TEXT MESSAGING

Text Messaging

Text Messaging

In 2008, people sent an average of 3.5 billon texts messages per day in the United States- almost three times as many as in 2007. Beyond enabling text-based conversations between two people, instant-messaging software (which varies in functionality from program to program) also allows users to engage in private group chats. Some programs also allow for the exchange of files, including audio and video files. Others have video or audio components that let users with microphones or Web cameras mounted to their computers send audio or video of themselves as they instant message. Recently, ICQ, followed by AOL ...