SMS had many limitations starting with the need to be connected to a cellular network to work and it could only do so with text. It also provided no encryption, so your messages were sent in plain ...

Apple will be automatically sorting unknown texts into a new category in iOS 26. That's irritating political groups that rely ...

SMS had many limitations, starting with the need to be connected to a cellular network to work. It also provided no encryption, so your messages were sent in plain text.

SMS had many limitations starting with the need to be connected to a cellular network to work and it could only do so with text. It also provided no encryption, so your messages were sent in plain ...

The very first SMS message was a “Merry Christmas” text sent on Dec. 3, 1992, by Neil Papworth, a test engineer for the SEMA group.

On an iPhone, when you send a message via the Messages app and it fails, you'll likely see a red exclamation point next to your text followed by an alert that says it was "Not Delivered." ...

Some popular options include SMS Backup & Restore, Super Backup & Restore, and SMS Backup+. These apps allow you to export your text messages to your computer, where you can store them as a backup.