Author Archives: Dylan Tweney

About Dylan Tweney

I'm the publisher of SMS411.net and of several other sites, including daily haiku/micropoetry site tinywords.com. In my day job, I'm an editor.

Teens still prefer SMS

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dylan Tweney

You might think teens are obsessed with messaging apps like Kik, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger — and you’d be right — but SMS text messaging still rules. According to a recent survey of more than 1,000 teens by the Pew … Continue reading →

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Lots of people still use Twitter via SMS — even without a Twitter account

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Dylan Tweney

Did you know you don’t even need a Twitter account to follow someone on Twitter? That’s right: All you need is a phone and you can receive SMS updates from any Twitter account. That can be a handy way to … Continue reading →

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Press 1 to say ‘Happy Birthday’ on Facebook via SMS

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Dylan Tweney

If you’ve enabled SMS notifications in Facebook, the social network rolled out a new feature this week. It will send you a text message when one of your friends’ birthdays rolls around. To wish them a “Happy Birthday” all you … Continue reading →

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3 out of 5 people on earth use SMS texting.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dylan Tweney

According to this amazing infographic from MBAOnline, 4.2 billion people worldwide have phones that support texting. That means that SMS reaches many times more people than the internet — and it’s changing lives around the world. How has texting changed … Continue reading →

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TracFone

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Dylan Tweney

TracFone offers inexpensive, prepaid cellular service. And yes, they do support text messaging! Maximum message length: 160 characters What happens to longer messages: Unknown Cost per message: Unknown More information: TracFone Text Messaging How to send email to a TracFone: … Continue reading →

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Cricket Wireless

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Dylan Tweney

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how texting works with Cricket Wireless. Well, here you go! If you’ve got a Cricket phone, here’s what you need to know about SMS. Maximum message length: 160 characters What happens to … Continue reading →

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Text Messaging to Groups of People With Betwext

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Dylan Tweney

Texting works best when you’re sending messages to one person at a time. But what if you want to use SMS to communicate with a group of people? It’s not easy. Most phones don’t make it easy to send texts … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Texts From Getting You Into Trouble With TigerText

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Dylan Tweney

Tiger Woods recently got into trouble partly because his wife, Elin Nordegren, discovered incriminating voicemails and text messages on his phone, news reports allege. He might not have had that problem if he’d used the cleverly-named TigerText, which promises it … Continue reading →

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In Haiti, 4636 Shortcode Can Help Save Lives

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Dylan Tweney

If you are in Haiti and need to report an emergency situation, send a text message to the shortcode 4636. This works with any SMS-capable cellphone on the DigiCel network. Messages sent to that code will be entered into a … Continue reading →

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Send an SMS to Space

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Dylan Tweney

Hello! R U out there? Here’s your chance to make first contact with an alien life form, by sending a 160-character text message into outer space. An Australian science magazine, COSMOS, is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to deliver … Continue reading →

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