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Google has taken the wraps off of new Messages features, taking aim at Apple's iMessages and calling out Apple for not supporting broader standards....

Android SMS Malware Using Fake COVID-19 Notifications to Spread

A dangerous Android SMS malware has been using fake COVID-19 notifications to spread in the US and Canada. Security firm Cloudmark has issued a...

Postscript Raises $4.5 Million to Turbocharge Shopify SMS Marketing

Postscript announced it has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to help bring turbocharged SMS marketing to Shopify and e-commerce stores. Post...

Google Bringing End-to-End Encryption to RCS Messages

Google appears prepared to bring end-to-end encryption to RCS messages, helping it better compete with Apple iMessages....

Apple, Google Engineers Join Forces On SMS One-Time Passwords

Apple has received help with SMS one-time passwords from an unexpected source: a Google engineer....

RCS Messages Finally Available to All U.S. Android Users

Sanaz Ahari, Google Sr. Director of Product & Design, announced Thursday via Twitter that RCS is now available for all Android users in the U.S....

TrueDialog Database With Tens of Millions of Texts Left Exposed Online

According to researchers at privacy firm vpnMentor, millions...

Google Bringing RCS To Android Messages Starting Today

Android messaging has long lagged behind iOS, where Apple Messages has included features absent from standard SMS texts. According to a...

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Join Forces to Take Messaging to the Next Level

iPhone users have long-enjoyed iMessage, an iOS-only alternative to SMS that has far more features than basic messaging. WhatsApp offers a similar approach, adding features and abi...

EndlessJabber Lets Android Users Send And Receive Texts Remotely

EndlessJabber is a new Android app, which enables users to send and receive SMS/MMS messages from any PC, tablet, web bro...

Police Sting Op Sends Accidental Texts to Man

KSAZ News 10 in Arizona repor...

Messaging Revenue Down as Messaging Apps Take Off

As popular social networking sites such as Facebook become populated with, well, everyone, teens are now...

Law Enforcement Now Wants Wireless Carriers To Store Your Text Messages As Evidence

Last week, the ECPA amendment that would greatly enhance Americans' priva...