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Are You a Flake?

Andrea Bonior | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Invite, Flaky, Friends, Relationships, Invitations, Flaky Friendship, Flake, Facebook, Parties, Texting, Friendship, Bff, Friendships, Conflict, Evite, Party, Social Lives, Anxiety, Women News

The more you cancel events, especially at the last minute, the more frayed your relationships will become.

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Electronically Present

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: David Kulbert, Car Accident, Distracted Driving, Texting While Driving, Linda Kulbert, Shannon-Colonna, Texting, Kyle-Best, Texting and Driving, Text Driving, Texting Driving, Health News, Text Drive, Healthy Living News

I'll admit to texting while driving. I'll further admit to texting someone else while that person's driving. Did I know it was potentially dangerous? Sure, but it was just the one time and, surely, nothing bad would happen. Something bad happened to Shannon Colonna.

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How Technology Keeps My Relationship Alive

Hope Patterson | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: ticlr.com, Instagram, Shawn Hayes, Social Media, Twitter, Friend Request, Long-Distance Relationship, Facebook, Flirting Online, Texting, Weddings News

It started with a simple message from Facebook: "Shawn Hayes has sent you a friend request. Click Confirm or Not Now." Definitely now, I thought as I clicked to accept.

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The One Thing Politicians Can Agree on

Michael Zacka | Posted 05.22.2012

The magic that happens over shared meals can help preserve the American family, strengthen all of its members and enrich their lives. I'm sure America's Republicans and Democrats both agree that more families should be sitting together at dinner.

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5 Myths Women Believe About Men

Jill Di Donato | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Relationships, Relationship Advice, Dating Advice for Women, Dating, Social-Media-and-Relationships, Social Media, Dating Myths, Texting, Women News

It's sad what passes for courting these days. Think about how much effort it takes a guy to "like" one of your Facebook photos. We're not exactly talking the prowess of Lord Byron here.

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Fighting My Mother's Cancer With Text Messages

James Sims | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Iphone, Melanoma, Women's Health, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Love, Parenting Advice, Death, Texting, Healthy Living News

"I love you. Was just thinking how hard my fight has been and how tired I am... But then I thought about you and it gives me a shot of will power to keep going."

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Cell Phones, Teenagers and Anxious Attachment

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Panic Attacks, Transitional Objects, Flirting, Sex Addiction, Smartphones, Tweens, Psychology, Media, Parenting, Self-Soothing, Facebook, Texting, Stress, Friendships, Education, College, High School, Cell Phones, Teachers, Anxiety, Parents News

We are raising a cohort of teens whose cell phones have replaced their favorite blankets or stuffed animals.

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5 Ways to Talk to Your Mom About Your Love Life

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Fifty Shades of Grey, Twitter, Dating Advice, Post-Dating World, Kindle, Romance, Mother's Day, Pinterest, Dating, Adele, Motherhood, Millennial Generation, Facebook, Technology, Love, Texting, Mothers and Daughters, Women News

Share enough to convince her that just because you aren't "dating" someone in a way that she easily understands doesn't mean you are romantically doomed or considering another sexual orientation.

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Do I Need To Unplug?

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Cell Phones, Unplugging, Parents-Families-Tech, Parent Coach, Children, Screen Time, Computers, Parents-Parent-Coach, Motherhood, Parenting, Technology, Texting, Parents News

Dear Susan, My baby is 15 months old, and because my husband works long hours, I'm alone with her from morning till night. My mother and mother-in-...

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Should You Check Your Spouse's Texts?

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Text Messages, Marriage, Infidelity, Trust in Marriage, Weddings 2.0, Marriage and Trust, Slideexpand, Text Messaging, Marriage Etiquette, Texting, Weddings News

Should your spouse be allowed to check your text messages? This is a question that writer Jillian Bolger asked in her recent article for Herald.ie,...

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What Is the Difference Between a Prom Invitation and a Marriage Proposal? Not Much

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Rejection, Boyfriends, Dates, Proms, Men, Parenting, Facebook, Teenagers, Texting, High School Graduation, Dances, Romance, High School, Girlfriends, Parents News

Marriage proposals have always been expected to be beautiful, creative, and memorable events. Well now, too, prom proposals or invitations are expected to be equally creative.

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Straight Talk: Friends Don't Text Friends When They Should Call

Steven Petrow | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Texting, Friendship Advice, Email Etiquette, Texting Etiquette, Email Manners, Phone Call Etiquette, Gay Voices News

Protocol suggests you return any message via the same medium in which it was sent. Think of it as "an i for an i." Even a quick text from your iPhone deserves at least a text back, and a phone call requires a return phone call.

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Does Sexting Help Or Hurt Women?

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Gray | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Sexting Teens, Sexting, Sexts, Sexting Intimacy, Love & Sex, Sexy Texting, Sexting Recombu, Topicsexting, Sexting Sexual Harassment, Sexting Adults, Sext, Texting, Relationships, Adult Sexting, Adult Sext, Statistics on Sexting, Intimate Relations, Teenage Sexting, Women News

We heard about the dangers of teen "sexting" for years, then in December 2011 a study published in the journal Pediatrics found that teen sexting was ...

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Should Teachers Text With Students?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Education-Tech, Education Technology, Education, Education Techniques, Teens Texting, Teens Text, Texting, Education News

This year has already seen a slew of controversial incidents involving teachers texting students. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania teacher Timothy Mol...

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Clueless Texter Bumps Into a Bear

David Mizejewski | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Urban Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, Animal Planet, Black Bears, Video, Weird Animals, Funny Animals, Text Messaging, Texting, Green News

The man in the video got the shock of his life when he looked up from his texting only to come face to face with a black bear that wandered into town. While his reaction is pretty funny, he's lucky he looked up when he did, otherwise he would have walked right into the bear.

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How Campaigns Are Using Texts

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Video, Bv-Politics, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Text Message, Text Messages Campaigns, Texting, Politics News

NEW YORK — Text messaging is posing both new opportunities and dangers for America's political campaigns. The most widely used form of mobile c...

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Psst! Hey Guys, Don't Text While Dating

Bree Maresca-Kramer | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Relationship Advice, Relationships, Texting, Dating, Women News

If you are interested in a woman you want to win her over... right? Unfortunately, in today's era of techno-dating, men are unknowingly failing and, in some cases, turning women off completely.

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Philadelphia Officials Create Texting Lanes As Joke, But They're Serious

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Video, April Fools Day, Steven Buckley, Weird Photos & Videos, April Fools Day Pranks, Weird Philadelphia, Texting Lane, Texting, Michael Nutter, Weird News News

PHILADELPHIA -- The sidewalk lanes for the digitally distracted may be a joke but officials in Philadelphia want the public to know the issue is no la...

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His Selective Communication, Explained

Yashar Ali | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sexting, Relationships, Communication, Texting, E-Maintaining, Men and Communication, Relationship Advice, Communication Skills, Dating Advice, Women News

Just like when you go to a cafeteria and walk around, picking and choosing what you want to eat, men are only selecting and responding to the messages and responses that appeal to them most.

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The Ultimate Meme Text Conversation

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: iPhone App, Video, Iphones, Meme Texting Conversation, Memes, Texting, Comedy News

Love memes? Find yourself using webspeak with your friends IRL? Great news! Apparently there's a new app out there that lets you text your favorite...

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The Daily Szep -- The Old Days

Paul Szep | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Kids Iphones, Kids Texting, Children Texting, Kids Books, Texting, Comedy News

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Will Texting Make the Phone Obsolete?

Larry Magid | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center, Texting, Cell Phones, Telephone, Teens Texting, Technology News

I'm not talking about smartphones -- they're really not phones, but pocket-sized personal computers with an optional voice function -- but I do wonder whether the idea of using any type of device to actually talk is likely to fade away or at least diminish?

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The Everyday Behavior That Could Be Used Against You in Court

Ken Altshuler | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Facebook, Divorce, Social Networking Sites, Facebook Divorce, Texting, Divorce Advice, Divorce News

While many people are beginning to realize the risks posed by thoughtlessly posting comments and pictures on Facebook, I still find myself regularly shocked by the incriminating messages and images that can be so easily accessed in a divorce case.

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Sexting FAIL

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Iphone, Sexting, Fail, Video, Sexting Fail, Funny Pictures, Funny Sexting, Phones, Sex, Pics & Giggles, Fails, Texting, Comedy News

If there's one thing we've learned from "Sexting in Suburbia," it's that the rules of sexy texting are simple and finite (and if you break them, you'l...

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Email Use On The Skids Among Teens

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Teen Mobile, Linkedin, Facebook Chat, Mobile Teen, Twitter, Smartphones, Teen Email, Facebook, Texting Teen, Texting, Teen Texting, Video, Teen, Skype, Email Teen, Tablets, Technology News

With texts, tweets, Facebook Chat, and Skype all available as means of instantaneous communication, it's no surprise that the good ol' email seems to ...

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