(WHTM) Somebody not answering their phone? Send them a text message. Having a silly conversation with a friend? Send text messages. Having a serious discussion and want to preserve a written record?

Today marks a truly historic date — December 3. Why? Because on this very day, 33 years ago, the world received its first-ever text message. On December 3, 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent the ...

That’s the trouble with key moments in history: Very often, the people involved have no idea that they’re taking part in a key moment in history. Most of time it’s just another ordinary day where you ...

The first SMS text message was sent on December 3, 1992. Part of an early Vodafone test, the message was sent from a computer to a GSM handset on the carrier’s network. That first text read: “Merry ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The technology underpinning early mobile text messaging began development in the 1980s. The short message service (SMS) ...

The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) is investigating a shooting that left one person injured Tuesday morning. A man is in custody after he allegedly broke into a home and threatened to kidnap and ...

Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...