Tag: TXTING

Everyone is texting these days: 95.6 billion messages were sent in the first half of this year alone. It's time for home appliances to stop being so quiet and start racking up their mobile bills too, as is the case with a new model of thermostat that is capable of getting into hot and steamy two-way HVAC-related text-message conversations. The new feature is set to begin testing by Allegheny ...

When you're caught red handed, there's nothing to do but beg forgiveness. And that's exactly what Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit was forced to do last night in a televised plea. The mayor is under investigation over claims that he lied under oath about having an affair with his chief of staff Christine Beatty. Mayor Kilpatrick went into hiding last week after a Detroit news paper reported that ...

Harris Interactive has just released the results of a new poll, which found that 91 percent of Americans believe typing text messages while driving is just as dangerous as having a few drinks before getting behind the wheel. 89 percent of the 2,049 people polled believe it should be against the law -- leaving 2 percent that thinks drinking and driving shouldn't be illegal? The most surprising ...