25 years ago, on 3 December 1992, a British engineer sent a message to a colleague. The contents were unremarkable, a simple "Merry Christmas," but this dispatch of seasonal cheer happened to be the ...

You know how it goes: You first meet someone, there are sparks, you're attracted to them, and you want to know more. You get home, whip out your phone, and type out the perfect text to send them. Then ...

Be prepared to feel ancient — the first text message is 25 years old. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS on December 3rd, 1992, when he wrote "merry Christmas" on a computer and sent it to the ...

The first SMS text message was sent on December 3, 1992. Part of an early Vodafone test, the message was sent from a computer to a GSM handset on the carrier’s network. That first text read: “Merry ...

You're interested in someone, and you want to send them a text. One problem: You're getting mixed messages from your friends. Some say to wait for the other person to text, and others tell you to make ...