App helps blind to text
Researchers at Georgia Tech produced the app – to be made available on Apple and Android devices – based on the Braille writing system.
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Too much texting may give you ‘text neck’
Discomfort and muscle pain from texting has become so common that it now has a name: “Text Neck,” and there’s even a medical institute that specializes in treatment.
Texting: people are likely to lie in sms
A new study from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia found that people feel more comfortable hiding the truth through texts and those that are lied to this way get the most upset.
More drivers texting than ever
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the percentage of drivers who sent texts and use mobile devices while on the road has jumped from 0.6% in 2009 to 0.9% to 2010.
US to ban texting and talking while driving
The National Transportation Safety Board disagrees, and it declared Tuesday that texting, emailing or chatting while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed anywhere in the United States.
Sexting banned in Pakistan
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has handed down a ban on about 1,600 terms and phrases it has deemed obscene, including the word “harder,” for one.
Sexting teens are the depressed ones
The preliminary findings of an Education Development Center study show 13% of students engage in sexting, 10% of students have sent sexts in the past year, and 5% have sent sexually explicit photos of themselves. The teens involved in sexting were more likely to attempt suicide (13% vs. 3%) and were twice as likely to report depressive behaviors (36% vs. 17%).
BlackBerry outage made roads safer [VIDEO]
Police in the United Arab Emirates have given a surprising explanation for a dramatic fall in traffic accidents last week: drivers’ BlackBerrys weren’t working. [VIDEO]
Texting while driving: study
New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.
Apple provides free texting by launching iMessage
On Wednesday, Apple plans to introduce a new service called iMessage, which could quickly become the biggest fish in this pond.
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