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Tag: texting

People getting texts originally sent on Valentine’s Day hit with wide range of emotion

Thursday, November 7, 2019 3:00 pmThursday, November 7, 201913 Comments

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

Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:33 pmThursday, December 13, 201835 Comments

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

Monday, March 5, 2018 1:02 pmMonday, March 5, 201811 Comments

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

Friday, February 16, 2018 10:22 amFriday, February 16, 201833 Comments

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

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 3:41 pm4 Comments

If your iPhone is constantly binging and buzzing and you are continually…


Text Neck: Smartphone-related ergonomic injuries are on the rise

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 3:31 pm6 Comments

Spine surgeons are noticing an increase in patients with neck and upper back pain…

WhatsApp launches for Mac and WIndows

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:07 amWednesday, May 11, 20163 Comments

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

Monday, February 8, 2016 3:56 pmMonday, February 8, 20168 Comments

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!

Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:02 pm13 Comments

A new ‘selfie’ emoji is also on the way…

Apple brings back SMS Continuity in OS X Yosemite GM

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:24 pm3 Comments

iOS 8 and Yosemite work together unlike any other operating systems…

Apple’s iMessage service is being polluted by spammers

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:55 amTuesday, August 19, 201445 Comments

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

Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:25 amThursday, March 27, 201438 Comments

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

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:10 amWednesday, June 12, 201337 Comments

Using voice-to-text messaging, included in systems such as…

Is Apple’s iMessage killing texting after all?

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 12:33 pm20 Comments

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

Monday, November 12, 2012 5:17 pmMonday, November 12, 201226 Comments

The amount of text messages sent during Q3 2012 showed the first decline ever…

iOS 6 includes emojis featuring gay and lesbian couples

Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:24 pmThursday, June 14, 2012123 Comments

The newest version of Apple’s iPhone comes with brand new emojis…

Apple to ‘iMessage’ Instagram to death with iOS 6 and iCloud?

Monday, May 14, 2012 3:48 pm18 Comments

Apple’s upgrade of its mobile-phone operating system iOS 6 and the iCloud service…

More signs of steep text message erosion

Thursday, December 29, 2011 2:11 pm38 Comments

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

Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:14 pmThursday, December 15, 20115 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:58 am52 Comments

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

Monday, August 22, 2011 12:33 pmMonday, August 22, 201121 Comments

One of the leading wireless carriers, AT&T Inc. has planned to shelve…

Text messaging dying? Sharply slowing growth worries carriers

Friday, June 10, 2011 3:44 pm49 Comments

Carriers, such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, charge texting fees ranging from…

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