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Vector flat phone chat bubbles. Sms messages. Speech bubbles. Short message service bubbles.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Ihor Kashurin) Q: I received a text message from 77958 with a security code for ...

As the capabilities and number of features on cell phones and mobile devices increase, users have the ability to use their cell phones in ways that go beyond simply making phone calls. Most digital ...

Alexa isn't privy to all your mobile doings quite like other virtual assistants Google Now or Siri, but with this skill, you can use the connected speaker to send your friends short text messages when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cybersecurity and entrepreneurship. Reports that the NSA has developed mechanisms for reading data encrypted with many of ...

The Public Knowledge advocacy group stepped up its campaign to get the Federal Communications Commission to make it clear that wireless text messaging and short codes fall under the Communications Act ...