How Smartphones Will Wreck Your Weekend Plans

Does the ease of smartphone texting, especially with free services like iMessage and WhatsApp, make people flaky to the point of destroying your get-togethers?

Alex Cornell certainly thinks so. A videographer previously known for a terrifying futuristic videos of government drones patrolling the skies of San Francisco, Cornell has followed up with this guide to another worrying trend: Everything falls apart where group texts are concerned. (Watch above.)

Cornell couldn't identify just one instance for the video's inspiration. "Honestly, it's every text conversation I ever have these days," he told Mashable. Read more...