Using text-mining algorithms, researchers culled more than 10, 000 mentions and summarized the most relevant comments.
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Another is an Apple-created graphics technology known as Canvas, which gives programmers much more freedom using text and drawings.
In fact, emerging markets are using text messaging to do payments and basic outreach that is leading to real transactions.
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Last year over 1 million text messages were sent across our service (10x growth YoY) and end-consumers using text messages and a hotline provided anonymous tips that led to the recovery of stolen anti-malaria drugs.
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With many doctors now using text messages to remind patients of appointments and patients being able to text back if they can't attend, it's tempting to think that missed appointments will become a thing of the past.
One year I had a severe case of laryngitis, which is not good considering I am on radio and TV several times a day from CES. I got around it by using text-to-speech software to deliver my radio segments.
This is an interim report, based on a year-long study of 63 pupils in England, with the final report expected next year, but so far researchers have not found a negative association between using text abbreviations and literacy skills.
Both do the basics: create slides using text, tables, charts, graphics and other multimedia elements, let you apply a master design to them, organize the slides into a slide show and play them or print them out as a presentation.
An early and classic example of this new opportunity for citizens to participate in society occurred in 2001 when Filipinos, the world's most avid texters at the time, overthrew their president, Joseph Estrada, by mobilising enormous crowds at short notice, using text messages to spread the word.
Windows 7 users can change the size of text and icons using the Display control panel and can zoom in on text using a magnifier tool that can be activated in the Ease of Access control panel, which contains other options for making items on the computer easier to see.
An aid organization donated 32 text books which we really appreciated and we are using those text books right across the grades, trying to impart knowledge to the kids.
"Africa has the most advanced cell-phone-based payment systems using simple text, " Mr. Palella says.
Warnings about serious problems are sent using short text messages sent to the mobile phones of administrators.
Campaign speeches wield tremendous influence in determining the outcome of an election, and it turns out that mathematical modeling can predict the winner of a presidential election just by using the text of campaign speeches alone.
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Firstly, the aforementioned absence of an optical trackpad isn't a bother for the Desire S, which now lets you place your cursor precisely within text using a magnifying glass overlay and offers a couple of draggable pointers for defining text selections.
Millennials, in particular, are using email, text messages and engaging in so many other wireless connections.
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Speaking of apps, T3 highlightts a new one that instantly translates text using augmented reality.
Working together they will create a Welsh language mobile service that features news and information, using images, text and video.
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Last month, a secondary school in north Wales began testing a system of using mobile phone text messages to clamp down on pupils who played truant.
Once I have a hi-res digital copy, I add in the text using Adobe Illustrator and export the final version to jpeg (for web) or TIFF (for print).
Using only a text message or an e-mail takes away the nuance that comes from seeing and hearing people, from exchanging points of view and working toward agreements.
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The infantry is using smartphones to text message updates about their surroundings, send pictures with an attached GPS location, pull up maps, and quickly fill out regular reports.
The district says it recognizes parents may be uncomfortable with their children using technology to text and share their STD status, but notes its tech-savvy students have a different perspective.
Banks are playing catch-up in many emerging markets where telecommunications companies and networks of agents have been using SMS and text messaging to transfer funds to phones, with the phone owner then able to turn text to cash at a merchant or agent.
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Or using Skype to send text messages to mobile devices anywhere in the world?
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Leveraging WebGL and Javascript, the system samples the search giant's images and generates text art using the appropriate characters and hues.
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Users of the new iOS5 also may notice that by using iMessage, their text messages are blue, whereas going through a carrier, their texts are green.
Employers are also starting to experiment with the next frontiers of mobile recruiting: using QR codes and text-messaging, two capabilities that are specifically geared to smartphones.
The apps allow users to communicate without using their voice or text allotments, leading some operators like KPN to complain about the hit to their bottom line.
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