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In a civilized society, there would be no such thing as a “read receipt” for messages or emails. You’d send your message, and that would be it. But read receipts are here, and if you’re one of the ...

The phone in your hand can do more than the computers we had years ago. It’s a communication device, a camera, a scanner, a fitness tracker, a camcorder, a GPS, a game console – I could go on. There’s ...

When you send an iPhone text message, it’s natural to wonder if the recipient has read it. The Messages app on iPhone includes a feature called read receipts, which allows you to see if and when your ...

Read receipts aren't everyone's favorite thing – after all, they can let friends know we've read a message when we would rather pretend we hadn't – but they're handy for keeping up with online ...

Member privacy settings can be adjusted to limit or prevent nearly any type of Facebook activity. Messaging, though, is one of the few features that are virtually untouchable by privacy restrictions.

It's simple to find out if someone read your WhatsApp message, thanks to the checkmarks alongside every message. However, did you know you can also check the time on WhatsApp messages to figure out ...

With every app change, learning new icons and tools is an adjustment period. The Google Messages app is going through that now, changing up what a sent, delivered, and read message icon looks like.

There's something futuristic about having Siri read your incoming messages to you. And it works on older AirPods, too. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is based out of ...

We all hate annoyances and usually find a way to get over these same annoyances. Now, Microsoft Outlook is the email platform of choice for millions of folks around the world, but that doesn’t mean it ...