Here's why parents shouldn't text.

Here's why parents shouldn't text.

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Here's why parents shouldn't text.

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Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Renamed As ‘Kindle Direct Publishing’

Amazon announced that its Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP), will now be called "Kindle Direct Publishing". All other aspects of the self-publishing platform appear to remain unchanged.

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AT&T; Making Text Messaging Cheaper As Free Text Messaging Apps Get More Popular (T, VZ, AAPL)

AT&T plans on changing its text messaging rates next week according to a leaked screen shot obtained by Andru Edwards at GearLive.

The new rates will be $10 for 1,000 messages, or unlimited messages for $20. (If you go over your $10 allotment, you have to pay $0.10 per message.)

Previously, the plans were $5 for 200 messages or $15 for 1,500 messages.

Why the switch? Because it's getting easier than ever to avoid paying for text messages. Whether it's through Google Voice, IM, or any number of apps available for Android or iPhone.

Those apps are disrupting the texting business model. (It hardly costs a thing to send a text message, but carriers still charge outrageous rates.)

To deter any customers from switching to free texting options, it's smart to try and lock them in with decent rates. Especially since it's infinitely easier to use the built in text app than some third party option.

The new text plans are supposed to take effect January 23.

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AT&T; Making Text Messaging Cheaper As Free Text Messaging Apps Get More Popular (T, VZ, AAPL)

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Share Your Best iPhone Text Chats With Bnter

In some isolated cases such as the infamous Tiger Woods-mistress texts, SMS messages are not meant to be shared. But more often than not, SMS messages with friends can actually be fairly entertaining. Launched by Texts From Last Night co-founder Lauren Leto and Patrick Moberg, Bnter is a simple way for people to share text messages with their friends in a profile on the web. The startup had previously rolled out its web application a few weeks ago, but is taking its text sharing mobile with the launch of a free iPhone app today. The app's functionality is similar to Bnter's web app, and allow users to post their text messages to a personal profile as well as to Facebook and Twitter. You simply copy and paste your text messages into the posts on Bnter (Leto adds that they are currently developing a more efficient way to embed text messages into the app).

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