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 ...

For those wondering what NFTs are, these are non-fungible tokens that exist on the blockchain built on top of hashes that are used by cryptocurrency. These NFTs represent ownership, meaning if a ...

Vodafone has turned the first text message into a non-fungible token (NFT). It sold at a Paris auction house this week for €132,680 ($150,000) worth of Ether. The company will donate the proceeds to ...

NEW YORK -- It's been 25 years since the world's first-ever text message was sent, an innovation that has shaped modern communication. The first text message was sent in December 1992. It read "Merry ...

(WHTM) Somebody not answering their phone? Send them a text message. Having a silly conversation with a friend? Send text messages. Having a serious discussion and want to preserve a written record?

The year was 1992, and Michael Papworth did something groundbreaking. Believe it or not, Saturday marks 30 years since the first text message ever was sent. Papworth was the person who sent 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 ...