People in the real estate business, and other businesses, often agree to things by email or even text messages. Are those agreements legally binding? A recent New York case involving a lease dispute ...

Given all of the bells and whistles that come with smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, it's easy to forget that, at their core, these devices are designed for communication. As people have ...

Typo-prone texters, rejoice: The newest Apple iOS now allows users to edit – and even unsend – messages sent via iMessage. If you, like me, have been known to need follow-up messages with asterisks ...

Have you ever wondered whether someone else can see the text messages that you are receiving on your iPhone? Do you suspect that it might be a family member who is snooping on your conversations? If ...

Texting scams are common and you should be on the lookout for fake texts and other kinds of spam messages. Fake texts often have lots of spelling errors, promise free gifts and have a sense of urgency ...

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Sending a message (especially a spicy one) to the wrong person could lead to all sorts of trouble, ranging from mild embarrassment to real-life consequences. In iOS 16, Apple introduced a feature that ...

Don’t panic! Those accidentally deleted messages aren’t gone forever—not if you take action quickly and follow these instructions. Now that you’ve breathed a sigh of relief that you can get your ...

In the early days, dumb phones were only able to carry between a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes of storage space. Then, when the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, launched in 2008, it ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Paul Luehr, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, about what happens when texts message get deleted. On January 6, Secret Service agents were ...

It took just a momentary lapse in judgment for Alyssa Beckwith to fall for the scam. The text message she received looked legitimate — even expected. After some of her personal information had already ...