Google is shutting off third-party access to its SMS data pipeline as part of Google Talk. Third party developers who apparently overwhelmed the system will no longer be able to use it. Josh Lowensohn ...

Google Talk is about to get one function pulled from it's fairly large list of features, at least from a third party perspective, after the search giant decided that free SMS is no longer viable.

Update, Feb. 26, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail ...