Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...

If you’ve ever tried keeping up with five group chats, two video calls, and a handful of emoji-filled rants about slow Wi-Fi—all before lunch—you’ll know how much messaging apps shape our day-to-day.

On July 28, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey released a free, new open-source messaging app in Apple's App Store called Bitchat Mesh, or Bitchat. Dorsey unveiled the new app on X, formerly Twitter, in ...

Apple ensures its software ecosystem provides just about everything one might need to get started with a new iPhone. Messages handles texting, emailing can be done through the Mail app, the Notes app ...

Whenever someone asks me why an Android phone is worth considering instead of an iPhone, one of the first things I bring up is the ability to send and receive text messages from my PC’s web browser.

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