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1. When was your social networking site or technology created?

 * The first SMS message sent out was in 1992. **

2. Who is credited with creating your social networking site or technology?

 * Acision was the first company to introduce texting (SMS). **

3. How do most people use your social networking site or technology?

 * Today in 2009 you would likely to buy a phone with a small key board or with texting(sms). **

4. What are some of the benefits of using your social networking site or technology?
Some of benefits of texting is talking to family and friends around the world without calling and spending a lot of money.

5. What are some of the drawbacks of using your social networking site or technology?
some draw backs of texting is that when your inbox gets full you are not able to recive any more texts until those messages are erased.Also somtimes the network is down so ur texts dont always get sent on time.

one of our controversies are american idol providing free text messaging in order to vote.
===8. Has your social networking site or technology been in the news in the past year, if so what happened and why was it news? yes an 18 yr old girl was texting while driving and she hit a guy on a motorcycle and he was instantly killed ===

9. What was the original purpose of your social networking site or technology?
The original purpose of texting is for deaf people so they can talk to people without speaking.

10. How are high schools, colleges and/or universities using your social networking site or technology? to Your New Wiki
High schools, collleges and/or universiteis use texting everyday to catch up and talk to thier friends.

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