https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It might seem entirely obvious to most, but it seems some people need to be told that looking at your phone while crossing a busy road can prove dangerous. https://www.thelocal.es/20160824/spanish-town-warns-against-texting-while-crossing-roads Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:00:00 +0200 spanish-town-warns-against-texting-while-crossing-roads A 14-year-old girl was killed by a train after failing to hear the warning because she was wearing headphones while looking at her phone. https://www.thelocal.es/20160601/spanish-girl-headphones-train-killed-murcia-spain Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:17:22 +0200 spanish-girl-headphones-train-killed-murcia-spain Spaniards spend an incredible 8 hours and 48 minutes a day using devices outside work, making them the most tech addicted people in Europe, a new study has found. https://www.thelocal.es/20140718/spaniards-crowned-biggest-tech-addicts-in-europe Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:00:00 +0200 spaniards-crowned-biggest-tech-addicts-in-europe Lost in virtual translation whenever a Spanish friend texts you? Here The Local offers a simple guide to SMS and Whatsapp shorthand so that you don’t have to keep writing '¿Qué?' after every message. https://www.thelocal.es/20140429/phone-dummy-guide-spanish-texting-slang Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:25:00 +0200 phone-dummy-guide-spanish-texting-slang The Spanish words 'wasap' and 'wasapear' — both variants of the name of WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging service for smartphones — have been given the backing of one of Spain's language heavyweights. https://www.thelocal.es/20130701/spain-rings-in-new-words-wasap-and-guasap Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:35:00 +0200 spain-rings-in-new-words-wasap-and-guasap A new survey shows that the popular instant messaging service WhatsApp is being increasingly used by Spaniards to break up with their short-term partners. https://www.thelocal.es/20130529/spanish-switch-to-whatsapp-to-dump-lovers Wed, 29 May 2013 12:19:00 +0200 spanish-switch-to-whatsapp-to-dump-lovers