There are a lot of sad sites at CES. But Robert Sanchez telling an empty room about his plans to sell a patent that details delivery of URLs via text message for $US60 million has to be one of the most desperate. More »
I love it when old people try to understand the inner workings of the teenage brain. Like if they think hard enough they’ll figure out why little Amanda sneaks out at night. Please. Kids are kids! So parents, just understand that you’ll never understand the advanced and possibly unreal sexting terminology of your kids. More »
We’ve all said things we don’t really mean in text messages. But when a retired Thai truck driver sent an SMS that insulted his king, he got more than he bargained for. Twenty years more, in fact. More »
Some of us like a good cuss every now and then. Others like to send dirty messages to our, err, loved ones. But in Pakistan, that’s soon to stop, as the country is banning rude text messages. More »
Vodafone customers are getting used to the relative poor performance of the Vodafone network, so they weren’t overly surprised when a technical error meant they couldn’t send or receive SMS messages for hours on Sunday. To make up for it, Vodafone are offering all customers free SMS for an eight hour windows on May 1. More »
How often do you weigh parcels at home and then print out the postage so you can pop it in a post-box and avoid a lengthy queue at the post office? Now there’s an even easier way to pay for postage – in Sweden and Denmark at least, where customers can pay via SMS. More »
How are the youth of America spending their witching hours? Typing on the phone, apparently, an average of three dozen times per night. My god, how do they have that many friends? Sounds exhausting. More »
