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 ...

(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 ...

Vodafone has sold the world’s first text message as an NFT for roughly $150,000 USD. The message was originally sent from Vodafone programmer Neil Papworth to the then director Richard Jarvis more ...

Be prepared to feel ancient — the first text message is 25 years old. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS on December 3rd, 1992, when he wrote "merry Christmas" on a computer and sent it to the ...