TODAY'S BEST MIX » text messages http://mix108.com Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Reports: Spammers Flooded Cell Phones with a Staggering 4.5 Billion Texts in 2011 http://mix108.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/ http://mix108.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:59:22 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=94988 There are few things more frustrating than learning that some spammer has wasted a few megabytes of your data plan with advertisements for male enhancement pills or cash for gold schemes.

]]> http://mix108.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/feed/ 0 George Frey, Getty Images Is Text Messaging the Newest Cure for Addiction? http://mix108.com/addiction-text-messaging/ http://mix108.com/addiction-text-messaging/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:12:12 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=66508 It turns out suffers from alcohol dependency might be able to kick the habit by doing what comes natural… texting. Yup, a new study has found actual evidence that there may be a health benefit to text messaging.

Research with young problem drinkers found those who sent and received weekly text messages tracking their alcohol consumption drank less at the end of the 12-week program than they did at the beginning.

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We have all done it, whether you can blame Auto correct or, If you are like me, you don't pay attention to what you are texting. My mom always told me be careful with whatever you write, because you can't take it back and words can be very powerful. Umm

]]> http://mix108.com/fun-with-auto-correct/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of funwithautocorrect.com New Fords Can Read Text Messages Out Loud http://mix108.com/new-fords-can-read-text-messages-out-loud/ http://mix108.com/new-fords-can-read-text-messages-out-loud/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:20:22 +0000 Jeanne Ryan http://mix108.com/?p=19824 Ford is installing a feature in all it's  2012 vehicles that will read your text messages out loud.This is a fantastic idea to allow people hands free driving and stop  distracted drivers behind the wheel. The only downside I could see with this is, depending on who is in the vehicle with you, you may not want them to hear your text messages out loud.

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