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Obama to accept contributions by text
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama’s campaign announced Thursday it would start accepting contributions by text message, saying this would help his grassroots re-election effort. The Obama team “will be the first political campaign in history to accept small-dollar donations via text message,” his campaign said in a statement. The…
Swiss sheep to be outfitted to cry ‘wolf’ by text message
GENEVA, Switzerland — Using sheep to alert shepherds of an imminent wolf attack by text message might sound fanciful, but testing is already under way in Switzerland where the predator appears to be back. “It’s the first time that such a system has been tried outdoors,” said biologist Jean-Marc Landry,…
‘Textspresso’ robot brews java via text message
A tech startup in Seattle has created a robot that serves up piping hot java confections, just by reading text messages. It’s called the “Textspresso,” according to Zipwhip CEO John Lauer, who recently spoke to Seattle’s KOMO News. He said the company designed and built it not as a new…
Forget “sexting”; what’s up with that prosecutor?
Some very good news for the teenage girls being persecuted for having a sexuality in Pennsylvania—the judge has ruled in their favor, and ordered a prosecutor to drop child pornography charges against three teenage girls who committed the “crime” of engaging in a routine sexual display for their boyfriends. And…
Obama/Biden
That’s the ticket. (I got the text at 3:29 AM.) I was enthused by precisely none of the candidates, and Biden brings with him some baggage that I worry about (mainly the history of saying bizarrely offensive things), but as these things go, it’s a not-awful choice. The Republican oppo…
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