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Conan O'Brien Offers a Senior's Guide to Texting

Emerald Catron — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:45:26 +0000

Thanks to Team Coco for giving this educational guide to texting for seniors to the world. But you might not want to let your grandparents see it. Unless you want them to have constant, instant access to making you feel bad in that special grandparent way, that is. It starts simple enough, with a reminder that te

Walking While Texting Is More Dangerous Than You May Think

Shauna Wright — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:24:16 +0000

We all know about the dangers of texting while driving — but what about texting while walking? It may be funny to see someone so engrossed in a texting session that she stumbles into a mall fountain, but that aside, the practice deemed “distracted walking” can be truly dangerous. According to the Consumer Product Safety [...]

Reports: Spammers Flooded Cell Phones with a Staggering 4.5 Billion Texts in 2011

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:59:22 +0000

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. Industry analysts reported that US cell phone owners received more than 4.5 billion spam texts in 2011. The total represents a staggering 45 percent [...]

Cell Phones In School: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly [POLL]

Jeanne Ryan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:18:31 +0000

From a Parents perspective I could not even imagine the constant nightmare of trying to teach a class when a majority of the kids have cell phones on them. Admittedly, our kids have cell phones ages 11-14, and according to them they leave the phone in their lockers, or If they have it on them [...]

Minnesota State Patrol Working With Duluth Police to Step Up Texting While Driving Enforcement

Tony Hart — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:32:59 +0000

The Minnesota State Patrol will be working with local police departments, including Duluth, to conduct extra enforcement on April 19 in an effort to reduce distracted driving. Also don't forget that texting while walking can be dangerous too.

According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, driver distraction is a leading crash factor in Minnesota, accounting for around 20 percent of all crashes annually, resulting in at least 70 deaths and 350 injuries.

Man Runs Into Black Bear While Walking and Texting [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:15:51 +0000

I find this the best video so far of 2012, a 400 pound black bear decided to look for some food during trash day in La Crescenta, California, when the "eye in the sky" caught him cruising around the neighborhood. What makes this video soooo good is the dude sending a text message that comes face to face with the hungry bear, this is why you don't text and walk.

Worst Case of Autocorrect Causes School-Wide Lockdown

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:39:02 +0000

It’s happened to everyone — you text your husband or wife, “I love you with every fiber of my being,” but your phone actually sends, “I love you with every fiber of malaysia.” Most of the time it’s funny, but one person experienced the worst case of autocorrect ever. So bad, in fact, that it prompted a school-wide lockdown.

Don't Text and Drive Says Justin Bieber [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:05:39 +0000

If this helps make the younger generations more aware of the dangers that texting and driving can create, then I’m all for it. But I think my generation and those older than I (yes, I’ve seen them texting and driving too,) should have a different spokesperson. Is Fred Savage available?

Is Text Messaging the Newest Cure for Addiction?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:12:12 +0000

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.

Too Many Drivers Eat, Text, Watch Videos and More Behind the Wheel — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:08:25 +0000

Buckle your seat belts, folks. According to Harris Poll chairman Humphrey Taylor regarding a new survey, “The number of drivers who engage in potentially dangerous, in some cases extremely dangerous, behaviors while driving is terrifyingly high.” The poll of 2,800 adults found that 86 percent of drivers have eaten or drank when behind the wheel, [...]

Average Texter Sends or Receives 41.5 Messages a Day — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:07:54 +0000

According to a survey of 2,227 adults by the Pew Research Center, the average text message user sends or receives an average of 41.5 messages a day.

How much someone texts is not surprisingly tied to how old they are. Those in the 18-to-29 age group send or receive an average of 87.7 texts a day, whereas that total is only 4.7 for those in the 65-and-over group.

TEXTercise: The Newest Fitness Craze? [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:51:05 +0000

Finally, there’s an exercise program that combines aerobics and text messaging.

It’s called Textercise, and it’s not joke. It has a Facebook page and was featured on Fox News.

The thought was, if you can exercise while using a Wii… why not do it while texting, which is about the only exercise some teens and young adults get anyways.

10 Mistakes to Avoid while Drunk Surfing

Laura Peterson — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:48:45 +0000

For those who like to enjoy an adult beverage or ten, there are certain rules you have to follow when it comes to “great ideas” such as “Drunk Dialing,” “Drunk Texting,” and of course, “Drunk Surfing.” It could happen to anyone (over the age of 21.) All are real, and all are dangerous! So in [...]

Teen Crashes Into Two Cars While Allegedly Texting and Driving [VIDEOS]

Tony Hart — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:08:09 +0000

Last week, blogger Sean Symons captured horrifying footage of a teen driver who crashed into the side of the road, then hit two oncoming cars, all while he was allegedly texting and driving.

According to his YouTube page, Symons called the police when he spotted the texting teen, then pulled out his camera to catch the teen in the act. The original video was reportedly handed over to the police as evidence, Symons said.