Advertisers are ramping up SMS short code marketing, according to a new Nielsen Mobile report. President-elect Barack Obama's text message revealing his pick for vice president remains the most ...

Think about it: what other industry or company do you know of that charges you for service every month but you cannot start using the service for four months? Go ahead, I will give you a few minutes.

Vector flat phone chat bubbles. Sms messages. Speech bubbles. Short message service bubbles.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Ihor Kashurin) Q: I received a text message from 77958 with a security code for ...