A newly discovered bug seems to cause Messages on iOS to crash when a specific string of text is received—and if it happens while the phone is locked, it also seems to reboot the iPhone too. Read more…
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A Simple Text Can Crash Messages on any iPhone It’s Sent to
Google Voice is a service we’ve loved for a long time , but any Voice user that’s honest with themselves knows the service has been a second-class citizen for a while now. If you’re feeling like it’s time to move on, here’s how to ease the transition (and even keep most of your favorite features in the process). Read more…
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How to Ditch Google Voice (and Keep All the Best Features)
Android: Prey is a great tool to get back lost or stolen gear , and it really works . However, if a thief disables it, you’re out of luck. That’s where today’s Prey updates come in. New SMS commands can return location data, lock or wipe your phone, and even hide Prey itself so the thief doesn’t know it’s there. Read more…
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Prey Adds SMS Commands and More to Get Your Lost or Stolen Phone Back
If you have an always-on computer at home, like a home server , you probably run the occasional command on it to start a process, troubleshoot something, or otherwise control it through a terminal. DIYer Steve figured out how to run commands on his Raspberry Pi just by sending a text message. Read more…
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Run Terminal Commands on Your Home PC with a Text Message
For a long time now, our smartphones have been getting more and more, well, smart. They do more things. You probably haven’t beaten your phone at chess in years. And the race to cram increasingly granular, eventually useless, features into them has defined the past few years of phone making. Except the next big waypoint won’t be some technological marvel like week-long battery life . It’s something much simpler: Plain old chat. Read more…
For a long time now, our smartphones have been getting more and more, well, smart. They do more things. You probably haven’t beaten your phone at chess in years. And the race to cram increasingly granular, eventually useless, features into them has defined the past few years of phone making. Except the next big waypoint won’t be some technological marvel like week-long battery life . It’s something much simpler: Plain old chat. Read more…
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The Next Killer Feature in Smartphones
If you’re living on a tight budget but still need to keep in touch with loved ones who live abroad , you’ll be glad to know of a new calling plan from Ultra Mobile. The upstart MVNO offers discounted access to T-Mobile’s network, and for $19 per month, you’ll fetch unlimited text messages to 194 countries, 250 voice minutes (with $1.25 toward international calling), and 50MB of data usage. For comparison, Simple Mobile offers a $25 plan that includes unlimited international texting and domestic calling, but if you let your thumbs do most of the talking, Ultra Mobile brings a lot of value to the table. You can snag its $19 plan starting tomorrow, which might be the perfect match for whatever Nokia has up its sleeve . Filed under: Wireless , Mobile Comments Source: FierceWireless
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Ultra Mobile debuts $19 calling plan with unlimited international SMS
If you’ve ever thought “man, texting is really ruining verbal communication” stop right now, before you start feeling like you’ve had an original thought. People were thinking the same thing about the telegraph in 1906 . Then again, depending on who you are, maybe it’s an improvement. [ Kip W via Buzzfeed ] More »
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We’ve Known Texting Was Going to Destroy Conversation for Over a Century