I spotted an enjoyable article over the weekend in The Sunday Times. Apparently the texting is breaking down social barriers and encouraging instant flirtations. Whoohoo! Bring on the LUV. However, it seems that this is also causing plenty of social embarrassment and things are all a bit tricky in the world of the ‘techno-peck’ (I’m [...]
The Mobile Data Association have just released their latest figures and whooooaaahhh we’re sending an awful lot of text messages. Nearly 1.5 billion between January and May in the UK. It’s also encouraging to see that more than 10 million pictures and video messaging were sent per week. Key findings Text Messaging – Number of [...]
Is there no end to the supreme power of the text message? Now it seems that even the Pope has got in on the act. Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics have gathered for the opening of World Youth Day (no, I didn’t know it was happening either) – a festival aimed at revitalising the [...]
There’s a big bru-ha-ha going on at the moment about tougher penalties for people who cause accidents and death by dangerous driving. It’s now felt that causing death while reading or writing text messages on a mobile phone should attract a term of up to seven years. Wonder what they’d do with this guy in [...]
Send a text. To Nelson Mandela. And raise a load of money for a handful of charitable organisations at the same time. A mix of shared and dedicated premium rate shortcodes have been set up in over 20 countries around the world, offering the chance for millions to text their own 90th birthday message to [...]