text messages

What does Google Wave mean for phones?

If Google Wave is supposed to be the next phase of  e-mail, what does that mean for cell phone?

Google Wave as just been unveiled at Google’s I/O conference for developers and without getting into all the details, the video is about 80 minutes long, this could be the application that finally destroys IM and text messages. 

Meet the man who limited SMS to 160 characters

More accurately, it turns out he actually extended text messaging to 160 characters.

Ask embarrassing sex questions via text message

According to The New York Times text messaging is the latest, greatest fad in sex education: 

So how many text messages do we send?

This just in - Americans really like text messaging.

At the CTIA Wireless keynote address Wednesday, CTIA president Steve Largent revealed that during 2008, Americans sent 1 trillion text messages. That's nearly three times the 363 billion text messages that Americans sent in 2007, and averages out to about 10 text messages per wireless subscriber.

mobile amber alerts

It'll probably amount to nothing; but maybe, just maybe, you can help save a life. 

Amber Alerts, the emergency system in place to help find abducted children also mobile amber alert component in place, that basically works like this:

BigBelly: solar powered trash can sends SMS

If the world's first a solar powered, composting trash can doesn't sound strange enough, here's the kicker - it also sends text messages.

Short Jokes for Mobile Phones

It's not the size of the joke, but how your use it. Or at least something like that. Here are some Short Jokes for Mobile Phones. If you'd like to share them with a friend you can with our Free Worldwide SMS service. 

Santa will text message your kid... for a price

Tis the season to be greedy... bitches. 

A new text messaging service called textsanta.net will send kids a series of three personalized SMS from Jolly Old Saint Nick provided mom and dad pony up $4.49. Yeah, they're donating a dollar from each sale to March of Dimes, but that still leaves like $3 unaccounted for. Just how much are roaming charges from the North Pole?   

Estonia to be the first country to vote by text message

The Estonian Parliament just passed a law that will allow voting by cell phone in the 2011 elections. Using free, authorized chips that have an encrypted digital signature, Estonians just have to register and pick them up at the country's SK Certification Center and when election day comes, they send in their ballot with a text message.   

Key2SafeDriving stops teenagers from being able to use phone while driving

Parents want to control your children but handcuffing them to the bedpost is frowned upon by the law?