Apple says it will support the RCS messaging standard that will make it easier to send texts between real and pretend iPhones, but messages…
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Apple plans to kill SMS next year
Apple will add RCS messaging support to iPhone, iPad, Mac. It’s a move that’s very likely to finally kill SMS dead…
People getting texts originally sent on Valentine’s Day hit with wide range of emotion
Something strange is happening with text messages in the US right now. Overnight, a multitude of people received text messages…
California considers a texting tax
Cell phone owners in California could soon pay extra for the privilege of sending text messages…
Apple employees 911 calls made after walking into Apple Park’s glass walls
When Albert Salvador, Cupertino’s building official, visited Apple’s new spaceship building last year…
Apple Park has one flaw: Employees keep walking face-first into the clear glass panes
The centerpiece of Apple Inc.’s new headquarters is a massive, ring-shaped office…
10 iPhone pro texting tips you’ll wish you’d known all along
If your iPhone is constantly binging and buzzing and you are continually…
Text Neck: Smartphone-related ergonomic injuries are on the rise
Spine surgeons are noticing an increase in patients with neck and upper back pain…
WhatsApp launches for Mac and WIndows
WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook Inc., is now available in a familiar place…
Apple mulls iMessage port to Android; move would send encrypted messaging mainstream
Apple could soon move more of its apps to Android, a move that could put encrypted messaging into the hands of the wider…
Bacon emoji is coming; pregnant woman and tuxedoed man, too!
A new ‘selfie’ emoji is also on the way…
Apple brings back SMS Continuity in OS X Yosemite GM
iOS 8 and Yosemite work together unlike any other operating systems…
Apple’s iMessage service is being polluted by spammers
Apple’s iMessage system is a great way to send texts from phone-to-phone without paying fees…
Apple’s ‘transparent texting’ aims to end texting while walking fails
Apple is looking to offer users an easier, safer, way to text and walk…
AAA study: Brain can’t text while driving even with hands free; Apple’s Siri Eyes Free not evaluated
Using voice-to-text messaging, included in systems such as…
Is Apple’s iMessage killing texting after all?
This week carriers saw the first-ever decline in SMS text messaging…
Text messages decline for first time ever in Q3, thanks to Apple’s iMessage, Wi-Fi, and others
The amount of text messages sent during Q3 2012 showed the first decline ever…
iOS 6 includes emojis featuring gay and lesbian couples
The newest version of Apple’s iPhone comes with brand new emojis…
Apple to ‘iMessage’ Instagram to death with iOS 6 and iCloud?
Apple’s upgrade of its mobile-phone operating system iOS 6 and the iCloud service…
More signs of steep text message erosion
Signs of consumers moving on from text-messaging to social media, email and IP-based messaging systems…
U.S. teens triple mobile data usage year-over-year
Teens have officially joined the mobile Data Tsunami, more than tripling mobile data consumption…
Apple’s iMessage arrives Wednesday, could take big bite out of carriers’ text-messenging profits
At a time when e-mail and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free…
AT&T to offer one unlimited text plan for $20 per month
One of the leading wireless carriers, AT&T Inc. has planned to shelve…
Text messaging dying? Sharply slowing growth worries carriers
Carriers, such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, charge texting fees ranging from…
