The Week contest: Chat app
This week's question: A new survey has found that more American teenagers prefer texting with their friends (35 percent) than talking to them in person (32 percent). If Silicon Valley were to develop an app that would force youngsters to put down their cellphones and engage in a real conversation, what name could it give the service?
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THE WINNER: "Facelook"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vermont
SECOND PLACE: "SayPal"
Frank Raymond Piña, Cathedral City, California
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THIRD PLACE: "Face to FaceTime"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Lyft Your Head"
Sarah Richart, Los Angeles
"Seddit"
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Virginia
"Yap Without Tap"
Norman Checkor, Mission Viejo, California
"Y-app"
Kurt Bagelmann, Antelope, California
"Insistagab"
Carina Wolf, Lafayette, Colorado
"Yakkity Yapp"
Deborah Cash, Atascadero, California
"Snap out of It"
Eileen Peterson, Denison, Iowa
"iContact"
Bill Doughty, Honolulu
"Real Words with Friends"
Catherine Pomiecko, Natick, Massachusetts
"Speak, Easy"
Stan Karp, Millsboro, Delaware
"Face2Facebook"
John Mevi, Lakeside, California
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