The phone call isn't dead. Despite what many a journalist/blogger/paranoid internet commenter might have you believe, smartphones can indeed still dial out. Of course, that doesn't mean it's not in the process of dying. And if you have even a shred of decency about you, you'll help take it out back Old-Yeller-style… » 11/11/14 3:44pm 11/11/14 3:44pm

Among the worst features of Apple's iOS 8 is QuickType, a feature that believes it can figure out what you're going to text someone before you even think of it. It could be magical, instead it's only good for writing nonsense sentences and mangling famous movie quotes. But maybe, just maybe you can use it to get laid… » 10/13/14 3:10pm 10/13/14 3:10pm

Congressman James Clyburn is the latest elected official to demonstrate they don't necessarily have a nuanced understanding of new technology. » 9/14/14 11:51pm 9/14/14 11:51pm

An unidentified French man was sentenced this week to 10 months in jail for a campaign of harassment against his former girlfriend, which resulted in the tens of thousands of calls and texts in less than a year. » 9/05/14 9:45am 9/05/14 9:45am

Authorities are investigating a prosecutor in Washington state for allegedly helping a criminal she was in a relationship with elude police. » 8/29/14 9:50am 8/29/14 9:50am

Enjoy those days of watching entire movies on your cell phone for one low rate while you can, because your cell phone company is trying to snatch away your unlimited data plan from your smartphone addicted hands. » 8/20/14 7:00pm 8/20/14 7:00pm

It’s back-to-school time and all of the parents on your Facebook feed are thrilled to have their lives back. That is, right after they stopped crying about the cost of sending their little monsters to class with new clothes, learning supplies and cell phones. And these days, if a kid’s at least 12, many think it’s… » 8/14/14 6:15pm 8/14/14 6:15pm

Canadian police are determined to cut down on sexting among teenagers. » 8/05/14 12:00pm 8/05/14 12:00pm

A priest in Poland said he is getting angry text messages from an evil demon spirit trapped in the body of a teenage girl. » 7/29/14 10:20am 7/29/14 10:20am

Especially in the early days of a romance, phone manners are crucial. Coming across as weird, rude or cloying does no one any favors. But how do you know whether you give bad phone? » 6/19/14 2:20pm 6/19/14 2:20pm

32-year-old Courtney Sanford was driving on Business 85 in High Point, North Carolina when her car crossed the median and collided with an on-coming truck. Sanford's car burst into flames. Emergency services were called to the scene at 8:34 AM. Investigators confirm that at 8:33 AM, seconds before Sanford collided… » 4/26/14 12:07pm 4/26/14 12:07pm

Society loves to argue whether technology is a good or bad influence on how we humans communicate. It’s not always comfortable to be squeezed together between words, especially when cyber-bullying is so easy to execute from the comfort of a keyboard, but in some ways all this digital closeness is better than sex. Why?… » 3/21/14 1:10pm 3/21/14 1:10pm

If you were worried that your constant texting was ruining your ability to write prose like the masters, chill da fuck out. A new study out of Australia and Canada shows that your simple human brain is actually skilled enough to go from standard English to txt spk and back again. Cool! » 1/20/14 7:45pm 1/20/14 7:45pm

Have you been praying for some sort of cataclysmic global event to bring about the end of technology so you no longer have to endure the technological tyranny that is texting? Well, good news! » 1/14/14 9:30am 1/14/14 9:30am

Young Americans are widely presumed to be sexting constantly — in class, at home, on a plane, on a train, while eating green eggs and ham. But, according to a new study, not all those dirty messages are sent out of an overabundance of hormones. Turns out there are a lot of unenthusiastic sexters out there. » 12/31/13 10:25am 12/31/13 10:25am

Before OMG meant "Oh My God," SWALK meant "Sealed With A Loving Kiss," ITALY meant "I Trust And Love You," EGYPT meant "Eager to Grab Your Pretty Tits." Your grandparents were pervs. » 11/26/13 5:00pm 11/26/13 5:00pm

It's hard to be a passive-aggressive person in an age of waning face-to-face communication, all but robbed of the microexpressions you need to make people feel bad without actually saying anything. Thank goodness our old dotty end of sentence friend the period is here to help. » 11/25/13 5:45pm 11/25/13 5:45pm

A woman was driving while distracted on her cell phone, and veered into oncoming traffic. Then, a fellow driver took her phone and smashed it. TCB, sir. » 8/26/13 10:00am 8/26/13 10:00am