Kids are such heavy users of messaging technologies that it is likely today's killer Internet app--e-mail--is about to get pushed aside.
"Small languages are using social media, YouTube, text messaging and various technologies to expand their voice and expand their presence, " said K David Harrison, an associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College and a National Geographic Fellow.
Chuah, a researcher at the lab of the Accenture consulting firm, is developing new technologies in instant messaging and online commerce aimed at conjoining the physical and virtual worlds as never before.
Under social media, Mr Cameron includes Facebook, Twitter and specific technologies such as text messaging.
Tech-savvy travelers are also taking matters into their own hands and using social media tools such as blogs, location-based technologies, and instant messaging services to respond to emergencies.
Unfortunately, while SEM and other targeting technologies helped drive relevant messaging, online advertising continues to be hobbled by two issues: the lack of ubiquitous availability and the old paradigm of push advertising.
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They know how to connect in fascinating ways and have mastered new technologies--from text messaging to MySpace.
But a person familiar with the matter said the patents relate to fundamental Internet technologies, including email, instant messaging, Web browsing, Web search, online advertising, mobile technology and e-commerce.
Three recent battles over Net technologies -- the DNS, instant messaging, and Web page annotations -- illustrate the point.
Microsoft says it will use the company's software, people and intellectual property to accelerate the delivery of its unified communications vision, a vision bringing together various technologies including e-mail, instant messaging, short message service, telephony, and Web conferencing.
Primarily, she said, the office would be better equipped to handle the increasing number of interruptions workers are subjected to as a result of new technologies, including e-mail and instant messaging.
To develop rapid response capabilities, companies are shifting emphasis to technologies and platforms that make listening more important than messaging.
London-based Skype Technologies distributes an application that works like an instant messaging service, but instead of trading text, users plug in a microphone and speakers and have a voice conversation.
Adoption of such technologies by companies like Apple and Google could push Internet messaging into the mainstream.
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