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Bttn is a seemingly innocuous big red button that can be programmed to achieve a huge range of tasks. By pairing Bttn with IFTTT, a single press of this button can trigger an action in the cloud. Thus bringing online offline.

The Text Anwhere device offers off-the-grid workers, volunteers and travelers a way to stay in touch with those back in civilization, even beyond the range of mobile phone towers. Working on the Iridium satellite network, it gives users the ability to text message from anywhere on the planet.

The LinkMe bracelet displays received text messages on its LED screen.

A new app will help you translate text messages that teenagers send to you.

Google has launched its new Gmail SMS service in the African countries of Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.

A start-up in Seattle has created the "Textspresso," a coffee machine that accepts and prepares specialized coffee orders via text message.

Pioneer unveiled new version of its Pandora Internet Radio, and an in-car iPhone-holder called the Smart Cradle at CES.

Alcatel-Lucent has announced a new Broadcast Message Center (BMC) which enables targeted text messages to be sent to mobile users based on their location – from a city block to nationwide ... and from emergency message to targeted advertising

New research shows that texting helps with children's reading and spelling

Vision impaired users can now access books, news articles and web pages using RoboBraille - an email-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings.

The developers of Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition technology have announced Nuance Voicemail to Text, a transcription service that converts voicemails into text for delivery via SMS or email.

July 17, 2006 Samsung’s “Touch Messenger” mobile phone for the visually impaired has landed a Gold Award at the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) . T