texting

Mother Nature will no longer preclude you from texting.

Teenagers like to abbreviate things. It's a way of bonding, & having a language of their own. It's also a way to keep parents from knowing what they're talking & texting about. Many parents go through their kids texts, e-mails, and monitor their activity on social media. We're all familiar with Lol, Smh, & Omg. Some are pretty innocent, "LMK" (let me know), "WYCM" (Will you call me?) Then there are the ones designed to keep parents in the dark...

Louisiana motorists are being asked to send a text using the hashtag symbol and the letter X before getting behind the wheel. Erik Skrmetta, chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission says it's the new social media way to tell people, "I'm driving — don't text me."

It's so clever and effective, using a location based broadcasting device to make a very important point.

Kids today. They sure know their texting.

When does BFF not mean Best Friends Forever?  When you're over 50 that's when.  These are funny texting codes for people over 50.

The dangers of texting and driving are well known, which makes the action of one school bus driver that much more shocking.

We all know the dangers of texting and driving, but a new movie is really hammering that point home.

There must be a bunch of people who, as children, say to themselves, "When I grow up, I want to be one of those people who conducts studies " because yet again, we have another study. This time, it's determined what excessive texting "says" about a person...

Being a teenager is a perilous time in one's life as a not-quite fully developed brain will cause the teen to make all kinds of questionable decisions. Now thanks to a new phenomenon called sleep-texting, the teenager can even make these bad decisions while they are catching z's.

We all know about the dangers of texting while driving — but what about texting while walking?

We already know texting while driving is bad, but new research seems to indicate that even before kids are old enough to get behind the wheel, texting might have another downfall: it’s making their grammar worse.

Teenagers aren’t drinking as much as they used to and more of them now wear seat belts, but all of that could be offset by the startling number of them who admit to texting while driving.

I got the first text from 584-97 on March 20 of this year. Here is what the text read: MobibroIQ Fun Facts billed at $9.99/mo. Msg&Data Rates May Apply. Reply HELP for help. Enter UR password on the website to continue: 3489

Technology and crime once again meet in a new scam with a new name. This type of scam has come to be known as 'Smishing' because of the use of SMS text technology. The phones at the Acadiana Better Business Bureau office have been ringing with reports from consumers across the area reporting scam text messages referring people to a site where they can "claim a Walmart Gift Card" by enter

Buckle your seat belts, folks. According to Harris Poll chairman Humphrey Taylor regarding a new survey, “The number of drivers who engage in potentially dangerous, in some cases extremely dangerous, behaviors while driving is terrifyingly high.”

Last week, blogger Sean Symons captured horrifying footage of a teen driver who crashed into the side of the road, then hit two oncoming cars, all while he was allegedly texting and driving. According to his YouTube page, Symons called the police when he spotted the texting teen, then pulled out his camera to catch the teen in the act. The original video was reportedly handed over to the police as

We posted this video about a year ago, but after driving on I-10 Saturday and seeing a man driving all over the road, then realizing he was looking at the screen on his phone, I thought this was worth sharing again. Warning: It is very graphic and disturbing...

HAS SOMEONE USING A CELL PHONE EVER MADE YOU ANGRY? A growing number of American adults feel that mobile etiquette in the United States is getting much worse, according to a new survey. Texting while driving or eating dinner, sending e-mails while walking or using a public restroom, and even using mobile devices while on a honeymoon, are among some of the top pet peeves Americans cited in

Have some Kleenex handy.