40 posts and columns on text message
OMG, the Text Message Turns 20
But amid pressure from rivals such as iMessage, Skype and WhatsApp, is the SMS already over the hill?Voices
40 posts and columns on text message
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on May 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 24, 2011 at 7:37 am PT
New York-based CityPockets is expanding into one of the biggest trends in daily deals by acquiring DealBurner, which sends a text message to users when a deal is located nearby.Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on August 2, 2011 at 9:03 pm PT
Katie tests a new service, called GroupMe, which enables group messaging on any phone that can text — regardless of who makes it or what operating system it runs.Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 21, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Here’s another variation on the idea that we will one day get offers sent to us on our phones when we are in the vicinity of a retail store. This time it’s from Visa. And, this time, it requires no application download and very little user engagement.Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 2, 2011 at 5:15 am PT
The four major Internet companies in Egypt have turned their connections back on, and its traffic is returning to normal. Though it’s clear that’s not yet true of Egypt itself.Ina Fried in Mobile on January 11, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
According to a a new report, China is the biggest spot for the mobile Internet, with 73 percent of Chinese youths age 15 to 24 citing mobile Internet usage as among the things they used their cell phones for in the past month. That compares to less than half of American and British young people and less than a quarter of those in the rest of Europe. Meanwhile, young women in most countries were more likely than males to send text or picture messages, although the opposite was true in India, China and Brazil.Kara Swisher in News, September 30, 2010 at 9:49 am PT
Laura Landro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News, August 31, 2010 at 11:30 am PT
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution, December 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm PT
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution, October 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm PT
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology, October 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT
Peter Kafka in Media, October 1, 2009 at 11:43 am PT
John Paczkowski in News, August 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm PT
John Paczkowski in News, July 28, 2009 at 2:27 pm PT
John Paczkowski in News, May 22, 2009 at 7:50 am PT
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox, March 11, 2009 at 3:04 pm PT
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution, February 3, 2009 at 9:02 pm PT
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology, October 15, 2008 at 9:02 pm PT
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution, September 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT