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Sext Messages Make Us All Sound Equally Ridiculous
Everyone's taking the piss out of Tiger Woods lately, but I feel sympathetic after seeing these text messages he exchanged with a lover. He sounds as ridiculous as anyone else would in lusty, loverly, silly, and random text messages. More »Let's Sing About Safer Sext (NSFW)
Sext. Sending pictures of your naughty bits through MMS. Oh, don't play coy. You already knew what it is, so let's just watch this educational video and learn about safer sext practices from some singing, underwear-clad people. More »Obama Bans Government Employees From Driving While Texting
An executive order from President Obama bans all government employees—including soldiers and postal workers—from texting while driving if they're working, driving one of Uncle Sam's cars or using one of his cellphones. Meaning we're all next. [Ars]Ping is Like a Free SMS Client For iPhone and iPod Touch Users
This Ping app by the guy who made PushGmail is a mix between text messaging and instant messaging. What you need to know is that it's free and it's fast. More »Best Use of SMS Technology Yet Includes Boobs, Of Course
What you are looking at here is a) a seminaked stunning blonde in transparent lingerie, b) a great ad for the new Axe Day and Night, c) the best use of SMS technology yet, or d) all of the above. More »Silly Carmakers Don't Think You Should Text and Drive
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers are the latest to support a national law against texting while driving. Clearly, they haven't seen me: I can simultaneously eat Chik-fil-a, shift gears, Twitter, send email via iPhone and brush my teeth. Perfectly. [CrunchGear]Drunk Driver Caught Using Cellphone While Speeding, Fishtailing, and Running Red Lights
Hookay. So we knew that texting while driving is stupid. But what about using your cellphone to take photos of yourself while driving. Drunk. Speeding. Fishtailing. Running red lights. Crashing against a police car. And with no driver's license. More »Study Finds that More than Half of Drivers Are Idiots (And Text)
Seriously people, I stopped driving almost a year ago, but in my 18 years behind the wheel I never ever typed a message while driving. Unlike 52% of drivers worldwide, according to a recent survey. More »China Threatens Jail Time For Sexy Texting
It's not only The View and The Today Show that are going crazy for sexy texting—China's threatening a crackdown on people sending seductive messages to each other as well. More »You Can Now Text Message 911...In Parts of Iowa...With Some Risk
It's a bit surprising that even with the worldwide prevalence of text messaging, the first 911 call center to support SMS just opened yesterday in Iowa. Unfortunately, the system is still fairly imperfect. More »iPhone Firmware 3.0.1 Is Out, Fixes SMS Vulnerability
This iPhone OS update adresses the hullabaloo about SMS vulnerability. Get it while it's hot. Update: More »iPhone SMS Security Flaw Could Allow 'Every iPhone In the World' to Be Hijacked
Apparently, there's a security flaw on the iPhone that allows it to be hijacked via SMS. And when, hijacked, your phone can then hijack all other iPhones in your contacts list. I think you see where this is going. More »You're 23 Times More Likely to Crash Your Car If You're Texting
Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?
Man, people really laid into me for texting while driving as a part of reviewing the N97. It's unsafe, no doubt, but the reality is, people do it. Do you? More »iPhone 3.0's MMS Will Be Part of SMS Bundle, Not Sold at Extra Cost
In a nutshell, "AT&T will make multimedia messaging (MMS) available at no extra cost to customers with a text messaging bundle," says AT&T. [PCWorld]What Method Of 21st Century Communication Do You Prefer?
From time to time I like to revisit the issue of communication because the options are constantly expanding and it is an interesting ongoing sociological experiment. So, the question is simple: which method of communication do you utilize most? More »Texting While Driving Is Becoming Ridiculous
The Real Reason Text Messages Are 160 Characters
I always thought text messages were limited to 160 measly characters because of some archaic pre-1970s technical standard. But apparently, it's because some German dude thought 160 was "perfectly sufficient." More »Medieval SMS
Send mutton and mead to archer station on crenellation 4SW—can't hold back the hordes on an empty stomach! K Thx :) [English Russia]Teen Sends $4800 Worth Of Text Messages, Dad Hammers Teen's Phone
What's worse than your teen sending 10,000 text messages, mostly during school? Her sending 10,000 text messages when you have no text message plan. More »Why Do I Have Negative One Text Messages?
Error in the space-time continuum of SMS? Less than no friends? IS SOMEONE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING?