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Samsung Investigates Claims of Spontaneous Texting of Images to Contacts

After users complained online that their Galaxy devices are randomly sending photos to contacts, Samsung said it isn’t a hardware or software issue.
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AMC drops ‘texting friendly’ theaters idea faster than a box-office flop

That didn’t take long.

In an interview published only two days ago by Variety, the head of AMC Entertainment, Adam Aron, suggested that making his company’s theaters more “texting friendly” would be just the ticket to attract more moviegoers, particularly younger ones.

As anyone other than Aron should have expected, reaction to the idea was almost universally negative.

And so this morning, while many media outlets were just getting around to reporting on Aron’s texting trial balloon, AMC stuck a pin in it via Twitter: “NO TEXTING AT AMC. Won’t happen. You spoke. We listened. Quickly, that idea has been sent to the cutting room floor.”

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April Fools’ texting prank claimed Australian high school burned down

If someone sends you a text message and awakens you at 2:30 a.m., then it had better be an emergency. But do you think well enough immediately upon waking to realize what the date is and to recognize an April Fools’ prank when you are staring at an emergency text message on your phone?
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