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Help More Babies Survive The First Day

Janice Frey-Angel | Posted 05.15.2013 | Impact
Janice Frey-Angel

Even more shocking is that more babies die within the first day of life in the United States than any other country in the world. This is not only the highest rate of any industrialized country, it is also 50 percent greater than all other industrialized countries combined. In our own backyard, mothers are experiencing unhealthy pregnancies and deliveries, and babies are dying.

Are the FBI and IRS Secretly Reading Your Email Without a Warrant?

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.10.2013 | Technology
Democracy Now!

The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained documents revealing that the FBI and IRS may be reading emails and other electronic communications of ...

Make Better Use of Facebook Mobile Messaging With These Top Tips

Meredith Chin | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology
Meredith Chin

Here are some quick tips to show you how to get the most out of Facebook messaging on your mobile phone.

Texting While Parenting: Can It Wait?

Common Sense Media | Posted 05.14.2013 | Parents
Common Sense Media

Some experts are linking the rise in smartphone ownership with a spike in emergency room visits for kids under 5. As a parent of two kids and an avid iPhone user, I can attest to plenty of distracted parenting moments -- not something I'm terribly proud of.

Katherine Bindley

Are People Really Texting In Their Sleep?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.14.2013 | Technology

Teens are known for being dependent on their cell phones -- exchanging as many as 60 text messages a day -- but are they so attached to their devices ...

My Huge Texting Mistake

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 04.14.2013 | Fifty
Lisa K. Friedman

"That's bad," my husband said when he read the exchange. "That's really bad."

A Much-Needed Guide to Text Etiquette

Dana Holmes | Posted 03.17.2013 | Technology
Dana Holmes

The rules can be tricky; there is a fine line between what's appropriate and what's not, and sometimes it's hard to tell where exactly to draw that line.

The One Rule Of Electronic Communication

Carla Naumburg | Posted 03.05.2013 | TED Weekends
Carla Naumburg

Just as there are choices we can make to improve the nature and outcome of face-to-face communication, there are also things we can do to decrease the likelihood of problems over email, texting, and social networking.

One Country Lets You Divorce Via Text..

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 12.04.2012 | Technology

Texting turned 20 on Monday. That's right: SMS (Short Messaging Service), which we still use to relay our OMGs and LOLs, is older than Justin Bieber. ...

Young People Will Vote If You Text Them

Christina Blacken | Posted 01.05.2013 | Impact
Christina Blacken

Think of voting as learning how to drive. You wouldn't speed off in your first car without learning how to drive first (I would hope). Why are young voters expected to get in the driver's seat without an instruction manual on how to get started?

Michael McAuliff

Anonymous Hate Texts Target Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 10.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A string of vitriol-laden text messages hit voters' phones Tuesday night, blasting President Barack Obama with anti-gay attacks and fals...

Paul Ryan's Text Messages Utterly Boring

Tony Phillips | Posted 12.18.2012 | Comedy
Tony Phillips

While stumping at a VFW hall in the capital of Indiana this afternoon, Republican Vice Presidential candidate and emerging heart-throb Paul Ryan inadvertently left his iPhone on a lectern and departed in a motorcade destined for the Indianapolis airport.

Woman Slammed With Huge Bill While Phone Was Allegedly Off

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 10.04.2012 | Home

It turns out roaming charges really can roam. Maria Francis, a Sacramento woman, says she turned off her cell phone while on a cruise abroad and st...

iPhone Glitch Lets Hackers Text You

Posted 08.17.2012 | Technology

If a new report is to be believed, scam artists may have another channel to trick you into revealing important information or swindle you out of your ...

Support It Can Wait: No Texting While Driving

John M. Burns | Posted 10.15.2012 | Technology
John M. Burns

Together, we can work to remind one another that no text is worth a life.

School District To Search Students' Electronics For Sexting

Posted 08.01.2012 | Home

A Detroit-area school district is attempting to curb sexting among its students by adopting a policy that subjects their cellphones, laptops and other...

New Meaning To The Mass Text

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 09.10.2012 | Religion
Sister Mary Ann Walsh

The July 4 closing of the Fortnight for Freedom at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington drew a standing-room-only crowd, a fact that stunned organizers given the holiday.

Is Texting Ruining The Art Of Conversation?

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 06.03.2012 | Technology

CHICAGO -- Anna Schiferl hadn't even rolled out of bed when she reached for her cell phone and typed a text to her mom, one recent Saturday. Mom was r...

Should You Check Your Spouse's Texts?

Posted 05.09.2012 | Weddings

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,...

Text Scammers May Have To Pay Up

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are seeking $52.6 million from a billing company that they accuse of adding unauthorized charges to consumers' p...

Experiment: "If Anyone Wants to Talk About Anything, Call Me" (or Text If You Prefer)

Craig Kanalley | Posted 06.11.2012 | Technology
Craig Kanalley

How do we combat feelings of loneliness? Some turn to technology, which is ever-connecting us. But sometimes that's not enough. And sometimes, technology can make us feel even more lonely. We may be connected online, but offline may be different.

Clueless Texter Bumps Into a Bear

David Mizejewski | Posted 06.10.2012 | Green
David Mizejewski

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.

Giving New And Expecting Moms Power In The Palm Of Their Hands

Tina Sharkey | Posted 04.30.2012 | Impact
Tina Sharkey

Moms all over the world need the right information. Last April, we helped launch MAMA, an initiative to deliver critical health information to women in the developing world through text and voice messages on basic mobile phones.

Trina Braxton 'Done' After Catching Gabe Texting Women

Posted 04.03.2012 | TV

The tumultuous relationship between Gabe and Trina, who by now have both admitted to various levels of infidelity in their marriage, has been a point ...

Sexting in the City... and the Suburbs... and the Country....

Sarah Tracey | Posted 03.27.2012 | Entertainment
Sarah Tracey

It's incredibly intimidating to come of age in a digital world where this is a common expectation in modern dating. I imagine the great love stories through time: would Juliet have texted explicit photos to Romeo when they were kept apart? How about Scarlett and Rhett?