Democrats have been cited as embracing technology to more extent than the GOP (though a close look at YouTube might dispel that concept), and in an email sent to supporters Sunday night, the Obama camp has extended a technological hand to let you know (if you really, really want to) who his VP choice is first, via SMS or email.
On Thursday the Pew Internet and American Life Project released a study tracking the way teenagers feel about writing. Among other things, it noted that both emoticons and text message speak are showing up in teens' classroom assignments.
Fortunately Amazon.com launched this today (4/2) so I can be assured it's not a prank. At first, I wondered.
Amazon.com has launched "Amazon TextBuyIt," a way to shop via your cell phone. You simply text either keywords (for example, I sent "Asus Eee"), UPC or ISBN to 262966, and you get a text message back with a list of matches. They you simply reply with the appropriate number to buy the item.
