Text messaging
Act of typing and sending a brief
Follow Text messaging on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
We include updates on Twitter, LOL, Rich Communication Services, SMS, Sexting, Death of Conrad Roy, Contact list, SMS language, SMS gateway, SMS banking, Short Message service center, Mobile phone spam, Reverse SMS billing, Alphabet to E-mail, SMS spoofing, SMS hubbing ... and more.
| March 2025 |
Twitter
X was acquired by xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company, in a deal valued at $33 billion.
|
| 2025 |
Twitter
Twitter sued the Indian government for using the IT Act to block tweets and other content on its platform.
|
| February 2025 |
Twitter
Twitter settled a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump in response to his account suspension, paying Trump approximately $10 million.
|
| January 2025 |
Twitter
X (formerly Twitter) announced plans to introduce an 'X Money Account' digital wallet feature, partnering with Visa to enable peer-to-peer payments and fund transfers between traditional bank accounts
|
| 2024 |
SMS language
A research study revealed that using text message abbreviations can make the sender appear less sincere and potentially reduce the likelihood of receiving responses.
|
| 2024 |
SMS
Apple supports RCS 'Universal Profile' initiative with iOS 18, enabling RCS texting capabilities on virtually all new mobile phones.
|
| October 2024 |
Twitter
Platform estimated to have lost about 72 percent of its value since Musk's acquisition.
|
| September 2024 |
Twitter
The FTC released a report summarizing company responses about user and non-user data collection practices, highlighting potential risks of data collection and use.
|
| August 13 2024 |
Twitter
The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Twitter to pay €550,000 to former senior staffer Gary Rooney in an unfair dismissal case.
|
| August 6 2024 |
Twitter
X filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers, Unilever, Mars, CVS, and Ørsted, claiming conspiracy to withhold advertising revenue.
|
| May 2024 |
Twitter
Twitter reached 600 million monthly active users, according to Elon Musk.
|
| May 2024 |
Twitter
Rebranding from Twitter to X was completed.
|
| March 2024 |
Twitter
Twitter's monthly active users increased to 550 million, as reported by Elon Musk.
|
| 2023 |
Twitter
Tweet character limit was completely removed for subscribed accounts.
|
| 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter Blue users gained the ability to create posts up to 4,000 characters in length.
|
| 2023 |
Twitter
A study was conducted analyzing user engagement patterns on Twitter, revealing insights into content positivity, audience addressing, and communication strategies across different user follower levels.
|
| 2023 |
Twitter
Super Follows was rebranded to 'subscriptions', allowing users to publish exclusive long-form posts and videos for subscribers, reportedly to compete with Substack.
|
| November 2023 |
Twitter
A 'Premium+' subscription was launched with a higher monthly fee, offering benefits such as ad-free 'For You' and 'Following' feeds.
|
| November 20 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter filed a lawsuit against Media Matters, alleging defamation following a report about brand advertisements appearing alongside Nazi-related content.
|
| August 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter reversed its political advertising ban, establishing new criteria that prohibit promoting false or misleading content and require advertisers to comply with laws, with compliance being the sole responsibility of the advertiser.
|
| August 5 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter Blue was rebranded as X Premium following the platform's rebranding to 'X'.
|
| July 22 2023 |
Twitter
Elon Musk announced the rebranding of Twitter to 'X', replacing the iconic bird logo with a Unicode mathematical alphanumeric symbol for the letter 'X'.
|
| June 5 2023 |
Twitter
Linda Yaccarino succeeded Elon Musk as CEO, with Musk remaining as chairman and chief technology officer.
|
| May 2023 |
Twitter
Elon Musk pulled Twitter out of the European Union's disinformation fighting program.
|
| April 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter discontinued SMS communication feature in most countries due to security vulnerabilities exposed by hackers.
|
| April 25 2023 |
Twitter
Verified users were given priority in replies to tweets.
|
| April 21 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter began requiring companies to participate in the verified organizations program to purchase advertising, with companies spending at least $1,000 per month automatically receiving membership.
|
| April 20 2023 |
Twitter
The removal of legacy verification status was delayed from the original April 1 date to April 20 following criticism.
|
| March 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter made the gold check mark available for organizations to purchase through the Verified Organizations program (formerly Twitter Blue for Business).
|
| March 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter experienced a security attack that resulted in the unauthorized release of proprietary code, which was subsequently removed.
|
| March 2023 |
Twitter
According to Elon Musk, Twitter had 500 million monthly active users.
|
| March 2023 |
Twitter
X Corp. was established to succeed Twitter, Inc. after Musk's acquisition.
|
| March 31 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter released the source code for its recommendation algorithm on GitHub, marking a commitment to platform transparency as described by the company.
|
| March 25 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter announced the removal of 'legacy' verification status, requiring a subscription to retain verified status.
|
| March 24 2023 |
Twitter
Elon Musk conducted a public poll asking followers if Twitter's algorithm should be open sourced, with approximately 83% responding 'yes'.
|
| February 2023 |
Twitter
Turkey blocked Twitter access for 12 hours following the earthquake, with Erdoğan accusing people of spreading disinformation about the government's response.
|
| February 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter announced the end of free API access and began offering paid tier plans with more limited access.
|
| January 2023 |
Twitter
Twitter ended third-party access to its APIs, forcing all third-party Twitter clients to shut down, including the 16-year-old Twitterrific app.
|
| 2022 | CTIA reported 2 trillion SMS and MMS messages were sent in the United States in 2021. |
| December 2022 |
Twitter
Twitter replaced the 'Official' text with a gold checkmark for organizations and a grey checkmark for government and multilateral accounts.
|
| December 12 2022 |
Twitter
Twitter Blue was relaunched, with iOS app store subscribers paying $10.99 per month to offset Apple's 30% revenue split.
|
| November 2022 |
Twitter
At the request of new owner Elon Musk, Birdwatch was rebranded to Community Notes, adopting an open-source approach to addressing misinformation, and expanded to Europe and countries outside of the US.
|
| November 11 2022 |
Twitter
Twitter Blue with verification was temporarily suspended due to issues with account impersonation of public figures and companies.
|
| November 9 2022 |
Twitter
Twitter Blue with verification was introduced at a price of US$7.99 per month, offering a verification marker as a premium feature.
|
| November 3 2022 |
Twitter
A group of Twitter employees filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleging violation of federal and state laws regarding employment termination notice.
|
| November 1 2022 |
Twitter
Elon Musk confirmed verification would be included in Twitter Blue, describing the existing system as a 'lords & peasants system'. Twitter subsequently added an 'Official' marker for high-profile accounts to address impersonation concerns.
|
| October 2022 |
Twitter
After Elon Musk's takeover, Twitter planned to integrate verification into the paid Twitter Blue service, with existing verified accounts potentially losing their status if they do not subscribe.
|
| October 2022 |
Twitter
Elon Musk acquired Twitter for US$44 billion.
|
| September 2022 |
Twitter
The Birdwatch program expanded to 15,000 users.
|
| August 5 2022 |
Twitter
Twitter disclosed a security bug from a June 2021 update that allowed threat actors to link email addresses and phone numbers to user accounts. A hacker on Breach Forums compiled over 5.4 million user profiles and attempted to sell them for $30,000, potentially enabling phishing attacks or account deanonymization.
|
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles SMS, Twitter, Text messaging & SMS language, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.