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Get 50 Free New Year Text Messages

Android/iOS: Telstra has developed a special Sydney New Year’s Eve app for the 2012 celebrations. While the app will offer neat on-the-spot features including four synchronised light shows involving every phone running the app, what really grabbed us is the offer for customers on any network to preload 50 text messages and then send them free automatically as 2013 kicks in.


ImmediateSend Replies To Text Messages From Any iPhone App

iOS (Jailbroken): When you receive a text message on your iPhone, you always have to pop into the Messages app to reply. That’s a little cumbersome if you just want to quickly reply to something. ImmediateSend allows you to reply to any text message from any screen quickly and easily.


Five Best Text Messaging Alternatives

The text message is far from dead, but smartphone apps that let you chat with others (whether via text, video or voice) without charging you for every single message are increasingly popular. We’ve rounded up five of the most popular choices.


Almost Half Of Us Are Using Text Message Alternative Apps

Text messages are handy, but unless you’re on an unlimited plan you’ll pay for every one you send. So it’s unsurprising that a study by Analysys Mason suggests that 45 per cent of smartphone owners use an alternative messaging service as well.


Stop Using Emoticons In Texts To Save Money

You might enjoy adding emoticons and symbols to your text messages, but did you realise that if you do that, your potential message length drops? Because emoticons require 16-bit characters rather than 8-bit, the maximum length of your message drops from 160 characters to 70.


Does Correct Grammar Matter In Text Messages?

It’s no secret that text messaging has changed the way we communicate, but it has also changed the meaning of sentences, punctuation and grammar. Does proper grammar matter to you in text messages? If so, when is it important?


Viber 2.2 Adds Group And Photo Messaging

We’ve featured messaging/VOIP app Viber in its iOS and Android incarnations before. Version 2.2 of Viber enhances the app on those platforms with the ability to make group calls and send photos in messages.


Virgin Australia Rolls Out Proper Mobile Boarding Passes

You’ve been able to check in via your mobile for a Virgin flight for quite a while, but you still had to then print out a pass when you hit the airport and the option only worked between Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. From today, passengers will be able to check in using their smartphone for flights from all mainline ports and receive a boarding pass which can be scanned at the gate.


If You Want The Truth Out Of Someone, Send Them A Text Message

A new study shows that people are more likely to tell the truth in text messages than they are in phone calls.


From Saucy Pics To Passwords: How To Share Sensitive Information

Raise your hand if you’ve shared a username and password with someone over IM? Ever share a document with your SSN or other extremely sensitive information without protecting it? How about if you’ve sent, erm… scandalous pics to your significant other? Thanks to the internet, we share more than ever, and so quickly and easily, that we do it without a second thought. That’s great, but it may be time you learn a little about how to do that sharing in a more secure fashion.


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