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Technology, Culture, Commentary on the Internet Revolution

May 14th, 2008

Text Costs More Than Hubble Data

Think texting is cheap? Think again. The University of Leicester’s Dr. Nigel Bannister points out that the cost of SMS is, quite literally, astronomical.
“The bottom line is texting is at least 4 times more expensive than transmitting data from Hubble, and is likely to be substantially more than that.
“The maximum size for a text message […]

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April 24th, 2008

SMS Romance!

Dating coaches will tell you that there is, in fact, an actual technique to flirting over SMS. Unfortunately for the guy in this clip, he executes exactly one of those attraction gambits properly. The rest of the time, he falls prey to the fire-and-forget flaws of the medium.
Love how the hot chick is depicted as […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments