The Maryland Judiciary is taking a page out of your doctor’s handbook and will soon be able to text reminders about court dates to anyone who opts into the system.
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Read More »August 29, 2018 Comments Off on Md. courts look to text messages to reduce missed hearing dates
The Maryland Judiciary is taking a page out of your doctor’s handbook and will soon be able to text reminders about court dates to anyone who opts into the system.
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Read More »December 6, 2012 Comments Off on Gansler warns of text message scam
Attorney General Doug Gansler is warning residents about a text message scam that falsely suggests recipients have won a gift card to a store. The text messages tell recipients that they have won a gift card at a well-known store ...
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Read More »May 25, 2012 Comments Off on N.J. judge: Texter not liable for driver’s car crash
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be ...
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Read More »March 19, 2012 1 Comment
Call me behind the times (actually, please don’t), but I hadn’t heard of smishing until 6:24 this morning, when I received a text message from “Wal-Mart,” directing me to a website and offering me a $1,000 gift card. A little ...
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Read More »September 30, 2011 1 Comment
NEW YORK — Bank of America’s homepage and online banking service were experiencing problems Friday, a day after the company said it would start charging a $5 monthly fee for customers who make debit card purchases. A message on the ...
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Read More »May 9, 2011 1 Comment
NEW YORK — If you’re willing to pay a $35 fee to overdraw your checking account, just text your approval to the bank. Under a pilot program at Bank of America, customers would be able to instantly reverse a declined ...
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Read More »January 13, 2011 1 Comment
As a special surprise for the New Year, I learned that one of my e-mail accounts had an issue that kept me from seeing 5,582 new messages over the course of the past year. I told my husband about it, ...
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Read More »December 23, 2010 Comments Off on Craig A. Thompson: Communicating unintended consequences
Clearly, there comes a time when the realities of a changing society force us to re-examine the way we behave and respond. For example, it was only a matter of time before condiment manufacturers like Heinz and Hunt’s caught up ...
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