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Americans fall in love, break up via SMS

Despite the truncated words and encoded phrases of SMS jargon, it is possible to conduct emotional discussions via text message. Overall, the frequency of text messaging by mobile device is up, with Americans sending 7.3 billion messages within the U.S. per month, up from 2.9 billion a month last year, according to industry figures. Washington Post, The (12/29)