We’ve all generally come to accept the fact that, in using iMessage, our correspondence runs the very real risk of being eternally damned to the iCloud ether. But at least now, we know we’re not suffering alone; a document obtained by CNET has revealed that the DEA has also been whining about their inability to access iMessages—but their problem is encryption. More »
Google may be getting Glass’s fashion situation under control by partnering with Warby Parker, but Glass’s potential to be dangerously distracting still seems like a problem. And where there’s a problem, West Virginian legislators know to step in with preemptive regulation. Apparently. More »
In the rankings of where you need to use proper grammar and spelling and sentence structure, text messages has to be in the neighborhood of last place. Right next to YouTube comments. It’s because texts are a mindless quick shot form of communication. But maybe writing poor word vomit texts points to something larger… like having a stroke. That’s what some doctors have found. And they’re calling it dystexia. More »
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“Just text me…”
How many times have you told someone that? Say you’re meeting a friend somewhere: What’s the first thing you do when you get there? You text him or her to announce your arrival. Why? Because that’s how you’re trained. You don’t email, call or use some other protocol.
And you know what? You’re paying for that text even though you already have a data plan, unless you’re grandfathered into one of the better unlimited plans of the 20th century. Truth is, SMS texts are perhaps the most lucrative service that providers offer — more so than data or voice plans, and they want us to keep using the outdated technology whether we need to or not.
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Texting while driving has been one activity a good majority of people realize is a terrible idea, and yet there are a number of us who can’t help but to take our eyes off the road for a few seconds to read and maybe respond to a text. But one thing we think we can all agree on is if you’re a school bus driver you should refrain from such activities, especially if you’re working.
Robert Stancheski from Seminole County, Florida is being accused of texting while driving his designated route, which shouldn’t be a surprise to learn it’s against school policy to do so, that is, unless it’s an absolute emergency. Unfortunately for Stancheski, it wasn’t and he was caught performing his dirty deed twice on video.
In one of the videos, Stancheski can be seen checking his phone while the bus is moving, taking his eyes off the road a number of times and even going as far as taking both hands off the wheel in order to fully access his device. According to reports, it seems this isn’t his first time getting caught for texting while driving as Stancheski was suspended last April for it.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Voyager Smartphone Prefers To Remain In The Car, Volvo Relies On Crowdsourcing For New App,
There’s a virus we need to talk about. It’s spread between our brains, fingers, and keyboards, we rarely think about it, and we almost all do it. Maybe it’s harmless. Or maybe it’s corroding our entire language. Ughhhhhhhhhhh! More »
We’ve heard of sleep walking, but sleep texting? That’s definitely something new, but given the popularity of texting these days, is it really that surprising? This phenomena was spotted by a nursing professor who discovered that teens are actually responding to text messages while fast asleep! Apparently how this works is that during their sleep, they will hear their phone beep and automatically respond to that notification by texting back a reply. Of course considering that they are sleeping while texting, the messages sent are typically gibberish and incomprehensible. However it has also been noted that sometimes these messages can get a bit inappropriate, where ex-girlfriends or boyfriends contact each other, telling them how much they missed them and how they want to see them, but when they wake up they have no memory of what happened! This is pretty amazing as I have yet to personally experience this, but have any of you experienced sleep texting before, either by being the person doing the texting, or the person receiving the text?
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Sony Xperia Z Available for Preorder on Vodafone UK, Android And iOS Capture 91.1% Global Market Share,
If you’ve ever tried to frustratingly juggle your phone and umbrella like some hapless idiot in an infomercial, you can rest assured there’s at least one other person who’s been in the same situation. But instead of grumbling about it, they went and created the Brolly: an umbrella with a redesigned handle that makes it easier to text in a downpour. More »
California just passed a law that says drivers are free to text and email while they drive, as long as they’re doing it by voice. Sounds safer, right? Not exactly, according to quite a bit of research. More »
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