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more about #teens more comments → Julius Seizure - Canuck: "Son. Here's that phone you've been asking for." "Dad? What does 'Pay as you Go' mean?" "Son. It means you're going to learn how to manage your fin... more » Geisrud: The kid is at fault for downloading so much. The parent(s) is at fault for not disciplining their child. The sales rep is at fault for not selling a... more » bethel1614: Surprised he didn't catch the house on fire. Count your blessings family of data hog kid whateverhisnameis, your lives were in grave danger...or somet... more » Mikestan: Verizon didn't want another child getting dragged around their store on a leash. [gizmodo.com] more » OMG! Ponies!: How dare Verizon let someone use that much data! It's like that time I went to Nobu and racked up a $3,000 bill after we ordered numerous entrees off... more » jrebholz001: What the hell does a kid need with a cell phone anyway? If you're that paranoid about the kid's whereabouts that you have to call to check on him so ... more » Alfisted: Thanks for the awesome porn and music collection, Dad! more » Pixl Pusher: Something doesn't seem right about this story. I am on Verizon and last year I added my little sister to my plan. When she hit 13MB of usage Verizon ... more » Dexomega: Only 1.4 Gigabytes? I download that much in a week! more » fluidexistence: We're putting our 12 and 13 year-olds on our plan soon--think we're dumb enough to even give them web capability? Hell no. I'm surprised that the pa... more » Justin Paulson: I don't see the forgiving of the charges as such a surprise. Before I went to unlimited texting on my AT&T phone I had a huge overage and a huge bill... more » Kaiser-Machead: Codswallop. This is why you don't give tykes some variety of dataphone. You lock them into some basic comm with no interweb access. more » Wanfung 雲風 Lee: so does that mean if you dont want to pay for your monthly data charges, you should overuse it to the point of absurdity and then blame a kid for it? more » fuchikoma: I like the idea of light based feedback from an automated system. At first I thought DVR meant Digital Video Recorder - which would have made me a le... more » RoofCoffeeCup: I'd love to get a DVR for the cars I ride on. I want to be able to post peoples reaction to me. #cars more » -
#bills
Verizon Waives $21,917 Monthly Bill Caused by 13 Year-Old Data Hog
Attention, teenagers of America: things cost money, even when plucked out of thin air. And attention parents of America: buy a data plan, already. More » -
#safety
Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
Technological progress is amazing. Case in point: When I was learning to drive, my safety monitor was a "mom." It barked orders at me as I navigated Massachusetts streets, oftentimes recklessly at high rates of speed. In the future? Computers! More » -
#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
An Owl in a Box...Google Finally Solves PDF Searching...Lo and Behold: Teens Prefer the Apple...Rock Band Coming to iPhone? More » -
#texting
Texting While Driving PSA Delivers Bloody, Bone-Crunching Message
Holy shit. The initial accident is bad enough, but the creators of this texting PSA, not content with the usual scare tactics, add in some flying glass and a neck crunch to hammer things home. Then the second car appears. More » -
#cellphones
Predictive Texting Turning Kids Into Fast-Thinking Idiots, Scientists Predict
A study published in the Journal of Bioelectromagnetics, says that children aged 11 to 14 abusing predictive texting in cellphones are turning into fast-thinking idiots. Sounds about right. Of course, lead researcher Professor Abramson doesn't say it exactly that way: More » -
#ebooks
Now You Can Read Twilight, Golden Compass On Your iPhone
If your one dream in life was to read the teenage vampire novel Twilight on your iPhone and pay twice as much as normal, you can now die happy. More » -
#driving
Car Key For Teens Renders Cellphones Useless While Driving
As we all know, driving while using a cellphone makes for some dangerous driving. Now, a new key fob will allow parents to jam their kids' cellphone while they're behind the wheel. -
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#cellphones
Cameraphones Becoming Integral To Teen Dating...Because They're Used to Swap Naked Pics
Did you know your teens are swapping naked pictures of themselves with their dates? We've got a few questions about how widespread this is—mainstream news sites love to take a few cases of anything and pretend it's an epidemic—but it is an interesting enough topic for us to look into. You know, teen nakedness. More » -
#quicklink
The Zipit 2 is being upgraded to send and receive SMS to and from cellphones, for just $4.99 a month. Available via download between December 20 and its official February launch, the Zipit will only receive texts from a pre-approved list, making it spam-free.
