Once you click it, you can then swipe your finger across any text area to look up definition or translation, and you can choose your desired target language in the app's settings.

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Cohen recommends including some text describing your area of expertise.

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Still in its infancy, the Net has already excelled in the area of transmitting text and numbers.

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"Originally we were informed it was a text message that had gone round the local area, but my understanding is that its now on Facebook and the rumours have really spread quite rapidly, " she said.

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These include the area's arson reduction team funding text messages warning of the consequences of deliberate fires.

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To select a bunch of text at once, you swipe in the keyboard area while holding down shift.

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Sites like mint.com can be set up to send text messages to your phone if you start spending more than your target in a particular area.

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Ship and plane captains all over the area get word of the whale location in near-real time through e-mail alerts, text messages, faxes and pager messages.

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