If you see something but can’t say something because the bad guy’s near, there’s always text messaging. Off-duty 911 operator Coryse Hercules could not make an emergency call Tuesday when she spotted a man carrying a gun on a Staten Island bus, so she got creative and texted a co-worker Hercules,…

The Summit Hill School District Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m on Jan. 23 at Dr. Julian Rogus Elementary School. The board will discuss approving a contract for new emegency messaging software in the district. They are also scheduled to address adopting the 2013-14 school calendar and to discuss…

Facebook is integrating voice messaging more and more on its mobile applications. After offering it on both Android and iOS versions of its Messenger app, Facebook installed it on the newest update of the Android native app. However, it’s only available for private messages. A new app, GroupVox, brings voice…

In recent months Facebook Inc. has been quietly testing a new revenue-raising feature: paid messaging. So far, the service is aimed at individual users, but b2b marketers have been watching the tests and wondering if paid Facebook messaging would work for them. This new feature appears to be part…

Forget Facebook Messenger. One of the most popular and feature-rich messaging services remains the one from imo.im, which first arrived for iPhone in 2009. Now available through iOS, Android, and the Web, the service offers multiple ways for users to communicate with others, regardless of the network they choose. I…