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The Egyptian text-messaging shutdown is the latest example of the tension between Western technology and telecom giants and some governments in emerging markets.
WSJ: Egypt Intrudes on Mobile Operators
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The split-screen feature allows customers to talk and text at the same time, so for example, they can send a picture to their contact while talking with them.
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This reviewer was admiring of it, and then tickled to notice that the publisher's spell-check software program had added nonsenses to the text (Peter Brought, for example, for Peter Brough).
ECONOMIST: Ventriloquism
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In the Middle East, for example, unsolicited text messages are quite common, and do not prompt many complaints.
ECONOMIST: Mobile advertising
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An address on an e-mail, for example, can appear over the text as a map with a move of the computer mouse.
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In the modern history of Mexico, for example, a big landmark was the introduction, 15 years ago, of text-books that were a bit less anti-American.
ECONOMIST: Learning about the past
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Enough, for example, for scholars to ascertain what decade the text was written.
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You cannot use a speech-driven device to make a note while talking on the phone, for example, or to send a surreptitious text message during a boring meeting.
ECONOMIST: MONITOR
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There are plenty of metaphors and allegories in scripture, but the plain reading of the text does not in any way indicate that Genesis is an example of this.
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For example, SMS capability could lead to the unwitting receipt of mass text messages publicising secular events.
BBC: Is that cellphone kosher?
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For example, the new Pebble smart watch passes on alerts from a smartphone, so when you receive a text, e-mail, or Facebook notification it is pushed to the watch, which vibrates.
CNN: More than a watch: Apple's entry into wearable tech
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The most attractive services will probably be those that combine voice and text in a clever way: users could, for example, ask for an address and get driving directions on their cell phone display.
ECONOMIST: Internet