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The Future of Typing Appears to be Fading
Typing words is becoming less of a challenge, and a Dallas typing instructor believes mobile technology is taking the skill out of keyboarding.
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Texas Legislature to Consider Ban on Texting and Driving
A bill sponsored by Texas Rep. Tom Craddick is proposing a statewide ban on texting while driving.
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Hilarious Examples of Why You Shouldn’t Text and Walk [VIDEO]
January 28, 2013 Texting and walking has become somewhat of a bad habit to everyone who has access to a cell phone. You've done it, I've done it, and so has everyone else. There is no denying it. And chances are you've run into something or someone, tripped, or made some type of fool of yourself while doing so. And if you haven't, just ask these people if their text message was worth all of the embarrassment they suffered.
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Happy 20th Birthday, Text Messaging!
Although it became a widely used form of communication only recently, texting is actually a decades-old technology. In fact, it celebrated its 20th birthday on Monday, which makes it older than most of the kids who use it. OMG!
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Walking, Talking, + Texting Dangers are Getting Worse
Just about everywhere you look, you will find people on their cell, talking, texting with their heads down, listening to music, or playing a video game.
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How Many Teens Text While Behind the Wheel?
Teenagers aren’t drinking as much as they used to and more of them now wear seat belts, but all of that could be offset by the startling number of them who admit to texting while driving.
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Most Common Way to Ask a Date to the Prom Involves a Smart Phone
May 2, 2012 How did your prom date ask you to the big dance? I remember my classmate Shane sort of nonchalantly turning around at the end of history class and saying, "So ya wanna go to the prom with me?" I said sure, he said "K," and turned around again, picked up his books and left the room. We had a lovely time.
Some asks are more memorable than others.
How are most students asked to the prom now? You might guess technology plays a part.
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This Is Why You Shouldn’t Walk and Text
Texting and walking is a pretty bad idea, particularly when you’re walking down steps. Which is something the young lady in the background of this live CBC report is bound to remember the next time she tries to look at her phone while navigating a short flight of concrete stairs.
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This is What Happens When You Text and Walk [VIDEO]
You’ve probably seen the video of the girl who fell into a fountain at a mall while attempting to walk and text at the same time. Dangers of walking while texting is quickly becoming an epidemic. The latest victim took a spill on live TV.
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Is Text Messaging the Newest Cure for Addiction?
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.
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Average Texter Sends or Receives 41.5 Messages a Day — Survey of the Day
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.
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Texting and Walking Leads to Lawsuit
On Saturday we posted the video of a girl texting and falling. This video popped up all over the internet which to date has been viewed over 2 million times in total. This story has escalated to a lawsuit - go figure.