Apple engineers on Thursday proposed to standardize the format of the SMS messages containing one-time passcodes (OTP) that users receive during…
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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…
Apple reportedly to support RCS, the iMessage-like successor to SMS
Touted as an upgraded version of SMS, RCS is being spearheaded by the carriers…
California considers a texting tax
Cell phone owners in California could soon pay extra for the privilege of sending text messages…
Hey, ugly, dysfunctional green bubble messengers: Get a real iPhone!
That means no acknowledgments when a message is delivered or read — or that someone is typing a response…
Google’s ‘Chat’ is not end-to-end encrypted like Apple’s iMessage
Google has been quietly corralling every major cellphone carrier on the planet into adopting technology to replace SMS…
Warning: New iPhone scam tries to steal your Apple login
To savvy young users who have spent their entire lives surrounded by modern technology…
Apple Cash: Cupertino in talks to finally launch money-transfer service
Apple’s on-again, off-again flirtation with building its own money-transfer service…
Apple, others may soon be barred from using SMS for two-factor authentication
One of the options available when using Apple’s two-factor authentication (2FA) is to have a code sent to you via SMS…
Apple to deliver iMessage to Android at WWDC
Apple will announce that iMessage encrypted text messaging is coming to Android users…
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…
Messaging and the Apple Watch
Jonathan Ive’s team developed the Apple Watch to help solve the problem…
Bacon emoji is coming; pregnant woman and tuxedoed man, too!
A new ‘selfie’ emoji is also on the way…
Warning: AT&T texts can be faked to steal your personal information
There’s a problem with the way AT&T sends out customer alerts via text message…
Researchers discover flaw that could let anyone listen to your cell calls, intercept text messages
German researchers have discovered security flaws that could let hackers, spies and criminals listen…
iOS 9 wish-list: VIP for Contacts, not just Mail
Mail’s VIP feature is great, but why is is consigned only to Mail?
Apple brings back SMS Continuity in OS X Yosemite GM
iOS 8 and Yosemite work together unlike any other operating systems…
Apple acknowledges iMessages ‘hijacked text’ issue
Apple has acknowledged a problem…
Beleaguered BlackBerry to offer free BBM messaging for iPhone, announces ‘Q5’ phone for emerging markets
Beleaguered BlackBerry announced plans on Tuesday to offer its instant messaging system on iPhone…
Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up U.S. feds’ surveillance
Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents…
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…
Flaw in Samsung’s ‘TouchWiz’ UI leaves devices open to data-wiping
An attacker could load the code in a website, SMS, an NFC Android Beam connection or via a QR code…
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…
Apple and others about to kill SMS
Goodbye, SMS. You won’t be missed…
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…
