Patrons who think that their waiter isn’t working fast enough might have a new tool in their arsenal. A new service called Text My Food allows customers to text their waiter their orders and their requests such as extra ketchup or the check instead of waiting for the server to come around to their table. The waiter not only receives your …
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Apple Patents Parental Controls for Sexting
With the wave of recent sexting scandals making headlines, parents have become concerned that their text-happy children might be getting into some adult behavior with repercussions they don’t understand. Apple thinks they might have the solution to this new age problem.
The US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent that Apple …
HeyWire Launches Free International Text Messaging
Free text messaging services aren’t anything new, but the recently-released HeyWire breaks the mold a bit by offering a static, unchanging phone number that you can give out to your friends to let them text you, free international text messaging to and from 114 countries, and a web-based interface that allows you to send text messages
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America’s Youth Is Doomed: Did You Watch Jimmy Kimmel?
Apple’s 4mer “I’m a Mac” spokesperson Justin Long was on Jimmy Kimmel last night promoting his new movie and shared a series of texts that he exchanged with a female tween. Nothing perverse, mind you, but it did offer a bit of incite into America’s youf. Oh, and Long rocks a jailbroken iPhone. …
Swype Said To Be Working on iPhone and iPad Software
Swype is a pretty compelling new input method for touch-screen devices. Most of us have seen Samsung’s world record breaking fastest text messaging commercial, which seemed a bit gimmicky until I actually tried it out on a device.
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In an article this morning in the NYT, Jenna …
Swype Beta Free to Android Users For a Limited Time
A beta version of Swype’s very-excellent software keyboard interface has been made available to Android users for a limited time—“probably a few days”—according to the company’s website.
Swype takes the traditional on-screen keyboard model and tweaks it a bit to allow “one continuous finger or stylus motion” instead of …
T-Mobile Announces New Prepaid Monthly Plans
Just a quick PSA for those of you who partake in prepaid carrier plans. T-Mobile will roll out the following plans on Wednesday (6/19).
• $15 Per Month Unlimited Text: Includes unlimited text, picture and video messaging, and nationwide voice calls for $.10 per minute.
• $50 Per Month Unlimited Talk and Text: Features unlimited …