History was made on this date in 1992: Engineer Neil Papworth sent this first text message

On this day 35 years ago, the first SMS text message - a simple, two-word greeting, was sent by an engineer to a work ...

World’s First Text Message Was Sent 33 Years Ago Today — What Was It?

The world is celebrating 33 years since the first-ever text message, ''Merry Christmas,'' was sent on December 3, 1992, a ...
National Law Review

STOP Me If You’ve Heard This- FCC Says Any Reasonable SMS Opt-Out Counts

Retailers face a new compliance risk in Short Message Service (“SMS”) marketing due to the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) revocation of consent rule that took effect in April 2025. Under ...

Google lets bosses read staff SMS and RCS chats, even edits and deletions are saved

A recent update in the way Google Messages works will now allow employers to archive and review all text and RCS ...