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Tag: Instant Messaging

  • ‘net brains are for babies

    The subject line is a play on a meme that is going around my neck of the woods these days, it seems to mean all manner of things, all depending on who you you ask. This meme has been joined by another overnight. No, not a baby… but the idea that the ‘net is infantilizing…

  • Low rel M blogging – nee Twitter

    I found an interesting article through a couple of routes today on Twitter. They list all manner of pros and cons, but I think the con that is the most interesting to look at is low relevance when compared to the pro of microblogging. This contradiction seems, to me at least, to be something that…

  • txt mpruvz ltrac

    Hehehe… that got you eh? TR’s Kate Baggott has another story about how texting and it’s ‘net related relatives are actually improving literacy (in spite of the A and O level English papers that are written in txt – can’t find a link right now… but it may be in the archives, even though New…

  • MSN Messenger 6 for Mac

    It’s out and ready to talk to Y! as well (previously only the Y! Messenger could talk across the “line”. When you install it be ready for a wait if you have loads of conversations archived.

  • Silent Cells

    I know I’ve been one to threated to tak away cell phones in a lecture. It’s an empty threat to remind kids to turn their phones to a silent mode, but now New York (C|Net) has done it one a large scale. Even though they can be annoying for many, they don’t have to be…