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The NSA reportedly collects a mind-blowing number of texts every day
By Michael Rougeau published
Newly outed NSA surveillance program called Dishfire allegedly collects hundreds of millions of text messages. Daily.
Android botnet sending millions of copied texts to Korea and China
By Alex Hamilton published
A malicious app named 'Google Vx' is copying user SMS messages and distributing them to email addresses in Asia, a security report states.
Instagram Direct beats SMS photo sharing, says Systrom
By Joe Osborne published
Instagram Direct is more than an answer to Snapchat. It's laying the groundwork for the next billion smartphones.
WhatsUp, Facebook? WhatsApp new king of smartphone IM, survey claims
By Chris Smith published
More people used WhatsApp last month than Facebook's chat-inclined app, according to a survey in 5 countries.
Google to kill third party Voice apps as it expands Hangouts support
By Michael Rougeau published
Google said it's working on expanding Google Voice to include MMS and venture outside the US.
Hangouts gets SMS support, more as Google+ laps up photo, video updates
By Michelle Fitzsimmons published
Location sharing and animated GIFs to land on Hangouts as Google+ sees a bevy of new features headed its way.
Google Hangouts SMS and MMS rumor 'all but confirmed,' says site
By Michael Rougeau published
A confident report and an alleged leaked screenshot make it look like SMS for Google Hangouts could arrive in the next update.
In case of emergency... sign up for Twitter Alerts
By Chris Smith published
Twitter outs an SMS-based service that will notify users when a tweet from an account they follow is marked as an alert.
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