Tag: SMS
School Children Learn About Grammar From Celebrities On Twitter
We all know that techspeak can hurt our grammar. 'Techspeak' is a word used to describe the shorthand we use in text, IM, emails, social media and more. It goes beyond abbreviations like LOL, OMG and IMHO. It also encompasses real words that we spell wrong on purpose because it's faster or shorter. ...
![How Techspeak Can Hurt Your English Grammar Skills [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/how-texting-hurts-grammar-infographic-optimized.jpg "How Techspeak Can Hurt Your English Grammar Skills [Infographic]")
How Techspeak Can Hurt Your English Grammar Skills [Infographic]
If you spend a lot of time on text, Twitter, Skype chat or any other instant messaging service (who doesn't these days?), you might find it easier to remember techspeak more than grammar rules. Techspeak is the way we 'speak' on those services. It includes all the SMS abbreviations, plus more, that ...
Emoticon Alphabet Book Has All Your Social Media Emoticons From A – Z
We see emoticons everywhere in social media. They are all over Twitter and Facebook. Emoticons have even made the transition over to handwritten text since some people use them when writing notes. There are a handful of them that are popular, but what I didn't know is that there is a lot more emotic ...
![Modern Communication In A Geek’s Workday [Comic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/modern-digital-communication-funny-comic-optimized.jpg "Modern Communication In A Geek’s Workday [Comic]")
Modern Communication In A Geek’s Workday [Comic]
As I logged into Skype this morning like I do almost every morning, I started thinking about how much our communication has changed over the past decade. Modern communication is completely different now than it was even a few years ago. The generation after mine is what people are calling the first ...
Secret SMS iPhone App Hides Your Juiciest Texts From Prying Eyes
The cell phone allows us to keep in touch with each other wherever we are. That's not only through voice calls, but through text messages and SMS. That has of course come with a slight disadvantage. First of all, when you're out and about, you seldom get the privacy you want if your phone rings. The ...
ShareKey App Will Enable You To Unlock Doors With Your Smartphone
The days of fiddling with your keys at your front door will soon be over, at least if we believe the people who are hard at work trying to come up with a safe algorithm and approach to digitally lock and unlock our doors. The traditional key has long been our most trusted tool to keep ourselves and ...
![What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/What-You-Text-vs-See-optimized.jpg "What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]")
What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]
Texting is really strange when you think about it. Just yesterday I was standing in line at a store, and there was a group of four or five teenagers in front of me. I just stood there watching them because every single one of them was talking to the others, but at the same time, having text conversa ...
And You Thought Texting While Driving Was Dangerous…
This is nuts! We've all had it drilled into our brains over the past year about how dangerous it is to text and drive. It remains a serious problem, especially for those drivers between the ages of 18 and 24. Here in Georgia, there was recently a law passed which bans the use of cell phone textin ...
The iPhone App That Takes You Back To The 20th Century
Technology really has changed the way we communicate. I remember back when cell phones were so large that you practically needed a suitcase to lug them around. I remember the time when my sister was asked to leave her mobile phone with security when we were watching a basketball game because the s ...
Digital Slingshot: Shoot Your SMS’s On The Wall!
Few gadgets can rival a truly innovative and geeky approach to something that is both illegal and a form of amazing guerrilla marketing. Usually we all have to stay within the boundaries of boredom, and cling to the laws of the world. Many have tried and failed to break out of it, just to get a li ...
Here Is An iPhone App That Makes Popcorn!
People can't live without their cell phones, especially now with the smartphones that allow us to do so many things other than just send SMS and call. Internet browsing, playing games and making video calls are now possible. I guess the reason why so many people love the iPhone is because you can ...
How To: Make Your Android Phone Invisible!
Here's one of those must show apps that sometimes comes to our attention at Bit Rebels. I am not an Android phone owner myself, but I have long been thinking about getting one just to have both sides of the story so to speak (obviously I am an iPhone owner at present time). Even though this app is ...
Now Your Plants Can Tweet Too!
It's social media day today, and it seems that social media is truly here to stay. Of course, this is thanks to Twitter, YouTube and FaceBook. More and more people are getting into it. Did you know that Twitter is so hot right now that even plants can tweet? I hope it does not cause the fail wha ...
Completely Useless & Funny Fliers To Make You Giggle
We've all seen these kinds of fliers on telephone poles and in the supermarket, right? They usually read "Lost Dog" or "Apartment for Rent" and they have the little rip off phone number at the bottom.
Josh Millard took that concept and added a flavor of funniness, which is making a lot of people ...
The Bloody Safe Driving Campaign – Will It Work?
We are all aware of the dangers that stem from talking on our cell phone while driving. In Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka in India, this has become such a problem that the police have put together their own very creative public service announcement about it.
The interesting part about this ...