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Today Samsung took the time to boast its latest ChatON numbers, as the chat client service has eclipsed the 100 million users mark. This milestone was achieved after Sammy gained 50 million users from the month of May. According to the company’s press release, much of the growth came from entering emerging markets such as…
New York state is taking texting and driving very seriously by introducing dedicated “texting zones” on New York highways. Here’s the interesting part though; New York will not be constructing new areas, just rebranding current rest stops and parking areas as safe places to text, check a Facebook status or put a new pic up…
We’re still covered in the Apple, iOS haze. Last week was the big announcement, and today is the release of iOS 7 to the masses. Now it seems we may finally see the long-awaited launch of BlackBerry’s BBM app on iOS, as the latest rumors puts its debut at September 21. Apparently, the application will…
Popular messaging app, WhatsApp has a new update ready for its Android version that fixes a bug that caused some minor localization issues and adds video editing capabilities. The latest version of WhatsApp includes basic video editing within the app itself. You can cut your clips on the fly while you’re on the go! It’s…
A New Jersey state appeals court has ruled that a teenage girl who texted her boyfriend just moments before he crashed his truck into two motorcyclists cannot be held liable in a civil suit for their injuries. However, in the written decision two of the three judges on the panel wrote that “a person sending…
Texting while driving is a major problem the world over, one that’s spurred several public safety campaigns including Werner Herzog’s recent hard hitting documentary. Given the inherent danger of texting while driving, doing it while you’re also asleep can’t be very safe. Somehow a woman in New Zealand managed to drive for hours in her…
T-Mobile has been offering up the Samsung Gravity feature phone line for some time now, and it’s just received a reboot. The Samsung Gravity Q falls in line with its predecessors, offering up a low-end but serviceable set of features at a very reasonable price. The Gravity Q sports a 3 inch QVGA display, 416 MHz…
WhatsApp, the wildly popular messaging app, is rumored to be negotiating a huge deal with Google that sees the company being bought out for $1 billion dollars. Tech site Digital Trends is making the claim thanks to an “inside source.” The site says that its source claims WhatsApp and the search giant have been in…
We all know of a few texting habits that drive us absolutely crazy. There’s always that one friend that has to send extremely long texts no one wants to read, and another that can’t be bothered with sending a long enough response. Then we have that crazy couple that keeps texting each other 24/7 come…
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that global mobile messaging traffic will reach 28.2 trillion annually by 2017, which is nearly double the 14.7 trillion messages expected to be sent this year. Mobile messages — in case you wonder — comprise SMS, MMS, IM, Email, RCS/RCS-e and Social Media messages. Instant messaging services will…