Sending an amount of data that would cost $1 from your ISP would cost over $61 million if you were to send it over SMS.
In actuality, the true cost of a text message is zero(0)cents. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year 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

Flip is a browser tool which allows you to flip text upside-down! Useful? No. Fun? Very.

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The self-labeled "Authors Guild", not the authors themselves successfully lobbied Amazon to all but kill the text to speech feature that was a godsend to those who are visually impaired. Despite that reading a book is not illegal and a computerized voice won't take the place of a trained author performing the text, the Guild contends that the Kindle is potentially an audiobook picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A judge has overseen what is thought to have been the world's first divorce via text. The reason behind this odd style of divorce lies with the nature of the couple - they're both deaf and mute. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Beginning this crop season, farmers will be able to receive text messages on their cell phones from their plants saying whether they are thirsty or not. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Englander Frank Jones claims that his wife, Sadie, has been sending him text messages from the afterlife picked by LeEhBlAnC 1 year ago

You are shopping when you receive a text message on your mobile phone. It is from the parking meter telling you that you have been given a fine. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months 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

After stealing a woman's bag, she pleads with thief to return it but keep money. After 21 text messages, he returns everything. A little bit touching and hope-filled. picked by sfeldner 3 years ago

Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like cellphones to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

BEIJING — Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month. Henan province has announced that firing off just one such message could see the sender slapped in detention for up to five days, the China Daily reported on Tuesday. Three messag... read full post picked by soreen 3 months ago

Your mobile phone beeps, you have received a text message.
It begins: "I swear, I will make sure I give you HIV..."

But it's not an abusive threat, it's a "romantic" text message copied from a book on sale all over Nigeria that professes to give young people the words they need to court the woman or man of their dreams. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Carrots might not scream when pulled from the ground, but new technology is giving vegetables a voice in how they are raised. Microchipped plants can now send text messages to a farmer's cell phone and ask for water. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

This is an easy way of translating text. You cut and paste, then select the from and to languages, and viola! You have translated text. I have found it quite useful. picked by thephrog 3 years ago

You've probably seen the ads. Lonely ladies want to meet you! Thousands of girls available now! Just $2.99 per message! Here is a conversation with one of those ladies. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Alone in a room in his home in Bonn, Germany, Friedhelm Hillebrand sat at his typewriter, tapping out random sentences and questions on a sheet of paper. He has written a book about the creation of GSM, . Hillebrand is pondering his next project. Multimedia messaging could benefit from regulation, you can never be sure whether your friend's phone will be able to display it. But he's hoping to... read full post picked by tgkprog 2 months ago

Create your own animated Thank You Mario Screen.

Just a little bit of fun that made me smile and wasted a few minutes picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

What would you like to say to aliens? That's the question COSMOS is asking of the people of Earth over the next two weeks, as we give you the opportunity to send a text message to the nearest Earth-like planet. The planet in question, Gliese 581d. What makes Gliese 581d special is that it’s one of the best contenders for extraterrestrial life outside our Solar System, given that it is in th... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Remember that Text you shouldn't have sent last night? They do.

This is one of those pages you can spend hours on, laughing your butt off. picked by icepigs 5 months ago