A smartphone app has been touted as a great communications tool for teachers, and could get a lot more use now that schools are getting back in session.

THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS REMIND101: Parent-teacher communication service Remind (recently changed from original name Remind101) announced on Tuesday that its messaging app for education is now ...

Verizon said it offered Remind a deal that would allow the company to keep sending free text messages to K-12 institutions and families, but Remind says it hasn't received an agreement in writing.

Startup Remind has appointed Bleacher Report veteran Brian Grey its new CEO as the parent-teacher-student messaging app backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers crosses 20 million users.