Category Archives: Texting

Smartphone App Helps Drivers Find Parking: Fear for your lives

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Make way for more Boston drivers looking at their cell phones instead of the road. According to the Boston Herald, Beantown is piloting a new app to help drivers find parking spaces—a commodity even harder to find since Mass Ave … Continue reading →

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Cell Phone Spell Check Causes Texters to Sound Like Bigots

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

My “smart” phone is putting words into my mouth, and it’s making me seem ignorant. Text from Jonathan: “I’m coming over” Reply from me: “Gay!” Only I didn’t mean to use the word “gay”– I actually typed “yay.” But my Blackberry doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Radio Station Encourages Texting While Driving

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

When I was in high school, I once spent an entire Saturday in the bathroom speed dialing a radio station to win concert tickets. After listening to the busy signal for hours, I eventually won tickets for a show I … Continue reading →

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