Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. “Fexting,” a portmanteau of “fighting” and “texting,” refers to arguments or ...

Lizzie Buckley sent her mom three text messages on a recent Sunday. Two were about working on a weekend, and a third was about an impressively long run she had just completed. Her mother responded ...

Morning, noon and midnight, parents of teenagers want to know where their kids are and what they’re doing. Parents give their children phones to facilitate keeping in touch, but teens are less likely ...

You get a text. Should you respond right away? Can you wait a bit? When do you cross the line into rudeness? Helloooo? Texting is a topic that etiquette experts Elaine Swann and Diane Gottsman are ...

How you text your best friends is understandably different from how you interact with your parents in the family group chat. There are some emojis and memes your parents simply wouldn’t understand, ...

Anyone who says they don't play the texting game is lying. You know the one. It's when you're texting with someone you're interested in but one or both people are waiting to text back for a few ...

(This is the last post in a three-part series on this topic. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I ...

Randolph police say officers were able to save a man from an attempt to commit suicide Dec. 19 after receiving the department's first-ever 911 text message. Randolph police said they received a call ...

The Android Gemini app could get a new “Select text” feature. This will allow you to select a portion of a prompt’s response instead of needing to copy the whole thing, as you do today. It is unclear ...