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66 Text Messaging Revolutions

Kik Messenger App Kicks Up Instant Innovation

— November 8, 2010 — Unique
. With the preferred method of text messaging as a socializing medium the Kik Messenger App kicks up the way we interact with each other.

The Kik Messenger App is a real-time platform that delivers messages very fast. By applying the BlackBerry Messenger feature, this one also lets you see if your messages have been read by the recipient, but on an iPhone or Android device as well. The Kik Messenger App makes texting feel like you're talking to a person face-to-face, upgrading another way we IM each other.

From in-browser messaging to holographic messaging, here is the texting evolution.
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Score
Popularity
Activity
Freshness
66
Texting Cabby Apps
Texting Cabby Apps
Uber Cab Lets You Order a Chauffeured Car Straight from Your Cell Phone
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65
Credit-Crunch Communication Devices
Credit-Crunch Communication Devices
The Drops Interface Will Cut Your Mobile Bill in Half
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64
Texting Underpants
Texting Underpants
Simativa's SIMsystem Makes Your Parts a Lot Less Private
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63
Text Message Pregnancy Tips
Text Message Pregnancy Tips
Text4baby Aims to Educate Expectant Mommies Through Texting
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62
Hands-Free E-mail and SMS
Hands-Free E-mail and SMS
Jott Mobile Messaging
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61
Self-Punishing IM Notifiers
Self-Punishing IM Notifiers
i-Knock
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60
Automated Texting Apps
Automated Texting Apps
The Android ‘On the Move' Widget Will Keep You Safe on the Road
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59
Picture Frame Messaging
Picture Frame Messaging
The Marquee Picture Frame Lets You Post Tag Lines
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58
Google's Instant Messaging for Mobiles
Google's Instant Messaging for Mobiles
Google Talk on the iPhone
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57
Text Messaging Competitions
Text Messaging Competitions
13 Year-Old Wins LG Championship
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56
Textversations
Textversations
Cingular/AT&T Verbalize Text Talk Between Mother & Daughter
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55
In-Browser Messaging
In-Browser Messaging
Mozilla Snowl
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54
Fringing
Fringing
Fring Your Friends With Mobile to VOIP Technology
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53
Mini-Notebooks the New Text Book?
Mini-Notebooks the New Text Book?
$500 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
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52
New Years Texting
New Years Texting
Millions Choose SMS Over Calls, Breaking Records
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51
Social Tagging Via SMS
Social Tagging Via SMS
Text Your Location With Plazes
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50
Voicemail-to-Text Conversions
Voicemail-to-Text Conversions
Condensing Long-Winded Audio Into Short, Snappy SMS
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49
Chinese Are World's Most Active Texters
Chinese Are World's Most Active Texters
70% Prefer SMS to Email
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48
Textacular Board Games
Textacular Board Games
The 'Clue: Secrets and Spies' Game Incorporates Text Messaging
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47
Messaging Chef Support
Messaging Chef Support
Get Cooking Help by E-mail
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46
Anti-Texting and Driving Gadgets
Anti-Texting and Driving Gadgets
Key2SafeDriving Prevents Text Messaging on the Road
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45
Texting-Proof Streets
Texting-Proof Streets
London Unveils the World's First 'Safe Text Street'
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44
WiFi Flying High
WiFi Flying High
BetaBlue on Jet Blue Airlines
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43
The Next MSN?
The Next MSN?
The Google 'Wave' is the Newest in Instant Messaging
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42
Helpful Texting Narration
Helpful Texting Narration
Drive Safe.ly Will Read Your Email and Texts to You In Real-Time
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41
iPhone Conversion Cases
iPhone Conversion Cases
The Apple Peel 520 Turns an iPod Touch into an iPhone
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40
Shopping by Text Message
Shopping by Text Message
Amazon TextBuyIt
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39
Texting on the Run
Texting on the Run
Padded Lampposts Protect London SMSing Pedestrians
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38
License Plate Messaging
License Plate Messaging
WhyHonk and SearchPlates Let You Flirt Passively and Vent Silently
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37
Postmortem Messaging
Postmortem Messaging
Twitter & Facebook Launch 'Webwill' for Dead Online Lovers
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36
Giant Scale Public Texting
Giant Scale Public Texting
NYC Artist Asks Londoners About Street Crime
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35
Anti-Drunk Applications
Anti-Drunk Applications
The Social Media Sobriety Test Saves You From Embarrassment
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34
Tsunami Alarm System
Tsunami Alarm System
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33
Next Gen Baby Naming
Next Gen Baby Naming
SMS Language Influences Name Choice
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32
Cyber Bullying
Cyber Bullying
High Tech Harrassment via SMS, Email
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31
Pizza Via SMS
Pizza Via SMS
Papa John's, Domino's Accept Text Orders
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30
Text Messaging Soars In Popularity Amongst Teens
Text Messaging Soars In Popularity Amongst Teens
Secret, Faceless, Anonymous
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29
Texting Veggies
Texting Veggies
Microchipped Plants Notify Farmers of Thirst Via Cell Phone
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28
New SMS Language
New SMS Language
Teens Using Codes to Throw Off Adults
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27
Blackberry Training
Blackberry Training
Courses For People Too Stupid to Use Their Phone
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26
Anti-Clumsy Text Apps
Anti-Clumsy Text Apps
The Type N Walk iPhone App Makes Texting While Walking Safe
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25
Free Calls & Texts
Free Calls & Texts
Blyk Targets 16-24
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24
Text Messaging + Dating Go Hand-in-Hand
Text Messaging + Dating Go Hand-in-Hand
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23
Obscene Text Messaging Records
Obscene Text Messaging Records
Reina Hardesty is the Michael Phelps of SMS at Nearly 500 Texts/Day
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22
Tracking Employee Texting
Tracking Employee Texting
TextGuard Blocks Blackberry SMS
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21
Text Lights
Text Lights
Nathan Coley's Floating Text Messages
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20
Anti-Texting Ads
Anti-Texting Ads
The 'Liberty Mutual: Dnt Txt & Drv' Ad Campaigns are Shockingly Simple
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19
Smexting
Smexting
The SMS Phenomenon Caused By Smoking Bans
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18
Texting Olympics
Texting Olympics
LG Canadian Texting Championship
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17
Text Messaging Induced Crashes
Text Messaging Induced Crashes
British Teen Imprisoned
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16
Galactic VOIP Phones
Galactic VOIP Phones
Star Trek Original Series Communicator is Geek-Chic
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15
Internet Addiction Official Mental Illness
Internet Addiction Official Mental Illness
Compulsive-Impulsive Disorder
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14
Cyber Speak Store Fronts
Cyber Speak Store Fronts
BCBG Max Azria Uses Texting Lingo In Window Displays
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13
Digitalized Interaction Apps
Digitalized Interaction Apps
'Status Symbols' iPhone App Replaces Talking with Icons
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12
Drunk E-Mail Prevention Tools
Drunk E-Mail Prevention Tools
Google Mail Goggles
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11
Text Message Breakups
Text Message Breakups
Finlands 'Sexiest Man' Dumps Girlfriend via SMS
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10
Braille Cell Phones
Braille Cell Phones
The Tactile Phone Uses Electronic Pulses to Simulate Braille Symbols
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9
SMS-Only Walkie-Talkies
SMS-Only Walkie-Talkies
Scholastic Elecronic Text Messengers Let You Safely Text in School
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8
Emotional Bathroom Accessories
Emotional Bathroom Accessories
The Emoticon Shower Curtain is a Texting Tutorial
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7
Underwater SMS for Divers
Underwater SMS for Divers
UDI Digital Texting
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6
Emoticon Super Texting
Emoticon Super Texting
'Emoji Icons' Make Their Debut On iPod Touch and iPhone 2.2
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5
Viral Aducation
Viral Aducation
Sephora Ad Builds Off Last Campaign
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4
Youth Mobile Phone Studies
Youth Mobile Phone Studies
The Informative Flowtown Infographic Analyzes Teen Cell Phone Usage
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3
Innovative Texting Devices
Innovative Texting Devices
SMS Text Messager
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2
Holographic Text Messages
Holographic Text Messages
Viral Video Previews HoloText iPhone Concept
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1
Safe Sexting Apps
Safe Sexting Apps
Cover Up Your Nude Texts on Your iPhone
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