Are you always tempted to check your partner’s text messages on the sly? You’re not alone. An Australian survey indicates that one in three mobile phone users are text message snoops, and the consequences can often be heart-breaking.
The online survey, conducted for telecoms service provider Virgin Mobile Australia, reveals that women are more likely than men [...]

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You are not alone in feeling irritated by unsolicited calls or SMSs from direct sellers. Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Maritz Research survey of Generation Y consumers say they are “unlikely” or “definitely unlikely” to subscribe to texted retail offers sent to their handsets.
The WebVisible-Nielsen survey is even gloomier, with 92% of the respondents [...]

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 Despite the language hurdle and low levels of literacy, would you believe it that nearly one-quarter of Asia-Pacific’s mobile revenues still comes from data?
This may one-tenth of the revenue garnered in Middle East and Africa, according to an e-Marketer survey, but, apparently, messaging-oriented services such as SMS and MMS still dominate the mobile data revenue [...]

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