You may have noticed tiny symbols next ... the status of every message you send using Google Messages. Here's a quick legend ...

Gmail provides a basic menu to insert emoticons, but for more advanced symbols you need to use your operating system's built-in character map. Click the smiley emoticon icon just above the text ...

Are you sending the wrong message? Researchers revealed the texting ... college students who were asked to review fake text messages that either included periods between each word or words sent ...