text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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Investigators found Westfall befriended several female inmates and used the jail’s text messaging system and phone calls to communicate with the women, according to a criminal citation.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
The Justice Department says Apple limits choices with apps, text messaging, the ability to tap phones to buy lunch and options for seamlessly using a Garmin or Samsung smartwatch with an iPhone.
Apple has previously said limitations like those protect your security and privacy.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
The Justice Department says Apple limits choices with apps, text messaging, the ability to tap phones to buy lunch and options for seamlessly using a Garmin or Samsung smartwatch with an iPhone.
Apple has previously said limitations like those protect your security and privacy.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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