Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

When Sam Maglio, a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Toronto, began his research into abbreviations in texting, he thought they might be a good thing. They could signal a close ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. You send a thoughtful message. Three minutes pass. Then twenty. You check your phone. You tell yourself you don’t ...

While it might seem like a harmless way to connect, there are certain topics and situations that are best left out of the digital realm. To help you navigate the tricky landscape of modern ...