A NEW viral app allows people to have text message conversations in public and was inspired by an Instagram post from Taylor Swift. But will it catch on? At least that’s the thinking behind what’s ...

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Messaging on Android has always felt like a work in progress. While iPhone users have long enjoyed the simplicity and cohesiveness of iMessage, Android users continue to juggle multiple apps, ...

In a paper published by Douglas Reese, a professor of computer science at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Google's text messaging app 'Messages' and the calling app 'Google Phone App' are Android ...

The next time you’re about to tap a text message to resolve an unpaid toll balance, your Android phone may warn you to think twice. Google is updating its scam text detection technology to spot hoaxes ...

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YouTube is testing a messaging feature on its apps that will let you chat and share videos with friends without ever having to use another platform. The service is currently being rolled out to a ...

A lot of people have been noticing a small blue dot next to their text messages or contacts on their Android devices, and it's not some quirky design element. There's a reason why some of the contacts ...