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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EZ Texting, the #1 SMS marketing software for business, today announces two new ways for businesses to communicate via text messaging with their customers. New ...

Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...

What’s the news: T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones have enjoyed an upgraded and more engaging texting experience with RCS for years. Now, they’ll have RCS with capable Android users on other ...

In a country that prides itself as the home of innovation and the technology revolution, the US has lagged behind in mobile (cell phone) space In a country that prides itself as the home of innovation ...

For years we've been hearing about the potential of RCS, a protocol replacement for SMS that would bring iMessage and Whatsapp-like features to texting. Unfortunately there's been very little to show ...

Messaging is the future of smartphones. We’re not talking plain old texting, but apps like WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage that let you send videos, group chat, see when someone is typing and send GIFs ...

Messaging has become the de facto communication standard for many people. One primary reason for this is that messaging offers instant gratification. It also opens up new worlds of discussion for ...

Back in 2020, my mother caught COVID-19. Ever true to the Vietnamese parental philosophy of not burdening others with one’s own suffering, my mother withheld her illness from my sister and me. Then ...

When I got my first text from Bernie, I didn’t recognize the number, but I opened it anyway. After all, I’m used to opening my texts. This one was from Amy, who said she was a volunteer for the Bernie ...