texting
Excuse us for dusting off an old chestnut, but texting is stupid, and you may not even notice if some kind of technical glitch happened and you got shunted into a completely different conversation. How do we figure that? Well, researchers tried it. A study published in PLOS One has … Read More
When you’re unsure how to convey a complex message to a diverse audience, try cramming as many industry buzzwords into poorly acted skits scattered with 10-year-old slang and… Big Bird? At least there’s a dubstep remix. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qTHbOEiDY[/youtube]
Going against the grain (but not the watermark) as of April 1, Denmark has introduced a bleeding-edge tech component to its postal service. Users can now text the post office in order to purchase a digital stamp. The “stamp” itself is a code, texted back post-payment, that the user hand-writes … Read More
Once upon a time, when a man wanted to ask out a woman, he would call her on the telephone and ask. Now, his proposal comes in the form of a “What r u up 2 2nite?” Indeed, the most ungentlemanly modes of communication – text messaging – has become … Read More
