He said he didn't receive an email alert from the college until 11:56 a.m.
It takes between 10 and 20 minutes to recover and refocus every time someone stops to ask you a question or your email alert buzzes.
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For airfare, register flight information on Yapta.com and you'll get an email alert if the price falls low enough for the carrier to refund the difference.
As a result, campus officials didn't send out an email alert about the first two killings until about the time Mr. Cho was preparing to continue with his carnage.
Other projects included a dashboard that predicts when petitions will cross the 100, 000 signature threshold, documentation and step-by-step primers on using the API, email alert systems that inform you when a petition on an issue you care about has been created, and more.
That lets customers register for free alert via email, text, or phone a day before a first delivery attempt.
Right now, for instance, some carmakers use remote diagnostics to alert you via email when your car needs an oil change.
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While the attack was limited to email address and ICC-ID data, we encourage you to be alert to scams that could attempt to use this information to obtain other data or send you unwanted email.
Vehicle Location Alert: Subscribers can set up email or text message notifications to let them know the location of their loved one's vehicle.
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As users, then, we can only detect viruses as we can, update our virus detection files religiously, armor systems as much as possible, be extremely cautious of email attachments, and always be on the alert.
Additionally most financial institutions have robust alert options that will notify you via text or email of activity in your account so you can keep a close eye on your hard earned dollars.
Following the 2007 rampage, the university created a new alert system that sends warnings through media including text messages, email and Twitter.
The subscriber can request the day of week and time to receive an alert, as well as how they would like to be notified: via text, email or both.
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While anyone can still visit the site for free and check their email address or username, users can also pay a dollar a month for a service that emails them an automatic alert if their account data has been dumped by hackers on the Web.
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