Category Archives: SMS

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →