Mississippi Business Journal » texting http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sending a five-second text while driving can be deadly http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/03/sending-a-five-second-text-while-driving-can-be-deadly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sending-a-five-second-text-while-driving-can-be-deadly http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/03/sending-a-five-second-text-while-driving-can-be-deadly/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:23:33 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=62135 All the latest technology can lead to a tethered, never-unplugged lifestyle, including texting at any time, anywhere, even while driving. This is a behind-the-wheel distraction that can lead to deadly results. AT&T has a campaign underway called It Can Wait, meaning no text message is so important it can’t wait. Mayo Flynt, president of AT&T [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/03/sending-a-five-second-text-while-driving-can-be-deadly/feed/ 0 Read September 3 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/31/read-september-3-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-september-3-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/31/read-september-3-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:01:12 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62103 >> HURRICANE ISAAC Windpool, private insurer on coast confident they can handle risks— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> TORT REFORM Damages cap issue not gone for good— by Clay Chandler >> TORT CONT. As next challenge forms, current cap statute likely to remain as-is— by Clay Chandler >>READY TO FLY New Gulfport-Biloxi Airport director, Clay Williams, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/31/read-september-3-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Texting Leader, Pearl River Glass win MTA’s New Venture Challenge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/30/texting-leader-pearl-river-glass-win-mtas-new-venture-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texting-leader-pearl-river-glass-win-mtas-new-venture-challenge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/30/texting-leader-pearl-river-glass-win-mtas-new-venture-challenge/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:39:50 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57825 RIDGELAND and JACKSON — Ridgeland-based Texting Leader, LLC and Jackson-based Pearl River Glass Studio Inc. both received first place in separate divisions of the Mississippi Technology Alliance’s (MTA) Fifth Annual Mississippi New Venture Challenge at the Jackson Convention Complex. The New Venture Challenge is a business plan competition that provides an opportunity for aspiring innovators [...]

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