Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

Clerk Chat Inc., a startup building a messaging platform that integrates with major telecommunications carriers, today said it has raised $7 million in seed funding. The San Francisco-based firm plans ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The TCPA, a decades-old law governed by the Federal Communications Commission, prohibits automated text messages without prior ...

Researchers analyzed WhatsApp metadata to test how accurately people judge their own messaging habits and response patterns.

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles scam example. U.S. consumers lost $470 million to text-messaging scams last year, and as they become more sophisticated, more people are likely to be victims. The ...

On December 3, 1992, in Newbury, England, computer scientist Neil Papworth texted two words—“Merry Christmas”—to Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone engineering director, who was across town at a Christmas ...

Ever wondered why your text messages sometimes fail to send, show up pixelated or don’t appear at all on the other person’s end? It might not be your phone, but your carrier’s messaging support.