Peer-to-peer messaging apps work without the internet by connecting phones directly. Briar is a useful app for offline messaging, especially in remote areas or emergencies. Setting up Briar requires ...

Although there's a pretty good chance you already have a phone number on your smartphone, your primary number assigned by your carrier isn't your only option for calling and texting. There are ...

There are many reasons for wanting to print out a text message. Maybe someone sent you some exciting news via SMS, and you'd like to print it out and pin it on your bulletin board. Or maybe someone ...

Text messages that come to your phone as spam messages are a nuisance at best and a risk to your personal security at worst. But somewhere in between lies a unique type of spam text message that ...

Other than snapping selfies and mindlessly scrolling on social media, one thing you mainly do on your phone is texting. It is, after all, among the easiest ways to communicate, especially when you're ...

Using a handheld smartphone is illegal in 31 states, and texting while driving is banned in 49. But there are lots of gray ...

With student test scores in a decade long decline, many researchers are pointing to cell phones and social media as the ...