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Research firm Informa believes nearly 19 billion instant messages were sent per day in 2012 through chat applications, which has finally overtaken SMS texts which only 17.6 billion texts were sent in the same year. The 19 billion instant messages were spread across six of the most popular mobile chat applications: WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger, Viber, Nimbuzz, Apple's iMessage and KakaoTalk.

Hallmark Cards Inc. is getting into the text-messaging world - but not the one that usually springs to mind. Text Bands, a new product from the Kansas City-based greeting card giant, aim to give kids a way to exchange positive messages when they meet in person. Kids wearing the colorful bands bump fists or shake hands, causing the the bands to light up and the message - up to 10 characters - to transfer. Each band can hold as many as 24 messages; they include filters to help prevent negative messages.

deter people from texting and driving.. earn rewards ie. redeem points for discounts on gas

Twitter + Instagram for tweens. [Users] either insert their own text or choose from a library of celebrity quotes from the likes of Adele and Effie Trinket of "The Hunger Games."  Mr. Broyles noted that he built the feature that lets users pick out quotes after noticing that many young users had a tendency to replace the filler text he used when delivering a new theme with "Bored" and other brief phrases. "When you're a 12-year-old, what do you really have to say?"

Cool solution to help prevent people from walking into walls or falling down stairs while texting. Another tool that will keep people staring at their phones longer. Freely walk and text and see what is going on in front of you, on the road while walking and typing or down stairs. Write text messages or share your message with friends via Twitter, Facebook, SMS or Email. Type n walk or walk and type without fear!

"Clarity, a division of Plantronics dedicated to making communication devices with amplified audio for those with impaired hearing, has teamed up with a company called ClearCaptions, which provides text transcription captioning services for phone calls to create the Ensemble. The Ensemble packs a one-two punch for people who have trouble hearing: It provides sophisticated amplified audio like a hearing aid, and real-time text captioning of the ongoing conversation on a seven-inch screen."

Texting on the decline?

Mogreet launched the AdStitch mobile advertising service Tuesday, combining high-quality video ads with mobile messaging to help brands easily recoup return on investments. Cox Media Group's Oakland, Calif. television station, KTVU, has been testing a morning weather alert to subscribers along with an ad in the MMS message on mobile phones. The ad in the message typically ranges from five to 15 seconds, but more advertisers want to create shorter clips. The best-performing ad units are shorter, according to Mogreet CEO James Citron. "An automaker knows showing a five- or a 15-second video of a car performs better than 20 characters in text, banner or display ad," Citron said. He believes MMS is the only way publishers can reach 95% of Americans with mobile video.

Georgie is built specifically to help blind users navigate day-to-day obstacles such as taking bus rides, reading printed texts, and knowing their exact whereabouts in unfamiliar areas. The app lets users dial numbers using a voice assisted touchscreen. Users can also utilize the speech input to send text messages and tag previous routes or hazards through navigation apps.

text your coffee order to the machine and it will brew it for you and mark it with edible ink to mark your specific cup

daily 8.23 betch texted a crazy sentence in like 25 seconds *would be cool to see verizon do some sort of text speed competition :-)

gap and Visa partner to offer Text to coupon specials by Visa scouring the shopper's transaction history, at Gap and elsewhere, looking for buying trends. Gap sends out text message promotions based on the shopper's buying trends.

backed by DreamWorks. The idea is to create "snackable media" by mashing up text, video, images and audio into 60-second slideshows or videos. The personalized one-offs can then be broadcast across channels, a full composition taking mere minutes to complete. Rather than limiting the sharing to the user's own content, all media aggregated from social feeds are fair game for users to "ptch" to their friends.

Apps are using the numbers they get to then send promo messages.

Texting stats/infographic

Constant Contact for voice and text.

Fast Society is another group texting app.

Google Voice, Google+ and FB Messenger