Tag: TEXTING

GroupMe, the group texting and call conferencing service that made its name by relying on SMS to send group messages, has launched an application for BlackBerry smartphones. The app is still in beta stage, and it doesn't seem to incorporate the most recent changes to the company's iOS and Android apps, which now also let you use your data connection to send messages. GroupMe beta for ...

Earlier, Erez covered Swype's excellent word-learning abilities. Not only is its built-in dictionary comprehensive, but it also learns names from your address book. There's still one stumbling block to switching to Swype, though: all of your custom words and phrases that you've already added to the dictionary. Depending on where you live, and your circle of friends, you probably use very different ...

When TUAW went to Macworld, we had a chance to test Betwext, and I have to say it worked like a charm. Think SMS meets AIM and you get the idea: sign up on Betwext as a group and, when you text one number, it sends a text to a group with your name attached. It's easy and useful in certain cases. Yes, not in all cases, but for things like ad hoc group coordination when nothing but a text message ...

3jam offers a bundle of phone-related services, all connected to a virtual number. It's like Google Voice, but it does a few neat tricks that Google Voice doesn't. Incoming calls can ring simultaneously on your phone, IM or Skype. If you don't use your landline, you can even port that number to 3jam. 3jam also handles text messages, visual voicemail (with transcription), and SMS-to-Email ...

It's not a game in the "collect 100 coins and get an extra life" sense, but the New York Times' Gauging Your Distraction is out to teach you a lesson about safety. Once the game starts, you'll be driving down a stretch of the New Jersey turnpike Parkway (thanks, Will!) - I can't think where else you'd encounter this many tollbooths. Tap the corresponding number when a gate lights up or an ...

Remember making new friends without the help of the Internet? Thanks to a new service called rmbrMe, you can convert those messy real life acquaintances into easily manageable social networking formats! rmbrMe lets you send a code via text message that will link people you just met to your profiles on Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, or whatever other networks you choose. There is a bit of a ...

At first, it sounds like a texting nightmare from hell, but RSS via SMS has a place in our world through Web-Alerts, a small web experiment that may get lost in the vast internet desert that is web 2.0 failures. The service sends you a text message for every update to a chosen site's RSS feed. The service is simple and easy to use. When you first visit the site, it'll ask your to enter a web ...

The Pew Internet & American Life Project just posted its findings on teens and the web, and it seems to have uncovered much of what we already know about the internet. Here's a bullet point summary of the major findings. With each point, we'll try to name site/service who's users would stereotypically match. AIM: 93% of American teens (ages 12-17) use the web. Many of them use the web to ...

Thirteen year old Morgan is a texting addict who's dedication and determination led her to a stack of green. This teen entered the recent LG National Texting contest with 200 other competitors and their cheering onlookers who gathered in Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom for their chance to be crowned texting champion. The dream came true for Morgan. She typed in the winning word ...

Smartphone users jealous of the slick SMS threading that Treos have can turn that frown upside down. TxtMan is a new donationware app that brings SMS threading to Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones. It's a pretty customizable app, offering a plethora of message layout options and your choice in ringtones and vibration alerts. It can also be set to run at your phone's startup to make sure it catches ...

Nimbuzz is a utility for your mobile phone to chat and send free text messages to contacts. The tool works with both MSN and Google Talk. There are no limits of characters for the texting feature of Nimbuzz, and messages can be sent to desktops as well with the Nimbuzz desktop application. The Nimbuzz chat feature enables users to chat mobile to mobile or mobile to PC with MSN or Google Talk ...