When you send a text message from an iPhone to another iPhone, that text is usually blue. If you send a text message from an iPhone to an Android phone, that text will be green.
It may not seem like a big deal at first, but behind these colorful messages lies a years-long battle between Apple and a group of app developers working on ways to break the blue/green divide.
The first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. Software developer Neil Papworth sent it to Richard Jarvis of Vodaphone, a British telecom company. Jarvis was at the holiday ...
