The text-messaging app has always been the most-used on my phone. It’s fun and efficient, and it’s often a quicker way to get a response than sending an email or making a phone call. Yet, even as ...

The quaint medium of text messaging has advanced greatly in iOS and Android, between Apple’s iMessage service and Google’s newer “RCS.” But text chats between those two platforms remain about as ...

I can let a lot of things go, but if I ever find my daughter under a rock text messaging someone something that resembles “PXT :)” I might take her by the hand and make her share a cheeseburger with ...

Q: Why don’t some Android users get my iPhone text messages? A: Text messaging was once considered an anti-social communication method by those who grew up having phone conversations as their default.

To be clear, The Campaign Registry is not operated by a federal authority. Rather it functions entirely as a collaboration between mobile carriers, virtual phone service providers (“service providers” ...

Like any marketing strategy, businesses are always searching for the best way to interact with their customers — and SMS text messages still proves to be the most effective. Yet, surprisingly, only 35 ...

Text messages refer to the messages sent via cell phones or computers, comprising up to 140 or 160 characters, over wireless messages, to other mobile devices. Trillions of text messages are sent in ...

Apple and Google have added useful features to texting apps, yet the apps still lack a major component: an effective way to set limits. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s personal ...