One disadvantage to instant communication is that the ease of communicating can sometimes result in mis-communicating.
We're social creatures, but for much of evolution, instant communication involved talking face-to-face.
Yet in an age of instant communication, Britain remains faithful to a more conventional and leisurely mode of contact: the postcard.
The greatest advantage of instant communication is that it allows us to have ongoing conversations with our guests long after they leave our restaurants.
While technology has certainly fostered more rapid and instant communication, the fallout from this has the potential to be catastrophic over the next several generations.
The work of doctors in Germany, Australia and elsewhere to piece together the epidemic in an age before the Internet and instant communication, was remarkable.
Augmented by instant communication, markets are shifting all around us.
For years push-to talk has been a function available from Nextel (nasdaq: NXTL - news - people ), the wireless-service provider best known for catering to businesses where instant communication is useful.
Especially today, at a time when technology facilitates instant communication among employees, it cannot be overstated how important it is to communicate to the people on the front lines that it is they who are most important to the success of an enterprise.
The new 2.0 update features an entirely new FaceTime-like interface, allowing simultaneous audio translations within a video call, which not only adds a new interactive experience, but also adds another dimension to this new type of instant communication: the body language and tone to each conversation.
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But the adventurous nonet known as Fight the Big Bull formed in an age of widespread jazz education and instant global communication.
That gave it a leg up over contemporary technology stalwarts like Apple, Microsoft and Palm, all of whom were at least slightly behind RIM in seeing the value of truly instant mobile communication.
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In plain English, this means instant versus delayed communication.
CallWave is now focused on a new service, called Fuze, which brings all forms of communication (instant messaging, alerts, voice and video) together on any portable device.
Communication history, instant messaging and updates from social networking sites are all readily available.
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What if your claims or call center agent could seamlessly use real-time communication capabilities like instant messaging and video sharing or productivity features like mail-merge right inside of CRM?
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But Twitter would give the Redmond giant instant grasp of a flourishing Web communication destination, and credibility in tech circles.
While instant messaging remains such a fragmented communication landscape, SMS (which bridges all phone types and carrier networks) retains a significant advantage.
Thanks to the web in general and social media in particular, we feel entitled to free music, free news, two-way communication with celebrities and instant gratification of just about every urge above all, the urge to have our egos stroked.
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Users can also stay connected through Social Hub, which supports email, social network integration and instant messaging, displaying all of your communication in a single inbox.
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We work in an age of instant messaging, email, and other almost-instantaneous communication.
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These are big bets, but the Internet's unique strength lies in letting users personalize their news, communication and entertainment online, in Web logs and instant messages, file sharing, search queries and personal software.
ConnecTV instant "TalkBack" social polls mirroring those on the air to increase communication with local audiences.
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The idea is to create quick communication between close friends and family, both through photos and cross-platform instant messages.
Almost 60 percent of interruptions at work involve using communication and social tools, like email, social networks, text messaging, instant messaging or switching between different applications.
In the current era of marketing, customer communication via the lightning speed of social media can change the perception of a company in an instant.
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