text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Just as Apple’s adoption of RCS had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of WhatsApp, then along comes a surprising new hurdle to stop that in its tracks.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Unlike Google, Apple describes RCS as text messaging and handles it as text messaging on its devices.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The survey used text messaging to reach voters with a link to complete the survey.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Timing is everything, and this comes just as the lack of security with general cellular text messaging has been thrust into the headlines yet again, this time by the latest allegations of Chinese hackers running riot across various networks.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Unlike Google, Apple describes RCS as text messaging and handles it as text messaging on its devices.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The survey used text messaging to reach voters with a link to complete the survey.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Timing is everything, and this comes just as the lack of security with general cellular text messaging has been thrust into the headlines yet again, this time by the latest allegations of Chinese hackers running riot across various networks.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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