On an Android phone, you can disable all potential spam messages from Google's Messages app. Tap the profile icon in the ...

I have mixed feelings about RCS (Rich Communication Services), though I don't consider it a terrible messaging standard and "anti-internet," as many of its critics do. It's still a strong reason I use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Last year, Apple finally added support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) texting to its platforms, improving consistency, reliability, and security when exchanging green-bubble texts between the ...

A new Android banking trojan named Sturnus can capture communication from end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, as well as take complete control of the device.

For businesses and other enterprise environments, Google Messages today announced Android RCS Archival on Pixel phones. Some businesses, governments, and other organizations need to archive messages ...

Apple brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to the iPhone with iOS 18 last year, giving green-bubble users access to more features and functions. But what exactly is possible with RCS on ...

Do you own Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphone? In normal conditions, you should be able to send a message to any number format as long as your carrier supports the messaging app you’re using and the ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...

Switching to a new Android phone is an exciting experience, but making sure that your WhatsApp messages and media transfer smoothly can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, with the right steps, ...

Inarguably, one of the worst things that can happen mid-conversation while texting is that your signal drops or you run into a problem sending outgoing messages. There are a wide variety of reasons ...