Americans fired off 110 billion text messages in December 2008, almost doubled from the 48 billion the same month in 2007, according to a recent report from the Census Bureau. Taking advantage of the ...

Group texting is an activity that, in the past, seemed largely confined to teenagers at sleepovers. But the applications are limitless for adults concerned with life’s important moments. Trash-talking ...

If SXSW serves as a barometer of all trends hot in tech, then group messaging and texting apps are one of the hottest trends–even by Austin, Texas, standards. These days, I can’t open my email without ...

Groupme is a group texting and conference calling service that originated at the 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, and has already received $11.5M in funding. Users can chat with or call multiple ...

Callvine, a startup run by eFax’s founder and former CEO, Rudy Prince, announced Monday that it has raised $4 million for its group calling and texting iPhone app. The iPhone app, which it said it ...

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Are you a texter? It’s not just for kids anymore. Thanks to iPhone's and Blackberry's and new mobile apps making it possible to text a group of people at once more and more people are entering the ...

Sending SMS messages doesn't have to be a one-on-one affair anymore, and it definitely doesn't have to be expensive. A whole new category of apps and services have come to the rescue, offering ...

Google jumped on the group texting bandwagon late this week with the launch of the Disco Messenger app for the iPhone. Some have called the app a “secret,” since it didn’t arrive bearing the Google ...