Even though all modern smartphones offer built-in email capabilities and a wide selection of email apps to choose from, there are still times you may find it preferable to send a short text message to ...

With the many different messaging apps and services available to us online and on our mobile phones, sometimes it’s easy to forget that good old SMS still exists. It may not be the spiffiest messaging ...

What ever happened to “You’re welcome”? The beauty of that statement is that it signals the end of a conversation in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, it’s been lost in the relentless migration of ...

To send an email as a text, write your email as usual. Then in the "to" field, enter the ten-digit phone number followed by "@" and then the gateway domain of the intended recipient. Finally, hit Send ...

The ability to text or email someone inevitably makes life a lot easier. You can quickly communicate about that meeting or the school pickup schedule without having to hope you catch the person when ...

Many small businesses use email as well as text messaging to communicate. If you want to send the information in an email to a colleague's cell phone, one way to do it is to manually retype the ...

If you wish to send a text message to a phone connected to the Verizon Wireless network but do not possess a mobile phone of your own, a message may be sent through an online form or by email. Sending ...

Editor's note: The new rules are below. A couple years ago, I learned the best way to keep my email account near inbox zero. The secret is to not look at my iPhone or open Gmail unless I can do ...