People in the real estate business, and other businesses, often agree to things by email or even text messages. Are those agreements legally binding? A recent New York case involving a lease dispute ...

Have you ever wondered whether someone else can see the text messages that you are receiving on your iPhone? Do you suspect that it might be a family member who is snooping on your conversations? If ...

Text messages have become far more common than phone calls. And with that prevalence comes many of the problems that afflict phone use. Among these are telemarketers, robocalls, phishing scams, and ...

Many people assume text messages are private, but that’s not necessarily the case—as recent momentous events have shown. Text messages have played a pivotal role in the Jan. 6 hearings, and could be a ...

Discover how text message marketing helps drive customer engagement and increases purchasing, plus tips on which SMS services to use.

When you receive a text message from an unknown number on a Samsung phone, you can tap the Block number notification at the top of the screen in the Messages app. To use Hiya to identify spam and scam ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Paul Luehr, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, about what happens when texts message get deleted. On January 6, Secret Service agents were ...

We've all been here before. All of us have, at one point or another, accidentally deleted an important text. Gloria, from Chepachet, Rhode Island, reached out to us with this question: "I accidentally ...

Tuberculosis (TB) patients who smoke will recover far more quickly if they can quit—and help could come from their mobile ...

Given all of the bells and whistles that come with smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, it's easy to forget that, at their core, these devices are designed for communication. As people have ...

Apple's iOS 18 update will introduce several new features to texting on your iPhone, including scheduling messages, bolding text, and using italics.