A new study shows that 75% of Americans admit to using their smartphones while on the toilet. 11Mark surveyed 1,000 Americans online to see what their cell phone habits were while using the can. As it turns out, toilet texting wound up being fairly common amongst the 28 to 35- year-old demographic at a bold more »

T-Mobile is already making changes to its Even More and Even More Plus plans at the end of July, but the fun doesn’t stop there. The carrier is increasing the prices Pay As You Go customers incur for receiving text messages, and is raising its Regulatory Programs Fee beginning mid-August.

MightyText is a service that is currently in beta. Its purpose is simple. It allows you to send a receive text messages from your computer. MightyText also uses your existing mobile number and contacts to streamline the process. It can be restrictive, but it does work and can be very convenient for people who stay glued to their computer.

Text messaging fees can be very inconvenient for consumers. It’s difficult for a person to determine how many texts they will send and receive in a given month. The remedy to this problem usually involves choosing an unlimited texting plan just to avoid the hassle of overage fees. With the announcement of iMessage in iOS 5 and the already extensive usage of BlackBerry Messenger, it’s Google’s turn to introduce a texting alternative for Android users.

Wow. According to United Nations study, globally we sent over 1 trillion text messages, that’s over 200,000 every second. The study into information and communications technology was conducted for World Statistics Day by the UN. The study paints a global picture of how connected we’ve become over the last decade. The study unearthed gems such more »

The free text and picture messaging app textPlus has announced a new feature — phone numbers. Yup, the textPlus app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has recently been updated and now when launched it will give you the option to get an actual phone number. In other words, your Text Plus setup will more »

Security researchers say they’ve found many dangerous security flaws in Palm’s webOS, the operating system that powers the company’s popular Palm Pre smartphone. The issues included an HTML injection bug and the discovery that the OS can be compromised simply by sending a text message. The researchers were able to open the browser, turn the more »

There have been several reports about people receiving their new year greetings text messages from the year 2016. Apparently, messages received after 1/1/2010 are being displayed as coming from the year 2016. Those who are affected were mostly using Windows Mobile phones, but there are instances where non-Windows Mobile phones are also affected. HTC and more »

Retina-X Studios has announced the immediate release of their software, Mobile Spy. Mobile Spy will now be usable on RIM BlackBerry devices, after previously being launched for iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones. Features of Mobile Spy include the ability to monitor GPS locations, text message history and call logs of children, employees and others. Mobile Spy works even if the history is cleared on a mobile device.

A MBTA trolley slammed into the back of another one in downtown Boston last night, injuring 100 and sending 49 to the hospital. In what MBTA officials called an outrage, the driver of the trolley that caused the crash admitted he had been texting his girlfriend at the time and didn’t see the red signal in front of him until it was too late. Thankfully none of the injuries were considered life threatening.