Posts Tagged ‘ text messaging ’

Inattentive Texter Falls into Mall Fountain, Lawyers Up

January 20, 2011
Inattentive Texter Falls into Mall Fountain, Lawyers Up

It’s hard not to laugh at Cathy Cruz Marrero, who was caught on tape unintentionally diving head first into a fountain located in the Berkshire Mall. Had she been paying attention to her surroundings instead of trying to text message and walk at the sa…

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Swype Re-Opens Beta for the Holidays

December 21, 2010
Swype Re-Opens Beta for the Holidays

If you kicked yourself for missing it the first time around, act fast and go grab the Swype Beta software for Android, which is once again open for a limited time, Swype announced in a forum post.
This is actually a new version of Swype, so even if you…

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British Police Force Told to Text as a Cost Cutting Measure

November 15, 2010
British Police Force Told to Text as a Cost Cutting Measure

When it comes to routine matters, British police have been ordered to fire off a text message rather than communicate using their radios, UK’s Daily Mail reports. It’s the latest movie in what the UK newspaper calls “unprecedented cutbacks.”
Meanwhile,…

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Nielsen: Teenagers Love to Text (Duh!)

October 15, 2010
Nielsen: Teenagers Love to Text (Duh!)

Granted it’s no secret teenagers love to text, but if you want to back up that claim with some hard numbers, here you go. According to Nielsen, American teens send an average of 3,339 text messages every month. That equates to more than six texts for e…

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Apple Granted Anti-Sexting Patent

October 14, 2010
Apple Granted Anti-Sexting Patent

It may have taken two years, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finally approved a patent Apple filed in 2008 which sought to prevent users from sending or receiving “objectionable” text messages.
The patent doesn’t use the term “sexting,” howeve…

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Brooklyn Teen Wins $50,000 Texting Championship

September 23, 2010

We’re not sure what’s more disheartening, the fact that Brianna Hendrickson, a 13-year-old from Brooklyn, New York text messages her friends and family 7,000 times a month, or that doing so prepared her to win this year’s LG U.S. National Texting Champ…

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Teen Texts Sheriff Looking for Weed

September 7, 2010
Teen Texts Sheriff Looking for Weed

Listen, we’re not looking to spark a debate over marijuana, so let’s not get sidetracked in the comments section. But no matter where you stand on the issue, we can all probably agree that texting your local sheriff looking to score a bag of weed is a …

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Study: Adults Catching Up to Teens in Text Messaging

September 3, 2010
Study: Adults Catching Up to Teens in Text Messaging

Call it a blatant stereotype if you will, but there’s no way adult texters come close to text messaging teenage girls who send and receive thousands of texts every month. But that doesn’t mean grownups are left living in the cell phone Stone Age, eithe…

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