LG Mobile Phones, one of the leading manufacturers of texting devices and a popular brand among teens, joined together with other technology leaders, content providers, students and educators to focus on ways to educate and empower parents on safe mobile phone usage at the inaugural, Generation Mobile Forum, hosted by the FCC on Dec. 14 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C.
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LG Mobile Phones announced today that 13 year-old, Brianna Hendrickson from Brooklyn, NY is the winner of the fourth annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship. LG originated the first-ever nationwide texting competition in 2007 and returned this year with additional prizes and challenges. After out-texting the best in the U.S. with her ultimate speed and dexterity, Brianna took home $50,000 and will now compete in the LG Text For Good Challenge, where she will have the chance to double her prize money and select a charity to which LG will make a $50,000 donation.
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Starting today, anyone with an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac or PC can text message with people around the world for free, and chat on the largest social networks. HeyWire™, created by MediaFriends, is the first and only Multi-Screen Texting and Chat Service that delivers free international messaging with a real phone number.
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Many parents consider themselves tech experts, especially when it comes to their phones. In fact, according to the “LG Text Ed Survey,” 75 percent of parents consider themselves “texters” and 86 percent of those texters have used the medium to communicate with their teens. Yet, the survey also found that many parents engage in questionable texting behaviors and are unaware of their teen’s mobile phone misuse. In this video segment, renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Charles Sophy offers safe texting tips, advice on how to communicate with your kids in the age of technology, and reveals surprising survey data.
LG Mobile Phones announced today that award-winning actress Jane Lynch is bringing her iconic humor and unique talent to the LG Text Ed program, a comprehensive educational campaign for parents that addresses teen mobile phone misuse, and provides parents with valuable resources so they can teach responsible phone use to their children. Lynch the newest member of the LG Text Ed council is featured in a series of comedic vignettes which can be viewed on www.LGTextEd.com. Lynch, a new mom herself, masterfully employs her artistic abilities and the result is a video series that is both humorous and thought-provoking.
School's out for summer and teens from Erie Insurance’s Lookin' Out program have a message for their peers: don't text and drive. That's the warning being issued to teen drivers in a public service announcement produced in partnership with Erie Insurance to encourage young drivers to drive safely.
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