text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
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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.
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Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Thursday’s suit claims Apple has illegally monopolized smartphone markets by using a complex web of contractual terms that harm everything from text messaging to mobile payments.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
After 7 years, Walmart has upped its game, doing things like home deliveries via text messaging.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Green bubbles With iMessage, Apple created an enhanced text messaging service that allows people to seamlessly communicate with one another, sending rich text, high-quality video and audio that uploads almost instantly – as long as it’s sent to another iPhone customer.
—David Goldman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Holtzman said that social media campaigns and tools such as text messaging prompts or activity trackers can make information about heart health more accessible.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
Currently, networks support only basic text messaging — not voice calls, sending media or video streaming.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
Every state has its own rules for cell phone use, and many have banned handheld phone use, phone use by teen or novice drivers, and text messaging.
—Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
The social platform that enables instant messaging and other communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media said its job cuts would occur on Feb. 2.
— Trove Recommerce, 124 layoffs in Brisbane.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Thursday’s suit claims Apple has illegally monopolized smartphone markets by using a complex web of contractual terms that harm everything from text messaging to mobile payments.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
After 7 years, Walmart has upped its game, doing things like home deliveries via text messaging.
—Andrew Binns, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Green bubbles With iMessage, Apple created an enhanced text messaging service that allows people to seamlessly communicate with one another, sending rich text, high-quality video and audio that uploads almost instantly – as long as it’s sent to another iPhone customer.
—David Goldman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Holtzman said that social media campaigns and tools such as text messaging prompts or activity trackers can make information about heart health more accessible.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
Currently, networks support only basic text messaging — not voice calls, sending media or video streaming.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
Every state has its own rules for cell phone use, and many have banned handheld phone use, phone use by teen or novice drivers, and text messaging.
—Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
The social platform that enables instant messaging and other communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media said its job cuts would occur on Feb. 2.
— Trove Recommerce, 124 layoffs in Brisbane.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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