A response from an email recipient that indicates the message was opened. The read receipt has to be requested by the sender, and the recipient may or may not comply. Although it is called a "read" ...

Raise your hand if you’ve been here: You’ve just received a text, but you don’t have the time (or energy) to respond just yet. You plan to leave it unread…until a slip of the finger opens the message ...

When you send a text message, you might not expect a reply right away. But do your expectations change when you know that your text has been read? On iPhone or Android phones, visual cues in iMessage ...

Unbeknownst to many Gmail users, Google’s email service actually comes packed with the ability to show read receipts. Namely, an indicator showing whether or not the recipient of an email has seen and ...

Direct Messages or DMs are a popular feature on Instagram that allows you to chat with friends, share photos and videos and much more. Instagram is the main messaging app for many people. However, it ...

Who among us has not at some point in time been shaken to their cores by the sheer sight of a read receipt? I know I have. The read receipts feature on iPhones — which, if enabled, notifies people ...