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Driven to Distraction: Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks
Berlin :: Germany | about 9 hours ago
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Common sense, said Mr. Cooper, a Motorola engineer, dictated that drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Commission members asked Mr. Cooper what could be done about risks posed by these early mobile phones. “There should be a lock...
Tags: cars phoned, distraction driving, Germany, Berlin, Texting while driving, Text messaging, Road safety, Driving, Handsfree, IPhone, Mobile phone, Technology Internet, Disaster Accident, Mobile telecommunications
MTV, The Associated Press, and Sexting: A Study in Corporate Hypocrisy
Recently I was trolling the usual online news sources I regularly attend to when I dropped by The Atlantic's The Wire and a headline caught my fancy. It happens. The title of the article was, "MTV Tackles Teen Sexting, Bloggers Approve." You can imagine...
Tags: MTV, Associated Press, Sexting, allnews, New York City, Text messaging, Cyber-bullying, The N, MTV Networks, risk factors
Texting moves to top of teen driving perils
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility At least, that was the consensus during a recent first-time driver's education class in the National Safety Council's Orange City offices. A girl in 15-year-old Alec Buckley's gym class hit a tree while texting. Last Friday, a texting driver slammed into...
Tags: cell phones, National Safety Council, Alec Buckley, Laura Flores, Central Florida, Mary Madden, Florida Highway Patrol, STEAM Florida, Seattle, Mobile phones and driving safety, Defensive driving, Texting while driving, Text messaging, Road safety, Driving, Mobile phone, Mobile telecommunications
Fla. may ban texting while driving
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility With support from Gov. Charlie Crist, Florida lawmakers could pass a measure during the spring legislative session that would ban texting while driving. Lawmakers have filed at least a dozen bills for the 2010 session that deal with cell-phone use by...
Tags: ban text, AT&T Florida, text messaging, Russ Rader, highway safety, Tallahassee, Mobile phones and driving safety, Texting while driving, Road safety, Driving, Road traffic safety, Charlie Crist
New state texting law is really just 'common sense'
Glenwood Springs :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Colorado — Many people, from high school students to parents, and law enforcement officers, all seem to agree that the new texting law, which took effect on Dec...According to Glenwood Spring High School senior Cailey Arensman, the new law is not that...
Tags: Terry Wilson, cell phones, common sense, Glenwood Springs Police, motor vehicle, Colorado State Patrol, texting law, Cailey Arensman, Glenwood Springs, Texting while driving, Text messaging, Highway patrol, Road safety, Mobile phone, Law Crime, Mobile telecommunications, Glenwood Springs Colorado
New Canaan digital abuse forum discusses cyber-bullying
Stamford :: CT :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Nearly three-quarters of teens consider rumor spreading on cell phones and social networking sites to a serious problem, according to a 2007 national survey conducted by Teen Research Unlimited. This was among the topics discussed by more than 400 students,...
Tags: Carol Ogrinc, cell phones, New Canaan, digital abusive, abusive forum, Stamford, Text messaging, Sex and the law, Pornography, Cyber-bullying, Social Issues, Communication, Sexting, Technology Internet, Abuse, Bullying
Alarm over 'sexting'
Saint George :: Bermuda | 2 days ago
Credibility The phenomenon, already a major issue in the U.S. where some teens have been charged with creating child porn over naked pictures they have sent to friends, is becoming a problem in Bermuda. It was brought into the public eye last week when Melvin Martin,...
Tags: Melvin Martin, Bermuda, explicit pictures, Dr. Duncan, Saint George, Text messaging, Sex and the law, Pornography, Cyber-bullying, Communication, Sexting, Online social networking, Spamming
Warren schools using iSafe program
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility 02 PM CST A new wave of federal funding for technology is helping every school in Warren County access a Web-based Internet safety program. It’s called iSafe, and Robby Forsythe, technology director for Warren County Schools, said it provides real-world...
Tags: Robby Forsythe, Patty Stinson, Warren County Schools, cyber bullying, Bowling Green, Text messaging, Education, Cyber-bullying, Technology Internet, Bullying
Ashley Dupre Cannot Stop Talking to Tabloids About Prostitution [Addicts]
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility We tried and tried and tried (and tried! ) to tell you that the New York Post is not your friend...Not just one single text, Ashley, but at least, what, three or four texts, minimum, on the subject of hookers ? "My case in point," the call-girl-turned-singer/author/model...
Tags: Ashley Dupre, New York Post, New York, Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Alexandra Duprￃﾩ, Text messaging, Gift, Entertainment Culture, Ashley
Washington to Verizon Wireless: Can you hear us now?
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 4, 2009; 12:11 PM The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless Friday morning asking the company to explain why it has more than doubled its penalties for customers switching carriers....
Tags: FCC Probes Verizon Wireless, termination fees, early termination, Federal Communications Commission, Oakland, Fee, Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, Business Finance, Funds, Vodafone, Technology Internet, Exchange-traded fund, Investment, Renewable-energy economy, Somerset County New Jersey, Termination fee, Text messaging, Pricing, BlackBerry, Mobile phone, Qwest Wireless, Bell System
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