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MS messages have become one of the most common forms of communication. They can also be extremely flexible, with scheduling and delivery reports. While delivery reports are usually included in stock SMS apps, scheduling is not. It would be great to have that ability, so you can easily send regular reminders to friends and coworkers, wish someone a happy birthday right at midnight, or otherwise pre-type a message that you want to send later because you know that you will be busy. There are plenty of apps available for Android which can take care of this for you.
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Over a year ago, I introduced MakeUseOf readers to Textfree. Since then, a lot has changed. I still use Textfree to this very day, and the entire application has been rebranded as Pinger. If you didn't get to read my article or don't know what Pinger or Textfree can do for you, it's a great way to send and receive free texts in the US, Canada, and 30 additional countries.
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In an era where smartphone ownership is becoming the majority, it’s hard to imagine someone who can’t (or won’t) send out text messages. When was the last time you knew someone who didn’t have a text messaging plan on their mobile? Or better yet, when was the last time someone told you "don’t text me because I've hit my limit!"? You probably don’t remember. And yet, there are still millions of people out there who don’t have access to free text messaging.
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It's a little more "instant" than e-mail but not as intrusive as a phone call. It's convenient, but it's not annoying if managed right. And most of all, it's one of the most highly addictive forms of communication in the world. It's for all of these reasons that I went out in search of a way to continue sending text messages with my phone even when my phone is nowhere near me, and that's when I stumbled across the MightyText extension for Chrome.
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There are a number of great reasons why you might want to read the contents of an SMS automatically. If you use the regular message notifications, all you see when a text message arrives, is an icon in the message bar, whereas tools like SMS Popup can let you view the contents of the message straight away, without even touching your phone. Useful, right? Quite.
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If I had to analyse my phone and decide what activity I did the most, it would be sending SMS text messages. Actually making voice calls wouldn't even come close. Over the past year, my iPhone has become pretty much my texting machine. And it seems I am not alone. Texting is on the increase - 8 trillion text messages last year, turning it into a multi-billion dollar business. And it is is bringing with it many advantages as well as many disadvantages.
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If you’ve been searching for a cross-platform means of communication using voice messages, text and images that works on both internal wifi and cellular networks, then Voxer is the app for you. Voxer is designed to be a push-to-talk (PTT) walkie-talkie replacement that works on both local and global networks.
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Apple's built-in messaging app is good. It has most of the features that any avid text messenger needs. It looks nice, and even offers a little bit of customization. The best way to sum up Apple's SMS app is to say it is fully functional. Is fully functional enough for you? Personally, I want more from texting. I don't want an app that just does the normal things. I want an app that does everything I could ever want and then some.
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Google has just added India to the growing list of countries that can use Google Chat to send free text messages to mobile phones. Users in India can now send SMS messages from Gmail’s chat interface to all available mobile carriers, and also receive messages from mobile devices straight to their Gmail. The service is not available in the standalone Google Talk app.
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Many services offer website uptime monitoring and SMS alerts when your website goes down, but most of them charge money for this service. Using a clever Google Docs trick and the SMS capability built into Google Calendar, you can quickly set up free text message alerts when your website goes down. This script will try to connect to one or more websites every five minutes. If it can’t connect, you’ll receive a notification by email and text message so you can deal with the problem immediately.
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Use Google Voice from your Windows desktop without leaving your browser open. With its chat-like interface and instant notifications, GVNotifier is the best way to send free SMS messages in Windows – assuming, of course, you live in the USA. You can do this from your web browser, or using the Google Voice extension for Chrome, but there is no official desktop app for Google Voice at this time.
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Get information while on the go, even if your phone isn't all that smart. All you need to do is send a text to Google. Look up the phone numbers of local businesses, check the status of any flight, translate any word, convert currencies or see scores for recent game. All this and more is a single SMS message away, regardless of what kind of phone you use. Google's SMS Search is little-known, and doesn't work as well as it used to, but it's a great way to look up information.
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Use Google Voice's SMS functionality like it's a chat program on your Mac. VoiceMac is a free Mac desktop client for Google's free, USA-only phone service, and it offers you the SMS interface you've been looking for. There's an official Google Voice app for iPhone and another for Android, but so far Google hasn't released an official desktop app for Mac, Windows or Linux computers.
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iPhone users, beware: a recently discovered flaw in iOS makes it possible for anyone to fake the number you’re receiving an SMS message from. This means that an SMS message might seem to come from a trusted source like your friends, family, or even your bank, when in fact it is coming from some unknown source. The flaw, discovered by pod2g, is said to have been around since the first iteration of iOS on iPhone, and is also present in the latest version of iOS 6, Beta 4.
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To address the staggering rates of automobile and death related accidents caused by people texting while driving, AT&T is launching a nationwide "It Can Wait" campaign to urge Americans to stop texting while behind the wheel. Over 100,000 automobile accidents and related injuries occur each year while drivers are texting, said AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson, citing a statistic from the National Safety Council.
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