Text messaging has come a long way since its inception a decade or so ago. This service has been completely taken over by instant messaging services mostly due to cost factors. This is why there are ...

An SMS (Short Message Service) is a feature of mobile phones that enables you to send text messages to other people. While free messaging services offered by smartphones support a cheaper and less ...

Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

If you’re on a computer and you get a text on your phone, wouldn’t it be great if you could reply without picking it up? Yes, it would, and there are great apps and services that enable just that ...

If you routinely burn through your allotted monthly text-message allowance and end up paying exorbitant fees as a result, you'll appreciate this: SMS Touch [iTunes link] lets you compose and send text ...

Android/iOS/Blackberry: There are lots of apps that can send free text messages but those usually aren't free or will send texts from numbers other than your ...

You can send free text messages to friends, clients or customers that have cellphones that use Boost Mobile as their service provider using your Yahoo email account. Sending these texts via email ...

You normally need your smartphone to make phone calls, view text messages, and access your photos. But wouldn't it be ...

iMessage is a handy way to send free text and picture messages to other iPhone and iPad users, but occasionally the iPhone can’t send an iMessage. When the iMessage fails to send or gets stuck due to ...

If your iPhone service plan doesn't include text messages or you routinely burn through your monthly allotment, here's a trick for getting unlimited SMS without spending a penny. In a nutshell, you ...