Top internet firms are spying on smartphone users.
An investigation revealed on Sunday shows internet giant Facebook is accessing smartphone users’ personal text messages .
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Pakistan bans “Monkey Crotch” and other offensive words in text messages
Pakistan takes a stand on offending texts.
Texting is safe again: gone are offending words like “monkey crotch,” “love pistol,” and “flatulence” from ever invading your text messages, at least in Pakistan.
The guardians of linguistic purity there have issued a list of more than 1,000 words and phrases to be banned…
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Ford’s Sync will now read your text messages out loud
Ford’s voice-activated technology, Sync, will read text messages out loud.
A new feature will be installed in new Ford vehicles and many of Ford’s older ones as well. The feature will read text messages out loud.
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The Average Teenager Sends 3,339 Texts a Month
The number of texts by teens on the rise.
If you needed more proof that texting is on the rise, here’s a stat for you: the average teenager sends over 3,000 texts per month. That’s more than six texts per waking hour.
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Digital Lipstick on the Collar – Text Messages Provide Proof In Divorce Cases
Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor, in court in 2008 with Christine Beatty and her lawyer, Mayer Morganroth. Steamy text messages were a big part of their case.
There is a question that has crossed the mind recently of anyone who has sent a cellphone text message while cheating on a spouse: What was I thinking? Text messages are the new lipstick on the collar, the mislaid credit card bill. Instantaneous and seemingly casual, they can be confirmation of a clandestine affair, a record of the not-so-discreet who sometimes forget that everything digital leaves a footprint.
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