Google will reportedly add SMS sending capabilities to Gmail Chat today which will now let desktop Gmail users swap instant messages with mobile phone users via SMS protocol. Previously Gmail users ...

Google and a handful of U.S. carriers are set to redefine the SMS standard. The search company announced a year ago that Android Messages would be preloaded by 20 or more OEMs as the official Rich ...

For the first time ever, instant messaging in chat apps has surpassed traditional SMS text messaging, according to the research firm Informa. Does this mean texting will become a thing of the past?

We've known about Google's plans to replace SMS with the Rich Communication Services standard (RCS) for a couple of years. Now, it's been revealed that the company's brand name for this iMessage-style ...

“Email and messaging should be simple,” declared Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a press conference Monday. He explained three pillars to an overhauled messaging system on the social network site: ...