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There’s an immense choice of text/SMS messaging apps available for Android, but the one that has impressed us more than the rest is Textra.
Textra SMS is our favourite Android text messaging app – and it’s free Read More
It seems that not everyone was delighted by Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the popular messaging service WhatsApp, with the news sparking a wave of defections to the rival Telegram …
Disgruntled WhatsApp users switch to rival open source Telegram app Read MoreNo, it’s not email, Facebook or even Twitter. It’s actually good ol’ SMS text messaging. There’s over 4.2 billion people texting worldwide, with 6.1 trillion SMS messages sent in 2010 – working …
What’s the most used data service in the world? You might find the answer surprising Read MoreMore and more folks may be strutting the streets toting fancypants, app-stuffed smartphones, but when it comes to using the thing, old-fashioned text messaging is still the most popular application …
Humble SMS remains the most popular app on fancypants smartphones Read MoreGroupMe, an app that lets users share text messages, photos and locations privately with selected groups of people has won the SXSW Breakout award.
GroupMe mobile sharing app wins SXSW Breakout award Read MoreWe can’t think of many things more annoying than being bothered by SMS messages offering us discounts for hair products or distinctly average coffee, but a breakthrough deal sees UK network provider O2 partnering up …
o2 team up with Starbucks and L’Oreal for location based SMS vouchers Read MoreA free Android app called StartTalking has been launched to let drivers send off texts without even having to look at their handsets.
StartTalking: send SMS messages without even looking at your phone Read MoreWe love the small of a king size infographic on a Friday morning, so here’s one stuffed full of SMS-related facts and figures for your delectation, straight from the good …
Ten per cent of adults SMS while shagging. Apparently Read MoreWe’re indebted to the folks at Mashable for putting together this fascinating infographic charting the rise of text messaging, and putting some figures on how SMS has impacted on peoples’ …
Texting trends: US teen girls type out 100 texts a day Read MoreFirst off, we’d like to wish a Happy Christmas to our readers! Thanks for sticking with us. We’re well chuffed with the speed that the site is growing and we …
Text this: Happy Christmas! Record SMS/MMS numbers predicted over the festive period Read MoreAmericans were a bit slow on the uptake of texing, but they’ve certainly made up for lost time, with new figures showing that around 4.1 billion SMS messages are sent …
Over 4 billion text messages sent every day in the US Read MoreThe latest CTIA wireless industry survey has just been released, and it reveals the continuing runaway growth of text messaging in America. According to the survey, over 740 billion text …
US: 4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily Read More