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'Textastrophe' Pranks People Who Publicly Display Their Phone Number

Emerald Catron — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:30:52 +0000

Have you ever seen somebody share their phone number publicly (on Craigslist maybe, or one of those homemade ads for “computer lessons” on the subway) and thought to yourself “I should totally prank this guy”? You haven’t? Oh, uh … neither have we. Ever. Clearly — we’re not monsters. But the person behind Textastrophe is! [...]

'Sleep Texting' Is Now a Thing Among Teenagers

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:58:22 +0000

Being a teenager is a perilous time in one’s life as a not-quite fully developed brain will cause the teen to make all kinds of questionable decisions. Now thanks to a new phenomenon called sleep-texting, the teenager can even make these bad decisions while they are catching z’s. According to a study by Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University, more and [...]

Don't Delete the Phone Number

Sharon Buck — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:15:19 +0000

I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I’ll admit that. Sometimes when I THINK I do the right thing, it’s not always. I should have done something different this morning with a text I received. This morning I received a text on my phone saying something mean. I did not recognize the number. And [...]

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Messaging!

Donald Deane — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:53:07 +0000

Although it became a widely used form of communication only recently, texting is actually a decades-old technology. In fact, it celebrated its 20th birthday on Monday, which makes it older than most of the kids who use it. OMG!

Text Messaging Falls For The First Time In The U.S.

Andy Capwell — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:30:54 +0000

For the first time in the United States, the average number of monthly texts sent by each user fell this past quarter. That's according to a report by independent telecommunications analyst Chetan Sharma. U.S. cell phone customers sent an average of about 675 messages per month in the third quarter, down from around 700 per month in the prior quarter.