Soon you won't even need to be on Facebook in order to use its Messenger program. Tuesday, the social network said users of Android phones in various countries — not including the U.S. for now — will ...

Although Android tablets use the same operating system as Android phones, they do not have the same features. Because they do not have phone numbers associated with them, Android tablets can not send ...

Have you ever sent a text message to someone and wondered if they have read it or not? Maybe you are waiting for a reply, or maybe you just want to make sure they got your message. Whatever the reason ...

QUESTION: The FBI warning about text messaging has me a bit confused. I’m not a government worker, so what exactly is the risk for me? ANSWER: The recent discovery that state-sponsored Chinese hackers ...

A strange thing happens when Capital One sends out automated fraud alerts via SMS. A significant number of customers seem to believe the sender is human, and begin responding with natural language.

What’s better than a few geofilters? A billion algorithmically generated filters. That’s Facebook Messenger’s strategy to steal the visual communication crown from Snapchat, thanks to its new camera ...

At least the proposal is not a per-text tax; last year, Americans sent 1.77 trillion SMS text messages. Unsplash/rawpixel In California, regulators have proposed a new tax on text messaging. The ...

Actual Encryption & Privacy are two features that many users have started looking at when it comes to voice and video calls. Just like how text chat should be secure ...