Police officers hoped to improve dialogue with communities by rolling out a new messaging service. People who signed up to ...

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would start replacing the direct messaging service within Instagram with a version of its Messenger app, the first major step in its plan to tie together messaging ...

An encrypted messaging service, which was international drug and arms trafficking dealers' tool of choice, has been taken down by Inspector Knacker of Europol. The messaging service called MATRIX was ...

Rich Communication Services (RCS) was introduced as a successor to traditional SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), promising a modern, feature-rich messaging experience ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Proton Mail, an encrypted email messaging service, allegedly disabled the accounts of two journalists investigating ...

Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

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.

When RCS messaging became available on the iPhone with the rollout of iOS 18, the technical director of the GSM Association teased that the next major milestone for the messaging standard is the ...

Telegram founder blocks public channels he says belong to ISIS. — -- Sending a Telegram has been given a new meaning in the digital age. A messaging service taking its name from the old-school ...

In an emergency, some Android phones can use satellites to send texts instead of cell networks. For non-emergencies, Wi-Fi ...

You can message someone on Instagram through the platform's direct messaging feature, which lets you reach out to anyone with ...