Texting

Sexting, Texting, and Other Back-to-School Tips

eSarcasm | Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy


eSarcasm

If you send a pic of your ta-tas to your boy-toy, you could just as well send it to the entire world. Flash your friends in-person instead; it's far less risky, and no one's going to be able to upload it to the Internet later.

Prediction: Katie Couric's Report on Texting Will Save More Lives Than Her Campaign on Colon Cancer. And Guess What? It Will Save Your Job as Well!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business


Stephen Viscusi

Texting is worse than a personal phone call. Have you even been in a retail store, such as Starbucks or McDonald's, and seen an employee texting? How do you feel?

Surprise, Surprise! Teens Not Tweeting

NYT | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home


Just 11 percent of its users are aged 12 to 17, according to comScore. Instead, Twitter's unparalleled explosion in popularity has been driven by a de...

Bush Questions Brevity of Obama's Vacation

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Former president George W. Bush criticized President Barack Obama today for taking such a brief August vacation, arguing that the brevity of his summer break "sends the wrong message to terrorists."

Do Tell: Letters, Texts and Sleepovers

Trish Kinney | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living


Trish Kinney

Such old-fashioned letters rarely bothered with the minutiae of a typical electronic transmission but instead were more focused on feelings and hopes and things that came straight from the heart.

Texting While Driving PSA Causes Stir (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home


The danger caused by texting while behind the wheel is no joke, and as an extremely graphic PSA from the UK shows in almost unbearable detail, the res...

Government Uses Commercial Email and Texting to Avoid FOIA Laws

Peter Scheer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Peter Scheer

Many elected officials have become proficient at using technology to thwart public access to government. Why not, instead, use technology to enhance transparency and accountability?

New Study Confirms Water Is Wet

David Finkle | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


David Finkle

Money is being spent on these evidently endless studies--perhaps lots and lots and lots of money. For what? For news as old as recorded time and maybe older.

Your Black Leather Chaps Are Freaking Me Out, but the Rest of Your Bucket List Trip Looks Great

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Stacie Krajchir

This high-octane bromance gathering includes a colorful cast of characters: the Governor of Guam, a judge, a pediatric dentist, an entrepreneur and their perspective brothers.

A Deserved Double-Take on Wireless Prices

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


Jonathan Spalter

Consumers have scarcely paid a dime more for the extraordinary step into virtually limitless mobile communications. The average price of a U.S. wireless plan remains about $50 a month.

New Game Measures Ability To Multitask

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living


Studies consistently show that when we try to multitask while driving, whether it's eating, changing the radio or text messaging, we put ourselves and...

Jason Linkins and Alex Leo

Alex And Jason Have Questions For The News: Texting While Driving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins and Alex Leo | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media


At issue today is a report on AC: 360 that sought to totally expose how dangerous it was to send text messages to your friends while driving a car. Now, one would think that this is a pretty simple issue to discuss.

A Modest Sign of Recovery

Anne Hill | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

To gauge the pulse of the nation, I just step into my town's post office and see what strange things the mail has brought.

Texting While Driving MORE DANGEROUS Than Talking On Cell Phone

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

Lawmakers To Propose Ban On Driving While Texting

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

Out of Line: Driver Texts

Mort Gerberg | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Mort Gerberg

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"Ryan Seacrest Superhero" Newswitness News (Video)

Marc Singer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy


Marc Singer

Belfast Violence Draws Kids Through Texts

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Children may be using text messages to encourage their friends to join in the Belfast rioting, reports the Belfast Telegraph. The newspaper reports t...

Texting Accidents: Running Into Posts, Tangled In Dog Leashes (VIDEO)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Comedy


On Tuesday night, CNN's Jeanne Moos interviewed people who describe their accidents while texting, from running into posts, tree branches, and getting...

Emails and Texting are Killing Your Business

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Grant Cardone

People are becoming overly reliant and falsely dependent upon emails, texting and the internet as a primary means of communicating.

India Teens Skirt Traditions And Taboos Through Texting

GlobalPost | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


By Saritha Rai | GlobalPost BANGALORE -- Bangalore schoolgirl Nitisha Jaykumar's latest acquisition is a Nokia cell phone, which her protective par...

Texting The Doctor For Help

GOOD | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living


In the developing world, most communities don't have access to a hospital, let alone a doctor. Valiant community health workers sometimes serve rural ...

Texting Helps Teens With Live Transplants Follow Medical Guidelines

Yahoo! News | Martha Kerr | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living


For teenagers who've had a liver transplant, text message reminders to take their medications reduce the risk of organ rejection. That finding com...

Texting Gets Reasons for a Thumbs Down

Danny Groner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media


Danny Groner

As a society, we tend to accept that texting has gone overboard with the even larger technological craze. As tough as it is to scale back, it's even tougher to convince others to.

Texting May Be Harmful To Teenagers' Well-being

nytimes.com | Katie Hafner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living


They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with th...