Nowadays, there are many ways to send and receive messages. We are deluged by the different mediums of communication like WhatsApp, iMessage, email, snail mail, social media, and many more. While ...

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Microsoft's latest attempt to bridge the gap between PCs and mobile devices is a new Skype feature called SMS Connect, which will allow users to send and receive text messages directly from their PCs.

Although SMS remains the only way to be sure of reaching anyone with a mobile number, in any country, very few apps currently support it. That’s partly due to the age of the protocol, and partly to ...

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Texting is fast and easy until it's not. Maybe your service is terrible, and your messages won't go through—what a pain. Tap or click for my bright ideas to boost your cell reception. When you have a ...

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Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.