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The Telecom Digest for April 25, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 103 : "text" Format
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11 percent of all sexts end up sent to the wrong recipient (Monty Solomon)
Airline pilot distracted by new text messages botches landing attempt (Monty Solomon)

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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:18:28 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 11 percent of all sexts end up sent to the wrong recipient
Message-ID: <p06240803cbbb77780ca7@[10.0.1.2]>

11 percent of all sexts end up sent to the wrong recipient

APRIL 19, 2012
BY NATT GARUN

Sexters beware: A new poll finds that your sexy messages may end up 
in the wrong hands if you're not careful enough.

If you're into mobile, virtual sexy time, we have no judgment with 
what you want to do in your private life. But according to a poll 
conducted by United Kingdom-based mobile news site Recombu, 11 
percent of sexts are sent to unintended recipients. Looks like too 
many of you are getting too caught up in the moment!

The poll, which surveyed approximately 2,000 adults, showed that 47 
percent of responders sext on a regular basis. About 48 percent of 
sexters are female, and 45 percent are male (we're guessing the rest 
means undisclosed gender or transgendered). However, the numbers show 
that males seem to get more heated and eager than their female 
counterparts.
About one in 10 sexts from male senders get accidentally shipped to 
someone it wasn't meant for, while females stats stand at one in 20. 
What's worse: 16 percent of men have had their sexy messages end up 
in a family member's inbox while just 8 percent of females suffer the 
same embarrassment.

...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/11-percent-of-all-sexts-end-up-sent-to-the-wrong-recipient/

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http://tinyurl.com/d85tspe




Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:14:02 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Airline pilot distracted by new text messages botches landing  attempt
Message-ID: <p06240802cbbb764dc6bd@[10.0.1.2]>

Airline pilot distracted by new text messages botches landing attempt

APRIL 19, 2012
BY MIKE FLACY

While U.S. residents that fly commercially have to turn off their 
cell phones prior to take-off, a airline pilot in Australia left his 
phone on during a flight and found new text messages more interesting 
than landing the plane.

As detailed by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, an 
investigation into a Jetstar flight JQ57 between Darwin to Singapore 
discovered that the airline captain failed to lower the landing gear 
during the first attempt at a landing as he was too busy with his 
mobile phone. While the incident occurred nearly two years ago, the 
details of the investigation were released this week. According to 
the report, the captain neglected to turn off his mobile phone prior 
to the 220-seat Airbus 320 taking off in Darwin, Australia. When the 
plane began an initial descent into Changi Airport within Singapore, 
the captain's phone started beeping with new text message alerts when 
the plane was in between 2,500 to 2,000 feet off the ground.

The captain turned his attention to the phone during the descent and 
the co-pilot attempted to get the captain's attention. After trying 
to alert the captain twice, the co-pilot switched off the auto-pilot 
during landing, but started to notice that something was wrong when 
the plane was just 1,000 feet off the ground.

...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/airline-pilot-distracted-by-new-text-messages-botches-landing-attempt/

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http://goo.gl/F2Koh






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