We’re nearing the end of another decade, so let’s look back at some of the more famous typos from the past 10 years.
Police in America shared footage of a crash showing the potentially dangerous consequences of texting and driving.
Magistrate Sean Lea was busted texting on his phone, while another court official slept, rather than paying attention to court proceedings.
There’s sleepwalking, and sleep talking, and now you can add the potentially awkward sleep texting into the equation.
The practice of texting and walking has a yet-to-be-proven link to an increase in pedestrian deaths, but one city has now implemented the smartphone ‘zombie’ law.
Hey gents, here’s one that will have you paying more attention to your lady-friend’s phone. It’s called ‘frexting’ and it’s every frat boy’s dream
Oh, kids, stop wishing your childhoods away. Because one day, you, like Kim Kardashian, will wish to hell and back that you hadn’t sent THAT picture to your then boyfriend.
Sexting can often be frowned upon, but the truth is that messaging your partner intimate things can help increase understanding and respect.
Having lived a long life the old timers have earned the right to speak their mind to their heart’s content. Grandparents around the world are getting their act together and joining the digital age. Here are some hilarious text messages between the youthes and their grandparents.
Some people go a little nuts for branded competitions – but this is straying into cry-for-help territory. An unemployed woman in the Eastern Cape was so keen on winning a new Citroen C1 that she sent text messages pretty much all day and all night, spending around R28,000 in airtime, which could justifiably buy a decent 2nd hand car – but the taste of winning was too sweet.
On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the New York City highways would be getting their very own ‘Texting Zones.’ He said that these zones will be put in to place to deter drivers from texting while driving.
If you have fingers and a phone, you have sent a text message. And you’ve probably been caught once or twice using one of these fine abbreviations: BTW, BRB, LOL, BFF or GR8. So have you ever wondered how texting started and how it has evolved over the years? We have, and we have an infographic which will answer burning questions like, “What was the first text message ever sent?”
German director Werner Herzog directed this chilling documentary which details stories of people who are living with the effects of texting and driving.
The laws on texting and driving are constantly improving but still the tragedies that are happening are too high. Perhaps these adverts will make you think twice the next time you text and drive.
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.
If you are one of those douchebags (or know such a douchebag) who text while driving, then you need to check out this video. Potential drivers in Belgium were told they had to pass a “mobile phone test” in order to get their driver’s licenses. See how they did, inside.