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'Distracted walking' suspected in death of Utah woman

Salt Lake City, Utah is far afield from Fort Lee, New Jersey, but an accident that happened there on Monday serves as a good example of why Fort...

New Jersey city begins fining pedestrians for 'texting while walking'

We've all seen - and laughed - and people doing stupid things while texting, includingwalking into fountains. However, people have been killed...

Cell phone-using teen falls into sinkhole in unexpected pratfall

Distracted walking as a result of texting or general cell phone use has causedpratfallsandeven deaths, but in this case, the pratfall was only half...

One Direction's Niall Horan and Demi Lovato reportedly flirt over texts

It looks like One Direction's Niall Horan and singer/actress Demi Lovato are a step closer to possibly dating each other. Now magazine is...

Daily texting nearly twice as popular as voice calls among teens: Pew

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has released its latest report, titled "Teens, Smartphones & Texting," and the report said...

U.K. plans to store 'Who, when, where' of every call, text, email, more: report

If you value your privacy and you live in the U.K., you might want to read further. A new anti-terrorism plan will require landline, wireless...

Valentine's Day poll: 25 percent text their S.O.s 10 or more times daily

Texting has become so important nowadays, some eschew voice calls and instead simply text. So, in this age, how many times do people usually text...

A danger sign for carriers: some countries see reduced holiday SMS use

Back in November of last year, we noted that wireless carriers wereseeing declinesin both voice use and text messaging, and as 2011 came to a close...