsters to anonymously report classmates or other youths they suspect of carrying knives to anti-crime charity Crimestoppers UK. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:46:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39216150,00.htm A survey of more than 2,000 UK adults found the top five pet hates are: people talking loudly on the phone; a person texting while talking to them; loud music being played on phones; using a phone in a restaurant; and swearing on the phone in public. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 May 2008 12:48:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39170429,00.htm BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls (of up to one hour each) and send 10 SMS messages... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:30:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39170164,00.htm He then went on to complain these young candidates used texting and Facebook to communicate instead of email. The next phase of technology has prompted a repeat performance but this time texting and Facebook are the media being denigrated. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39170113,00.htm Texting is a hard act to follow. Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! just emphasises its route to success, argues Martin Brampton. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39170028,00.htm Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon - not unlike IM and texting - I believe every single social networking user will want a data plan," he told the Congress audience. The secret of the BlackBerry's success is security, according to RIM... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:51:02 +0000