Texting Produces an Entirely New Kind of Brain Wave Pattern
A research team from the Mayo Clinic has shown that text messaging changes the rhythm of brain wave patterns in a way…
Google Wants to Replace SMS With a Better Messaging PlatformÂ
Texting is long overdue for a makeover. The simple, utilitarian Short Message Service (SMS) has served our messaging…
TV And Film Still Don't Know How To Depict Texting (Or The Internet)
BBC's Sherlock does a pretty top-notch job of portraying text messages, but as Tony Zhou points out in the latest…
How Not To Piss People Off in a Group Text Message
It's a shame you can't unsubscribe from group texts. This week I was one of the recipients of a never-ending text…
LCD contact lenses could beam text messages right to your eyeball
Displays that appear right in front of your eyeballs is a popular trope in science fiction, and thanks to new…
A Children's Treasury of Texting Slang
Today is texting's 20th birthday, and as part of the celebration, we've rounded up a little museum of texting slang.…
Of Course AT&T's New International Messaging Plans Would Be Ass Expensive
AT&T just announced their new international SMS plans and they're ridonkulous: 200 messages for $30 and 500 messages…
Leaked Document Suggests AT&T Is Retiring Its $10/1000 Text Messaging Plan
A leaked internal AT&T document that landed in the hands of Engadget suggests the carrier is axing its $10/1000…
Text Your Way To a Short Emergency Room Wait
Here's one reason to continue paying $10 a month for your texting plan. ER Texting, Inc has a service that sends you a…
Text messaging actually makes you a better speller
With the plethora of acronyms and creative spellings available to the modern text messaging user, it seems only logical…
Earn a Graduate Degree in Texting!!!11
There's graduate school, where you're encouraged to throw yourself into your studies, and then there's Graduate School,…
Man Dumped Over Sexts Pre-Loaded In His Phone
A Winnipeg man has been dumped by his girlfriend of two and a half years, after she found his phone riddled with sext…
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…
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…
Senate Pushes Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
Though 14 states have already banned text messaging while driving, the Senate introduced a bill today that would…
Congress: Stop Wasting Time Trying for a Verizon iPhone and Actually Help Us Out
The New York Times' David Pogue has a great story condemning Congress for trying to outlaw exclusivity contracts…
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…
Two Men Attempting to Set a Text Messaging Record Get $26K Phone Bill for 217K Texts
Move over teenage girls: two friends from Philadelphia—both men—just received a bill for $26,000 after sending 217,000…
Catholic Bishops Call for Abandonment of Technology During Lent
Some Roman Catholic bishops in Italy have called for Catholics to give up technology, notably text messaging and…
London Clinics Begin Sending STD Test Results via Text
The National Health Service in the London Borough of Hounslow, in an effort to coax young people into getting tested,…