Neowin News Feed for: Sms

Fusion, the Android SMS app designed by Redditors, goes live

Paul Ferson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:23:32 +0000

Fusion has been released on the Play Store for Android, after several months of design and code work. The app was designed by the community and built by one guy, making it quite a remarkable addition. Read more...

Happy Birthday! The SMS turns 20

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:43:47 +0000

Lots can change in 20 years in the technology space. 20 years ago Windows 95 was in its design and planning stages and in December of the same year the first SMS, or text, was born in the UK. Read more...

Facebook denies UK report about reading users' texts

John Callaham — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:59:27 +0000

Facebook has quickly denied a report posted on a UK newspaper web site that claims Facebook is reading smartphone users' text messages via the company's phone app. Read more...

iMessage and others took a $13.9bn bite out of carrier profits

Tyler Holman — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:25:07 +0000

According to a new study, new messaging platforms like Apple's iMessage and RIM's BlackBerry Messenger are taking a huge bite out carrier profits by cannibalizing traditional text messaging. Read more...

T-Mobile announces Full Monty plans: unlimited everything

Andy Weir — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:32 +0000

T-Mobile's new price plans offer unlimited voice calls, text messages and mobile data, including free tethering. But will these tariffs spread from the UK to Europe and the US - and is there a catch? Read more...

Microsoft says it is working on Windows Phone SMS fix

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:41:15 +0000

Microsoft has now confirmed it is working on fixing a flaw reported earlier this week in its Windows Phone OS that allows a device to be shut down via a SMS-based denial-of-service attack. Read more...

AT&T to phase out low-tier texting plan on August 21

Denis Wong — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:43:46 +0100

AT&T will discontinue a "low-tier" messaging plan for new customers on August 21. The plan offered 1000 texts for $10 per month. Read more...

Spam kills; SMS blows up would-be suicide bomber too early

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:56:18 +0000

A would-be suicide bomber accidentally blew herself up in Moscow, Russia on New Years Eve. The suspected reasoning for the accidental detonation, a spam SMS message on her phone wishing her a happy new years. The... Read more...

Instant notifications from Twitter via SMS and push available now

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:01:06 +0000

Today Twitter announced instant notifications for @mentions. Users looking to stay in touch and have real-time notifications can sign up for the service and receive text messages on their phone whenever they are mentioned by... Read more...

Seniors engage in sexting, says AARP

Chris Carera — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:41:30 +0000

Sending sexually explicit text messages is not limited to unruly teens, according to a new article from the American Association of Retired Persons. The report highlights several individual cases of retirement-age individuals who like to... Read more...

Cost of texting abroad for Europeans is lowered

Tom Warren — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:07 +0100

The European Commission has announced that as of today, July 1, customers roaming in another EU Member State will not only benefit from lower prices for making and receiving calls but also for texting when... Read more...

Twitter falls silent in the UK

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:44:29 +0100

Twitter has stopped sending SMS updates to UK customers, thus leaving them unaware of the latest important updates on what their friends had for breakfast. Twitter is a service for bloggers who can't string a... Read more...