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Google+ Hangouts SMS integration coming soon, says Google

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [2]

Google+ Hangouts got a major face-lift yesterday when Google announced that all of their chat services would be merged together into one app. Essentially, users can now message each other over various platforms, as well as video chat. Furthermore, you can send someone a message without even them being signed in, hinting to the possibility that Hangouts could be an SMS replacement. Read The Full Story

Chat apps leave SMS behind as carrier cash-cow falters

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [1]

Mobile instant messaging apps have overtaken SMS for the first time, new research suggests, marking a likely end of the text message cash-cow for operators. Nearly 19bn IM chat messages were sent every day in 2012 on average, according to research firm Informa, in comparison to 17.6bn traditional text messages, with analysts claiming some carriers are already "seeing a decline in their messaging revenues." Read The Full Story

Twilio joins with Google to bring voice and messaging API to developers

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google and Twilio are teaming up to bring developers cloud-powered tools that will help them integrate their apps with VoIP and messaging services. Twilio has partnered up with Google's Cloud Platform, making it the first voice and messaging API available through the Google App Engine. With its API, developers are able to easily integrate messaging and VoIP capabilities into their apps with just a few lines of code. Read The Full Story

Wireless AMBER Alert program shutting down at end of year

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

The coalition of groups and government agencies that brought us Wireless AMBER Alerts announced today that the program will be ending at the end of the year. AMBER Alerts, as most you already know, aim to alert the public to recent abductions in an effort to get kidnapped children home safely as quickly as possible. Never fear though, as Wireless AMBER Alerts aren't going away, they're just being rolled into a new program called Wireless Emergency Alerts, which was launched earlier this year. Read The Full Story

Police tell Congress they want carriers keeping SMS logs for two years

, Dec 3rd 2012 Discuss [6]

Law enforcement representatives from both the state and local level have submitted a proposal to the US Congress that would require mobile carriers in the US to keep SMS logs for all users for at least two years, just in case they’re eventually needed for future criminal investigations. The law enforcement reps say that the lack of a current requirement “can hinder law enforcement investigations.”

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SMS turns 20 years old today, inventor does interview over text messaging

, Dec 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

If you can believe it, text messaging turned 20 years old today, and while the technology really didn’t boom until just a few years ago, the service has been around since 1992. The first text message ever sent took place on December 3, 1992, and was sent by British engineer Neil Papworth. The message simply read, “Merry Christmas.”

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Spammers fined $700,000 for sending out millions of spam text messages

, Nov 28th 2012 Discuss [4]

Spam is annoying, and we all do whatever we can to prevent it from getting to us, but sometimes it can still slip through the cracks, especially via SMS. UK residents Christopher Niebel and Gary McNeish have been fined £440,000 (about $700,000) by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office for sending out almost 800,000 spam text messages per day. Read The Full Story

Text messaging on decline for first time ever

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [6]

Ever since SMS was first conceived, it has become an unstoppable force that has been taking over voice calling as the number one way to communicate with someone over mobile devices. However, for the first time ever, text messaging volume in the US has declined according to a new research report from Chetan Sharma Consulting. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: November 2, 2012

, Nov 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday evening everyone - the weekend is here at last, but before we dive in, it's time to recap the news. Today we heard that Microsoft might be testing out a smartphone of its own, which doesn't really surprise us considering that it just recently entered the tablet market. Apple's freshly rephrased "apology" to Samsung went live in UK newspapers today, and one analyst is expecting the iPad mini to top 1.5 million sales this weekend. Speaking of the iPad mini, we saw a drop test featuring the tiny slate today, and the tablet launched to shorter-than-normal lines for an Apple product. Read The Full Story

Android SMS phishing vulnerability discovered by researchers

, Nov 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

SMS phishing isn't anything new. It's been around for some time now, but researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a vulnerability in Android that could bring back the practice in a big way. The vulnerability affects devices running Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean platforms for Android. Read The Full Story

Facebook Messenger updated for iPhone 5

, Sep 30th 2012 Discuss [1]

The Facebook environment on iOS for iPhone has been bumped upward once again with the Messenger app grabbing an update with a whole new user interface. If you're the type of person who loves to message back and forth with friend via Facebook and have never tried the stand-alone app for iOS, now's a better time than ever before! You'll be getting favorites integration, better performance than with any version that's come before, and the whole thing just looks a bit better - as it always does each time it's updated. Read The Full Story

Most other devices lack iOS SMS security hole

, Aug 23rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Last week we found out about a new SMS security hole in the iPhone that could potentially leave users vulnerable to phishing attempts. To put it simply, this hole allows undesirable people to change the reply-to address on the texts they send you, making them appear to be legitimate and possibly convincing you to hand over some personal details. AdaptiveMobile has published a new report on the security hole, and while it may be scary for iPhone users, it appears that this flaw doesn't affect devices running a different OS. Read The Full Story
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