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Articles on Text Messaging
Want to Get a Divorce in France? Text Messages Now Considered Evidence. 1,492 Views (comments)
A court in France - which does not have no-fault divorce, so absent an agreement to divorce you must prove that one of the spouses did something bad - has ruled that text messages can now be used as evidence of adultery.
Text Message Warning of Gang Initiation at Walmart a Hoax that Won’t Die 786 Views (This article has 1 comment)
Police say that a hoax in the form of a text message warning women to stay away from Walmart because of a gang initiation requiring women to be gunned down in the Walmart parking lot is a hoax that has been around since at least 2005.
Cell Phone Providers Dirty Little Secret: Cashing in on SMS Text Messages 2,556 Views (This article has 1 comment)
More than 2.5 trillion SMS text messages have been sent from cell phones worldwide this year. This means that text messaging brings in billions of dollars in revenue for the world’s four major cell phone carriers. In fact, it's estimated that SMS text messaging revenues could even top $165 billion by 2011. (SMS stands for "Short Message Service".) So, if the text messaging business is so lucrative, why have AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless doubled the pay-per-use-price for messages from 10 cents to 20 cents?
Life-Saving Amputation Surgery Performed by Text Message 1,001 Views (This
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A British doctor working in the Congo has saved the life of a teen by amputating his arm following instructions that were texted to him by a colleague back in the UK.
Another Fatality Due to Texting While Driving 2,032 Views (This
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Just a couple of months ago the deadly MetroLink train crash, which killed at least 25 people in California, was held to be due to the engineer texting on his cell phone while driving the train. Now a high ranking British official is being charged with the death of another motorist, when the car he was driving - while texting - collided with another, killing the other driver.
Cell Phone Text Messaging by Engineer Implicated in Deadly California MetroLink Train Crash 1,713 Views (comments)
The Los Angeles Metrolink train crash tragedy at Chatsworth which killed 25 and injured another 130 is being blamed on the engineer's text messaging SMS messages with a couple of teenage train enthusiasts, causing him to miss a critical red light. The engineer, Robert Sanchez, was among the 25 killed in the crash.
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