Many will feel this self-deleting text service that has just launched on iPhone is a little dodgy; however it doesn't contain adult content or malware, so how is it dodgy?

Well it's clear as day that rather than being used, as the example on...

Vodafone recently told us how the snow at the end of November led to a massive boom in MMS sending, as people around the UK swapped pictures of their white covered streets and snowman efforts.

And now Orange is predicting that with the snow...

Twitter has announced that it's acquiring a messaging infrastructure company called Cloudhopper, signifying that it's not ready to give up on its humble SMS beginnings just yet.

The company originally implemented the 140-character limit so...

The UK's love of text messaging is continuing to grow, recent figures from the Mobile Data Association show, despite the rise of "social messaging" via services like Twitter.

The just released stats take into account both text messages...

Orange is predicting a "bumper crop" of text and picture messages this Christmas and New Year as customers use the network to send season's greetings.

While last year broke Orange records with more than 100 million text messages and more...

On Friday 11 December 2009, listeners in the United Kingdom can send free picture messages to the Radio 1 messaging number for a chance to see their images featured on the Radio 1 website.

"Picture Messaging Day" is said to be designed to...

They've kept this one quiet, but it seems Vodafone is offering free international texts all day today, so if you're a Vodafone customer and there's anyone overseas that you'd like to surprise with an SMS out of the blue, today is the day.

Vodafone has expanded its Twitter options in the UK by offering a new service that allows Twitter users to retweet messages via SMS.

Vodafone customers can already send and receive SMS Twitter updates and now they can use the same number...

Email extinction could be a reality in the next 10 years, says TalkTalk, proclaiming the younger generation has no need for such long-winded communication.

No doubt echoing similar studies from 10 years ago that predicted the absolute death...

Classic murder mystery board game Cluedo, known as Clue in the States, has been given a text messaging make-over by games giant Hasbro.

The new "Clue: Secrets & Spies Edition" launches in America as a spy-themed version of the game in which...

"With the clocks going back this weekend, it's easy to feel all doom and gloom about the dark nights and cold mornings" says Vodafone.

The slightly tenuous solution? An hour this coming Friday when all text messages sent on the Vodafone...

As part of its plans to "partner with organizations that share our vision for positive global impact", Twitter has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile operator in India.

This team-up means a "huge population" of...

Text-based question and answer service AQA 63336 has announced it has reached the impressive milestone of answering its 20 millionth question.

The milestone puzzler, asked 6pm on 29 September, was: "Which hero featured in books by Captain...

Online payment service PayPal has rolled out a new feature that it hopes will increase the security on its users accounts. You can now choose to authorise every transaction via your mobile phone.

All you have to do is register your phone...

Nokia has partnered with Tampere University and the Finnish Federation of Visually Impaired to create an application that allows the blind to read text messages on their S60 phones.

The app - Nokia Braille Reader - has come out of the company's...