Texting while walking can be very dangerous to you and to others. You can also be a nuisance to other pedestrians while you text and walk. So what is the right etiquette to texting and walking?

This video suggests a simple technique on how to send text messages the proper and polite way while you’re strolling along.

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While the Government and telcos are busy imposing taxes on prepaid packs and reloads, what are they doing to protect subscribers from scammers like this one.

These vermin are getting creative with the way they bait unsuspecting subscribers and its easy to fall into their trap if you’re not careful.

Don’t fall victim to such scams, following the instructions on the such messages will allow these companies to send more text messages to your mobile number and charge you ridiculous amounts of money for receiving them. Worst of all, it’s almost impossible for an unknowing subscriber to unsubscribe to the service.

Best to ignore such SMS and submit a formal complaint to MCMC and your service provider. At the same time the regulators and the industry are not doing enough to eliminate these scams. It’s disturbing to see that such scams are still running rampant.

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BMW jumps on board the don’t text and drive bandwagon because idiots need constant reminders. We know our readers are not idiots but if you know one that it. Spread the word. Because those who still think that it is perfectly ok to text and drive will eventually kill someone on the road.

We don’t know about you but we’re not going to let an idiot ruin our lives.

Head on over to after the jump to view the BMW’s don’t text and drive PSA.

Once again people, please don’t text and drive.

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Just like the one in this video. The dumbass was lucky to have escaped alive and no one was seriously hurt.

Now, do we have to tell you not to text and drive? Because when you do, you’re not just endangering your life, you’re putting other people at risk as well. So if you see anyone driving and texting at same time, do us all a favour and give the buffoon a good honking.

Our roads are dangerous enough as it is with crazy drivers and mat rempits, we don’t need another unnecessary hazard.

Head on over to after the jump to see footage after the accident.

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The day that every prospective school leaver dreads is coming. SPM results are out tomorrow and we’ve all had to go through the gut-wrenching experience of waking up early in the morning and heading down to our schools to get our SPM results.

Some have said that the experience is akin to a condemned prisoner walking the green mile.

With this new service that delivers SPM results via SMS, SPM hopefuls can attest that the experience now is more like ripping a band-aid of an old would. Fast and relatively — emotionally speaking — painless.

So if you’re reading this because you can’t sleep because you’re getting your SPM results tomorrow, why not try the new, more convenient SMS service. Type SPM SEMAK, followed by your IC and candidate number and send SMS to 15888.

You can start getting SPM results via SMS from 10am, Wednesday, and the service will run all the way to midnight on March 30.

For more info head on over to http://apps2.moe.gov.my/.

Good luck SPM hopefuls!

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Remember our post about the girl that was so engrossed in her texting that she walked and fell right into a fountain? Well if you don’t here’s the link to the post.

Up till now the identity of this poor person was a bit of mystery to a lot of us, well now she has been found. It turns out the girl is in fact a lady by the name of Cathy Cruz Marrero. She’s 49 years-old and she’s not happy that people are having a good laugh at her expense.

In typical American fashion, she’s going to sue the mall for allowing security personnel to record and upload the video on YouTube. A bit too much, if you ask us but that’s the States for you.

CNN uncovers everything right after the jump.

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We’ve established that texting while driving is dangerous on so many levels that only idiots would even think of replying to an SMS while being behind the wheel.

But what about texting while walking…in a mall? Still dangerous and here’s proof if you even needed one. This poor girl was so engrossed in here texting that she firmly face-planted herself into a fountain. It was caught on tape for your viewing (and learning) right after the jump.

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In a proactive move to help prevent and educate the public on the dangers of texting-while-driving, American operator AT&T produced an 11 minute short documentary on the subject.

It featured people whose lives have forever changed because of texting while driving and if you ever needed a reason to stop texting while you are behind the wheel than this is it. The video emotionally moved us and it was certainly to burn in our brains that text messages can definitely wait.

The end frame of the documentary highlights a study that reveals drivers are 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident when texting and driving.

Seeing drivers texting while driving is a common sight. However a simple act of replying a short message in seconds can have devastating effects on you and your loved ones. Everybody knows how dangerous it is to close your eyes for few seconds while driving but never hesitate to reply that message which is roughly the same thing.

Now, although we can’t find any official numbers here in Malaysia of how many road accidents and death have been the direct result of texting while driving, judging by the way we Malaysians drive and the amount of time we spend on the phone while driving, we feel it is a safe assumption that the number is considerable.

People tend to ignore such warning until it is just too late. If you plan to send a message or even reply a really short one we suggest you stop driving before doing so. It is not worth to put your life at risk because of a senseless text message.

Watch this video and share with your friends and loved one the message that a life is not worth losing over a few characters and a text message especially during the upcoming New Year’s celebrations.

Please be safe everyone.

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Tune Talk Prepaid is doing some good deeds during Ramadhan. A portion of all top ups will be contributed to possibly a charity of your choice. You’ll still be getting your full top up value while Tune Talk pledge extra for every top up made.

The charity organisation that they will be contributed is nominated by Tune Talk customers. Just SMS the name of your charity of choice to 7292 which is chargable at 10 sen each. This drive will run from 24th August until 5th September 2010. The top 5 nominated charities by 11th September will get the funds.

There’s no exact percentage that Tune Talk is going to give to charity as its written at their sole discretion on the T&Cs.

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Speaking about SMSes, Bernama reports Malaysia as the 3rd highest country generating SMS traffic in Asia Pacific based on the recent Christmas and New Year periods.

During this period, we sent over 1billion SMSes.

If we average the SMS cost at RM0.05/SMS, Celcom/Maxis/DiGi/U Mobile have collectively made RM50million from SMS revenue alone!

That’s around RM10million per operator within a week. Imagine how much these people make in SMS revenue in a year.

Philippines ranked number one with a whopping 2.36billion SMSes sent during the same period. Indonesia is second with 1.193billion SMSes sent.

So now you know.

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