All the stories tagged with texting
Instant Messaging Overtakes SMS Texts For The First Time
04/29/2013, Even though smartphones have been on the market for over 10 years, mobile phone users still preferred to use SMS texts in order to communicate with other cell phones, especially when carriers bundle text messages with certain plans. But it [...]
Voice-to-text Just As Dangerous As Texting While Driving, According To Study
04/23/2013, Texting while driving is as big of a no-no as talking on the phone while driving, especially since both activities are distracting and could cause accidents. With the introduction of voice assistants, such as Siri and S Voice and etc. [...]
First Texting While Flying Case Linked To Deadly Commercial Crash
04/08/2013, Texting while driving may be two activities that we all can agree shouldn’t mix, especially if you’re driving a school bus or if you’re double-texting with a baby and drugs in your vehicle. But we think texting while flying is probably even [...]
Mississippi Man Caught Double-Texting With 3-Year-Old, Drugs In His Vehicle
04/05/2013, AT&T conducted a survey last week that found adults text and drive more than teenagers, but after hearing about this next story, we’re curious just how many of drivers out there double text and drive, which is probably as dangerous as [...]
School Bus Driver Caught Texting While Driving
03/08/2013, Texting while driving has been one activity a good majority of people realize is a terrible idea, and yet there are a number of us who can’t help but to take our eyes off the road for a few seconds [...]
It Seems That Teens Are Starting To Sleep Text These Days
02/14/2013, We’ve heard of sleep walking, but sleep texting? That’s definitely something new, but given the popularity of texting these days, is it really that surprising? This phenomena was spotted by a nursing professor who discovered that teens are actually responding [...]
Judge denies that woman can be held accountable for her “electronic presence” in texting-while-driving accident
05/29/2012, Last week we reported that a woman was currently being sued as being responsible in a texting-while-driving car accident involving a motorbike. It does sound pretty straightforward but in case you might have missed our coverage, here’s the kicker – [...]
People more likely to lie when texting (study)
12/21/2011, How many of you have ever told a lie when face to face with somebody? How many of you have done it while texting? If you find it easier to lie in the latter category – don’t worry because you’re [...]
National Transportation Safety Board wants to ban usage of cell phones in cars
12/13/2011, Car accidents happen on a daily basis and while it’s not always the case, more often than not, one of the drivers is using a mobile device behind the wheel. Well, it looks like the folks over at the National [...]
Samsung’s ChatON now available in Android Market
10/14/2011, Blackberry users have Blackberry Messenger (BBM), and lately iOS users have gotten their hands on iMessage, Apple’s answer to BBM, and perhaps not wanting to be left out in the wake and hype of iOS 5, Samsung has finally released [...]
Zlango Launches “The Walking Dead” Icon Messaging
10/13/2011, Yesterday, Zlango launched its localized icon texting for the American language, a service accessible via the Zlango Messaging App for Android Devices. Today at New York Comic Con, the company unveiled The Walking Dead theme pack, licensed and designed based [...]
Texting and driving do not mix
08/19/2011, We all know that it is not wise to mix texting and driving together – after all, you cannot split your concentration both ways and be 100% sure that you will be able to arrive at your destination without causing [...]
Concept phone designed for texting in mind
07/22/2011, When it comes to texting on our mobile devices, some prefer a phone with a physical keyboard, such as Blackberry devices, or phones with slideout keyboards like the upcoming HTC myTouch 4G Slide. Others prefer their devices to be thinner, [...]
