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This 40-second video perfectly captures why people shouldn't use their phones...
People using their phones while driving, either to text or use video-recording apps like Snapchat, is becoming increasingly popular.A 40-second video does a good job showing why people shouldn't use...
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Read receipts make people feel terrible and you should turn them off
Read receipts are a sometimes optional feature that lets others know when their messages have been viewed by the person they sent them to. To figure out if using read receipts is actually a wise idea,...
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Here's why the internet is obsessed with 'number neighbors,' a viral trend...
Twitter has been taken over with screenshots of users trying to engage their "number neighbors" in conversation.The viral trend has users texting phone numbers that are one digit away from theirs and...
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Apple was secretly working a feature that would have reportedly let iPhones...
Apple was reportedly working on a new iPhone feature that would have let users text each other without cell service.Those plans have been postponed indefinitely, according to The Information's Aaron...
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A relationship coach warns women against falling into the 'texting trap' when...
Trying dating apps for the first time can be a daunting experience, especially because there are so many rules and trends to keep track of.Modern dating and relationship coach Sami Wunder told Insider...
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7 texting mistakes that can ruin your reputation at work
Smartphones have changed how we communicate, and the prevalence of texting has infiltrated the workplace.From Slack to actual texts, casual texting between colleagues has become more of a norm. But...
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People are constantly interrupted at work, and that may not be a bad thing
Elana Feldman is an assistant professor of business at University of Massachusetts Lowell.Feldman conducted a study that asked 35 participants to record their interruptions during the workday....
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A Massachusetts college campus has been rocked by allegations that one...
Boston College students are shocked at the news that a former classmate, Inyoung You, was indicted in the suicide of her partner, Alexander Urtula.Urtula threw himself off of a parking garage on the...
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A new study shows that Americans actually have plenty of free time to...
Turns out, lack of time may not be an excuse for never working out: A new study shows that Americans have at least 4.5 hours of free time each day.This counters the perception that Americans don't get...
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Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend to kill himself in 2014, was...
Michelle Carter, 23, was released from jail on Thursday.Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 for pressuring Conrad Roy III, 18, to take his own life.Carter has been held at the...
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These are the emoji people are using in their coronavirus tweets
Emoji blog Emojipedia researched what emoji were used to talk about coronavirus on Twitter.They also looked at what emoji were more popular in coronavirus tweets to a random sample of tweets.They found...
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People who left Facebook reveal the reasons they haven't returned even as a...
Facebook usage has spiked during the coronavirus pandemic as people in heavily affected areas have been forced to remain isolated from friends and loved ones.But people who fled the platform after a...
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What happens when you block someone on WhatsApp? Here's what you need to know
When you block someone on WhatsApp, you no longer receive notifications, messages, calls, or status updates from them.Someone you've blocked on WhatsApp won't be able to see when you were last online...
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iOS 14 lets you direct mention someone in an iPhone Messages group chat —...
Summary List PlacementApple'siMessage app delivers a better messaging experience than standard texting, and with Apple's iOS 14 update, iMessage gained some new capabilities.Chief among them is the...
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iOS 14 allows you to set a photo, emoji, or text as the icon for a group chat...
Summary List PlacementStarting with iOS 14, you now have some new ways to customize group conversations in the iPhoneMessages app. If you frequently use group conversations to stay in touch with...
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iOS 14 allows you to search for emojis by name or category on your iPhone's...
Summary List PlacementIf you like adding emojis to messages, you've probably been frustrated by the way your iPhone traditionally handles those small images. When typing certain words, the iPhone would...
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iOS 14 lets you send inline replies in your iPhone's Messages app to start...
Summary List PlacementFor years, Apple'sMessaging app has lacked a useful way to manage related "threads" in the same conversation. Starting with iOS 14, you can now add inline replies within a...
View ArticleI quit texting for a week and it was harder than I expected
Summary List PlacementAlyssa Pagano: Over the weekend I sent about 128 text messages and I received 153. We use texting so much to just make a plan, ask someone a quick question. And in some ways, it...
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How to set Conversation priority on an Android device to organize your messages
Summary List PlacementGoogle has made a subtle but important change to the way notifications work in the latest version of the Android OS. If you have Android 11 or later, your phone will now better...
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What is SMS? How standard text messages are used, and how they differ from...
Summary List PlacementWhether you know it or not, you've probably been using SMS messages since you first got a cell phone. What SMS meansSMS, or "Short Message Service," refers to standard text...
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