Drivesafe.ly provides texting while driving solution

Despite spendy penalties for scofflaws in New York State, I see people talking and texting while driving every day, usually when they're going 17 miles under the speed limit in the left lane or blocking an exit ... continue

4.1 Billion text messages sent every day in the US

In the semi-annual CTIA Wireless Industry Survey there were a lot of interesting facts and figures but of them all it has to be the fact that some 740 billion text messages were sent ... continue

Study: Texting Does Not Affect Children’s Ability To Spell

University of Alberta Psychology professor Connie Varnhagen allayed fears of parents and educators that texting language may negatively affect the ability of students to spell. The proof is a comparison made by Varnhagen and her team of short ... continue

Judges getting pissed with Twitter and texting

When Twitter launched with their now famous prompt “What are you doing now?” I don’t think they envisioned people serving on juries letting the world in on what was happening in the trials they ... continue

This is why you shouldn’t text and drive

A video produced by the Welsh police in Gwent, UK is currently beating Ursain Bolt's world record 100 m sprint in views on YouTube. The film tells the story of a fictional 17-year old girl, who becomes ... continue

So you think texting while driving is okay? [Not for weak stomachs]

This has to be one of the most powerful public service announcement commercials I have seen yet and it was done by a local police department in England along with local actors. This is ... continue

Excuse me? $50,000 for texting? for a 15-year old?

Okay, okay, so texting is popular. Everyone is doing but way ahead of the bell curve has to be the pre-teens and teens as they bruise their thumbs in order to stay cool, or ... continue

Psychologists gearing up to push new texting disorder

It never fails, the moment something begins the rollercoaster of popularity the psychologists will come crawling out of the woodwork with study about this is bad for you or that will cause kids to ... continue

Daughter’s texting cost family $4,756.25 – Damn!

Texting has become something of our next social disease but in most cases doesn’t much more damage that give you sore thumbs especially if you are in the habit of sending out 10,000 text ... continue