On the registration page, you supply the link to your AdWords account and permission to access it, and in about a minute, the tool analyzes your data and runs a report comparing your behavior (such as, do you have multiple text ads running) and results to that of others in your spending bracket.

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The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is in its second year of running one of the largest text and chat outreach operations for people ages 15 to 24, targeting African-American and Latino youth through promotional campaigns on MTV, websites and mobile providers, social media, wallet cards, video and Seventeen magazine.

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Senator Barack Obama revealed his choice for running mate earlier this morning in text messages.

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Using Microsoft APIs for Speech and Bing, the text is spoken by the phone running Windows Phone 7.

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In this world (as you'll see in the video after the break) you don't check Yelp or text your friend to ask if they're running late.

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It doesn't offer any of the predictive text or autocorrect functionality offered by the (identical-looking) keyboard you get when running an app that plays nice with the tiled interface.

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