The rising popularity of text messaging on mobile phones poses a threat to writing standards among Irish schoolchildren. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

It's a sport only for the fleet of thumb with a ruthless dedication to punctuation. And while competitive text messaging may not have quite gained Olympic status, the hundreds of mostly teenagers who took part in the US championships in New York yesterday could think of little but the $US25,000 ($A29,900) prize money. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Sorry--another dupe picked by Maven 2 years ago

Some of us worry that degrees are getting dumbed down - but now we have a PhD that has been thumbed down. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Surely due to the recent flurry over massively large iPhone bills, AT&T has begun sending text messages to its iPhone users assuring them that 50, or 75, or 300+ page iPhone bills will no longer be sent to their houses (unless they want them). picked by motorstorm 2 years ago

OKcupid.com looked at keywords and phrases in the messages sent over their service to see how they affected reply rates. Some of the results are very interesting... picked by tvirus 2 months ago

And he will do it by the famous "Subterranean Homesick Blues" way. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

A free service called Jott will transcribe your spoken message into text and deliver it via SMS to anyone in your contact list.

Other texting tricks here picked by cb__ 1 year ago

Pull on swim cap. Stare at computer screen. Send message. Look ma, no hands. picked by meggysue 7 months ago

a 13-year old girl sends naked pictures of herself to several boys. One of the boys is arrested for receiving the pictures. The girl isn't arrested because she is the culprit "victim". picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Probably NSFW picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

"The Big Four, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, are ripping off their customers by by charging prices that are several times higher than what it actually costs them to deliver a text message." picked by cactushair 11 months ago

TeleFlip, the service which allows you to send text messages via email, now offers anyone with a mobile phone with text messaging the ability to have email sent to your phone. picked by francisbook 2 years ago

This is really good, effective and strong political messaging from Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

"The assets they stole must be returned to the American taxpayers, right down to the tires on their Mercedes" picked by siennablue 1 year ago

The operator of a Green Line trolley that slammed into a train stopped at Government Center was apparently text messaging his girlfriend when the crash happened..... picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

An article about the persistent reluctance of many nerds to embrace fully new communications media such as IM and Twitter. In this thoughtful article Joe Kissell explores, from the inside, the mind of the introvert and how this personality style often struggles with new "always-on" media. The result is a sometimes exasperated incomprehension on the part of the more extroverted. Origina... read full post picked by extc68 2 years ago

Someone is surreptitiously adding unauthorized chat buddies to AOL instant messaging clients running across the Web. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

"Welcome to the world's first web-based back-hair messaging system." picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

I can't do anything but shake my head at this story. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

Fueled by caffeine teens are up late at night, and they aren’t just focusing on homework. Web surfing, text messaging and gaming are keeping them up for hours into the night, according to a recent study.

Anyone surprised? picked by Bingo 4 months ago