The need for speed, the carriers argue, will herald a new world of mobile electronic commerce, with global-positioning systems on cell phones alerting consumers passing Starbucks that Mocha Blasts are on sale.
Of course, secretly recording calls is illegal in many states, which the Free.2 addresses by posting a warning on the screen of the other person's computer (or inserting an occasional beep on calls to phones), alerting people that they are being recorded.
We psychologists don't typically like when our phones alert us.
The locals seemed calm, but WhatsApp messages pinging on mobile phones alerted Casa staff of a surprise police raid in Parque União.
When your food reaches the desired temperature, your phone alerts you.
Some students questioned why the university waited nine hours before sending e-mail and phone alerts about the violence.
The phone alerts you when text messages or calls come in, but notifications for e-mail, appointments, Facebook posts, tweets and alarms are "coming soon".
Tweets, mobile-phone alerts and gossipy television shows (there are five, up from three in 2000) provide much more timely information about the lives of the beautiful than do magazines.
ROME — I was at a conference on religious freedom and interreligious dialogue here on Monday when, late in the morning, journalists in the back rows started receiving phone alerts and promptly left the room.
And that's the expectation - that "Gem" will rely heavily on Google Now, providing "serendipitous" information as well as phone alerts, while allowing push-button access to Google's voice search.
