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AT&T’s ‘It Can Wait’ campaign gains the support of other carriers

By Robert Nelson
on 14 May, 2013

While we have seen campaigns against texting while driving from several of the US based mobile carriers, it looks like the four main carriers will soon be coming together under one slogan. That slogan should sound familiar to many as it is already existing. Basically, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint will unite with AT&T under the It Can Wait platform. The four carriers will be joined by 200 other organizations and the campaign will begin showing in television and radio commercials this summer.

Facebook announces Chat Heads to make communication seamless on mobile

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Apr, 2013

Team Zuckerberg and company are moving along pretty fast this afternoon. Announcing their new take on Android and tons of other interesting new features and ideas. One in particular that will be extremely important is communication. To solve the problem of texts, Facebook messages and more all being fragmented - meet Chat Heads.

Texting while driving: Nearly half of adult commuters now guilty

By Robert Nelson
on 28 Mar, 2013

There is obviously some overlap of good and bad use when it comes to a smartphone in the car. We can look towards the good being when information is feed to you such as for navigation or music. On the flip side, the bad comes when you are feeding that information such as replying to a text message or email. I am sort of touchy on this topic so I will avoid any deep ranting, however despite regularly seeing people looking at a smartphone as opposed to the road -- I was still somewhat surprised by the numbers in this report.

Verizon Messages app update will let you message from your smartphone or tablet

By Robert Nelson
on 22 Mar, 2013

Verizon Wireless has announced (and released) the latest update for their messaging app. The app is called Verizon Messages and is now sitting at version 4.0. Those looking for the app will be able to grab it from the Google Play Store and while it will run nicely on your smartphone, this update has added some functionality that will have you wanting to install on your tablet as well.

FCC cracks down on political related robocalls

By Robert Nelson
on 18 Mar, 2013

While politics can be a touchy subject for some, we think most will agree that unsolicited political robocalls may be amongst the most unwelcome of all robocalls. And on that note, it looks like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently begun to crack the whip. Specifically, the FCC has cited two marketing companies for making millions of illegal robocalls.

Text-to-911 emergency services coming to US carriers in 2014

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Dec, 2012

New details have confirmed that the big 4 US phone carriers have agreed to rollout a brand new service in a joint effort with the 911 Association (NENA) that will allow text-to-911 emergency services. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and the Now Network have all agreed to offer this come 2014. With text messages being such a huge part of daily life we're surprised this didn't happen sooner.

Should texting while walking be illegal?

By Cory Gunther
on 14 May, 2012

Texting while walking is something we all do on basically a daily if not hourly basis. Could you imagine walking down the street in NYC, Las Vegas, or multiple cities and getting pulled over and ticketed for texting while walking? Sounds crazy right? According to multiple reports that is exactly what's happening at a small town in New Jersey.

Google+ SMS support added in 41 countries

By Cory Gunther
on 20 Apr, 2012

Who loves Google+ and thinks it's the best social network? In case you guys didn't know, you can post updates and respond to comments using SMS just like Facebook and others offer. The only problem here is this feature was limited to the US and parts of India. Today Google has announced this feature is now available in 41 new countries. You can now update your social status no matter where you are with a quick text message.

Handcent SMS updated to v4.0 – adds ICS support and new UI

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Mar, 2012

For those that love to send hundreds of text messages per hour I have good news regarding one of the most popular 3rd party text and picture message applications for Android. The popular SMS/MMS app Handcent, downloaded over 10 million times has just be updated today in the Play Store to version 4.0 and has tons of new features and a shiny new user interface.

AmberWatch SafeText for Android helps parents control texts and email

By Shane McGlaun
on 17 Feb, 2011

Parents teach their kids right and wrong and you may trust what they text or email, but there are hoards of other kids and adults that use the same services as your kids for texting that you can’t trust. If you are a parent that wants to be sure that, your child isn’t being bullied via texts or getting inappropriate texts a new app for Android has launched called AmberWatch SafeText.