We send 96 billion text messages every day in the UK but the very first, sent 25 years ago today, was pretty simple: "Merry Christmas." "Spelt with the full words - not Xmas," says Neil Papworth, the ...

Smartphone chat apps such as Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger have overtaken SMS text messages for the first time, according to analysts Informa. Nearly 19billion messages were sent every day worldwide ...

The first text message was sent to this model of phone - the Orbitel 901. The text message is celebrating its 30th birthday - the first was sent to a mobile phone by a Vodafone engineer in Berkshire ...

Vodafone has auctioned a NFT (Non-Fungible Token) of the world’s first SMS text message. The winning bid of €107,000 will be donated to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The first text message was ...

Joe's first real experience with tech came at the tender age of six when he started playing Final Fantasy IV (II on the SNES) on the family's living room console. As a teenager, he cobbled together ...