Couples should not let their thumbs do the talking when it comes to serious conversations, disagreements or apologies, according to a new study. Researchers found that relationships may suffer because ...

After spending an evening typing-up birthday, Christmas and fax messages Fred proved them wrong, and within 20 years the SMS or short message service had changed the way we communicate around the ...

Brits sent 1.6 billion fewer texts over the past year amid the rise of instant messaging services, according to new data.

What Does RCS Message Mean? RCS stands for Rich Communication Services. It’s a protocol that aims to enhance the traditional SMS experience. Think of it as SMS 2.0. It allows for features like read ...

The humble SMS text message is showing its age — which is unsurprising, given it celebrated its 30th birthday last year. While text messages are still sent every day, they’re waning in popularity as ...

Lou Nelson - former security guard on the American Freedom Train 1975-76. Rohan Vos - founder and CEO of Rovos Rail. Friedhelm "Fred" Hillebrand - inventor of SMS and text messaging. Arch Puddington - ...

According to a report by Informa, messages sent using services such as iMessage and WhatsApp now outnumber texts. They said that globally in 2012 19 billion messages were sent over the internet with ...

Traditional text messages are declining in the face of growing competition from instant messaging apps Credit: Photo: PA The number of text messages sent in the UK fell for the first time in 2013, ...

On December 3 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS message to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone. It simply read "Merry Christmas," and Jarvis had no way of replying. The idea of sending short ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sub-Saharan Africa news every morning. Instant messaging applications for mobile devices, such as BlackBerry Messenger, are becoming so ...