Does banning texting in cars really reduce accidents? There has been a large statewide push to ban text messaging while driving. The thought behind the initiative is to reduce accidents caused by negligence.
Early studies from states that already have the ban in place s...
Read Full Post Submitted by vic on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 12:31
Fed says Text Messaging Prices are OK - Not too High Our tax dollars are hard at work...
The Justice Department ended an investigation into inquiries that lead them to believe that text messaging prices were just too high. People were claiming that the price per data bi...
Read Full Post Submitted by vic on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:47
Text message service cut off for people using 'bad' words Cell phone users in Beijing and Shanghai will not be able to send text messages anymore if the content in the message is deemed to be unhealthy or illegal in nature. The major telecoms have already agreed to sort out sus...
Read Full Post Submitted by rocus on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 19:55
$4M raised for Haiti by Text Message in One Day Residents of the United States gave $4M to the Red Cross on Wednesday, January 13th, via their cellphones. By sending a text message, cell phone users were able to donate money in $10 increments. Over 400,000 separat...
Read Full Post Submitted by on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 14:10
$1.2 Million in Donations for Haiti, via Text Message After the devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti this past Tuesday, citizens of Haiti are receiving financial support from thousands of Americans who are texting their donations.
Anyone with a mobile phone and an a...
Read Full Post Submitted by vic on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 20:29
Texting While Driving Is Dangerous - A Research Study I think this pretty self-explanatory but I thought I would share:
"A study by the University of Utah found that texting while operating a motor vehicle can be up to six times more dangerous than talking on a cell phon...
Read Full Post Submitted by vic on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 21:03
Text messages may help smokers quit Trying to kick the habit? Maybe your cellphone has help!
In a review of clinical trials, researchers found that quit smoking programs that had advice and support via text message doubled the chances that smokers would...
Read Full Post Submitted by vic on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 21:30
Prices of Text Messages rising and doubled from 2006 Recent data has come out that shows the prices of text messages around the US continues to increase. Just since 2006 to 2008 the price of a text message has doubled from 10 cents to 20 cents for messages. A text conver...
Read Full Post Submitted by rocus on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 14:22
Text Messaging World Record set at 217,000 Messages Two guys in Philly today set the record of text messaging at 217,000 total messages for the month of march. This is amazing considering they would have to send 7000 messages a day.
The funny part was that they got...
Read Full Post Submitted by rocus on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 19:37
Over one trillion text messages sent in the US in 2009 I know can you believe it? Today the release came out about the amount of text messages that are send in the US and the number was 1 trillion. This is a crazy figure since only 363 Billion text messages were send in ...
Read Full Post Submitted by rocus on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 00:44
2.5 billion text messages are sent each day in the USA. More text messages are sent per phone than phone calls. The average text messages used per month is 357 compared to 204 cell phone calls.
