It’s been GR8, 1DRFUL and often LOL, but OMG, the text message appears to have finally passed its prime. 🙁
After two decades in which texting transformed the English language, turned reality show voting into a national event and earned billions for mobile operators, the number of messages sent in Britain fell for the first time last year.
As a new generation of smartphone owners turn to internet-based instant message services such as WhatsApp and Snapchat, research shows the volume of old-fashioned texts sent last year is estimated to have fallen by 7bn to 145bn.
Read the full story at OMG! Number of UK text messages falls for first time | Technology | The Guardian.
