What can’t you do via text these days? Pay for parking? Well you’ll soon be able to do that as Charlotte startup Passport rolls out a new “Text to Pay” service that augments its current offerings.
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It may seem hard to believe there was a world of communications before texting. But TXT became reality 30 years ago today. In a blog post, Raleigh-based Bandwidth, which providers a wide variety of messaging services and other broadband communications applications, recaps the rise of texts.
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30 years ago, Neil Papworth did something groundbreaking. He sent the first-ever text message to a friend from work.
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For anyone prone to typos, sending messages to the wrong person or firing off thoughts they may later regret, there’s now some hope. Apple has delivered on two of its most requested features: the ability to edit and unsend iMessages.
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States with bans on texting while driving saw an average 4% reduction in emergency department visits after motor vehicle crashes, an equivalent of 1,632 traffic-related emergency department visits per year, according to a new analysis.
Read MoreCalifornia lawmakers are working on a new plan that would ask mobile phone users to pay a fee for texting, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Read MoreWalmart thinks that some day you’ll just send a text when you need to stock up on cereal and diapers. Or via chat. Or voice command. It’s called “Conversational commerce.” Here’s a look.
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I know that my shunning of text as a business communication modality may appear to be very old school. One of my bright young entrepreneurs this week said, “Gee David, why don’t we just go back to smoke signals!”
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