It's the holidays, so my phone is abuzz with messages. The problem is, most of the texts I'm receiving aren't from family and friends. Instead, I'm inundated with offers for tax prep assistance, back ...

John is a Toronto-based author who does photography in his spare time. When not being insulted over Xbox Live, he spends his time playing soccer and perpetually napping. His favorite games include ...

The rise of technology and the frequent use of personal devices has resulted in the rise of one major annoyance: spam. It comes through as phone calls, emails, and, more recently, text messages. It is ...

The good folks over at Xbox are seemingly set to seriously crack down on swearing at other folks on Xbox Live. Via text chat, anyway. The company today announced a new set of message-filtering ...

Distracted by a notification bell, have you checked your iPhone only to find out that it's a useless promotional message? Have you received suspicious links in messages from unknown senders? If so, ...

Though checking your email inbox might be the least relaxing thing in the world, there is something particularly soothing about having separated filters in our inbox. It might be easy to take for ...

Twitter is taking its screening of unknown direct messages a step further. The social media giant announced today that it is testing a filter for messages that contain offensive content. Messages ...

When iOS 26 is released in a few weeks, the software update will introduce several key new features to your iPhone’s Messages app. Some of the most exciting of these new features — including typing ...