Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

Last week, GroupMe celebrated its first birthday. Yesterday, the group text messaging app announced that Skype was acquiring it for $85 million. GroupMe has had quite the year. From a lawsuit, to ...

Skype, which Microsoft bought in May, said Monday it will buy the group messaging service GroupMe. GroupMe, created last year at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon, went for a rumored $85 million, ...

As co-founder and Chief Executive of Twilio, a cloud communications startup that makes tools for building voice and text messaging applications, Jeff Lawson had a unique vantage point on Skype’s ...

In the lead up to SXSW, we've seen a deluge of updates to all those group messaging apps people have started using. There are pros and cons to each, but if you really want to take advantage of group ...

GroupMe is a free app that allows you to message multiple people at once. I know what you’re thinking: Yes, you can already text-message multiple people at once–all you have to do is add multiple ...

Tech experts say cyber thieves are always looking for ways to come after your money and personal information, and group messaging apps have become a popular way to do it. Ally Edmonson has a lot of ...

Aside from the calendar feature, GroupMe has gained a Material Design look on Android and now supports @ mentions in the iOS app. Better late than never? Microsoft came to own GroupMe, which launched ...

The reaction to Skype’s proposed acquisition of the New York City-based group messaging service GroupMe for a rumored $85 million has been nearly universal: Good for Skype. It’s the latest in a string ...

The days of passing notes behind the teacher’s back might seem bygone. But these days, college students use messaging platforms like GroupMe to talk about their classes. And now some universities are ...

Samuel Haggard came up with the idea of a GroupMe chat last semester when he saw needs in the student community. “First off, students don’t often know about events going on, and also, students love ...