We want to be alerted to the events and information that may be important to us.
Parents in Herefordshire will now be alerted to school closures and transport disruption via a new automated system.
In the future, Pasley would like to outfit couriers with a Bluetooth-connected headpiece, so even when the computer is off, they can be alerted to new pickups audibly, perhaps with an automated voice issuing instructions.
With live tiles, NOOK for Windows 8 customers can easily get right back to their last read title, be alerted to the arrival of new issues of their magazines and newspapers, or even pin a favorite book or magazine to the Windows 8 Start screen.
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When teenagers use the card, which has a MasterCard logo, parents can be alerted instantly to the purchase through text messages and a smartphone app.
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In the end, Amazon's greatest contribution to Internet commerce may be that it has alerted consumers to some of the pleasures of online shopping.
Ah, those were the days: when it was such a big deal to get an e-mail message that you wanted to be alerted by a special announcement.
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So many possibilities: Do you want to be alerted any time someone loses their cookies on the the Tea Cup ride so you can laugh at them?
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Other staff nearby will also be alerted so they can start to take action to help anyone in distress.
The International News Safety Institute, a coalition of groups devoted to journalists' safety, said credible sources alerted the group that "terrorist organizations may be planning to attack oil fields in Libya, " with attacks threatening to mirror the Algerian hostage-taking.
By setting their mobile phones to vibrate, they can be alerted when a message comes in.
Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD) so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a report that makes clear that companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD) so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information.
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If the facts eventually turn out to be, as is now being reported in the media, that it was Twitter who alerted NBC and explained how to file a complaint, much of the corporate good will Twitter has built up over the years will be tarnished.
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The alert was sufficiently serious to cause the U.S. Embassy to be closed, but the Cole was never alerted.
Namdeb spokesman Hilifa Mbako said the Portuguese and Spanish governments had been alerted and they expected a team of experts to be dispatched to the site shortly for further investigations.
Authorities were only alerted to the alleged Madoff scheme in December, and it could be years before the bankruptcy trustee liquidating Madoff's investment business determines what individual investors will recover, and hence, (as the IRS sees it) what their deductible losses are.
The BBC's Stephen Evans in Berlin that there is speculation about whether the authorities were alerted to the German couple by the same person - whoever that may be - who told the FBI in the United States about the Russian spy ring uncovered there involving Anna Chapman.
Do you realize how you are usually alerted to the fact that the restroom in your office building is about to be cleaned?
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Mr Dixon told the BBC that those wishing to become gangmasters would now only be inspected if checks on other government databases alerted the authority's suspicions.
Capt Allister has alerted Environment Agency Wales to his concerns and said a series of meetings would be carried out after cockling ends on Thursday and before it possibly resumes for a further two days later this month.
TVed professor of black studies, alerted the world to the latter's recent work, which turns out to be a mixture of post-structuralist mumbo jumbo, religious rhetoric and rap music.
If and when a specific event occurs (e.g. 50 individuals cross a virtual line), owners can be alerted via SMS -- and, of course, they can then view only the footage pertaining to said event with merely a click.
He said the coastguard had been alerted to the fire by a Manila-based ferry and towage company and that it would be investigating why the Azamara Quest's crew had not issued a distress call.
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The company alerted customers to another tweet, from a reporter at the White House, saying the report appeared to be a false alarm.
Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team were alerted to the incident early on Saturday and decided walking the motorists off the hill in the dark would be more hazardous than leaving them in their car.
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