Private messaging app Signal plans to discontinue the ability for Android users to send and receive plaintext SMS and MMS messages with the Signal app. The app developer cited its priority of ...

The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

The French and U.K. equivalents to the U.S. government’s cyber defense agency have issued new advice for users. “Deactivate ...

If you’ve been relying on the Signal messaging app on Android for SMS communications, your access to the plaintext messaging feature in the app will end soon. In a bid to prioritize security and ...

The company says the transition will take months but that its app will only send Signal messages once it’s complete The company says the transition will take months but that its app will only send ...

The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

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 ...