Apple appears to have closed the loophole that Beeper Mini used to bring iMessage to Android, putting a stop to blue bubbles from Android devices. Beeper Mini quit working earlier today, with users receiving “failed to lookup on server: lookup request timed out” error messages. Beeper said on Twitter that it is investigating the issue, […]
Read MoreAccording to the latest reports, the European Union’s antitrust investigation into the iMessage platform may turn in Apple’s favor. It means that Apple may not need to make iMessage interoperable with rival chat apps like Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and WhatsApp. This is really good news for Apple. iMessage may not get hit with the EU’s […]
Read MoreAprès 5 mois d’enquête, la Commission européenne a conclu qu’iMessage n’est pas assez populaire sur le vieux continent pour être sujette au DMA. En effet, la messagerie est bien moins utilisée qu’outre-Atlantique, notamment chez les professionnels. Aussi, l’application ne présente pas une réelle menace pour la concurrence en Europe. Crédits : 123rf Apple ne gagnera probablement pas […]
Read MoreApple’s iMessage chat service may dodge EU regulatory demands for platform interoperability after all. Bloomberg reports that an investigation by the bloc’s antitrust watchdog has tentatively concluded that the chat service is not popular enough with business users to warrant being subject to the new rules. The EU has been working on legislation under the […]
Read MoreiMessage is one of the main reasons some Apple users never switch to Android. While Apple said it is working on bringing the modern RCS messaging standard to iPhones next year, it won’t be the same as iMessage. So, several companies have tried to bring iMessage to Android phones and failed (like Nothing). Now, a […]
Read MoreBeeper Mini, a new app that ostensibly brings iMessage to Android devices with no need for sign-in with Apple ID credentials, today launched on the Google Play Store. Beeper Mini operates by identifying text message conversations from iMessage users and converting them to the recognizable blue bubbles associated with Apple’s exclusive messaging service. This enables […]
Read MoreSunbird, an app that is designed to deliver iMessages to Android devices, has been temporarily shut down due to security concerns. Sunbird this week sent out a notification to users letting them know about the shutdown (via 9to5Google). Sunbird said that it was investigating security issues that had been raised by the Nothing Chats iMessage […]
Read MoreNothing Chats, the iMessage clone that the company launched earlier this week, has been pulled from the Google Play Store. The official reasoning is “several bugs” that the company needs time to fix before launching it again after an indefinite period of time. We’ve removed the Nothing Chats beta from the Play Store and will […]
Read MoreiMessage sur Android a toujours été un rêve pour de nombreux utilisateurs, et même si des solutions existent pour contourner l’exclusivité d’Apple, Nothing vient de présenter une application qui devrait largement vous simplifier la vie : Nothing Chats. Dès vendredi prochain, le fabricant de smartphones britannique Nothing lancera une première version d’une nouvelle application de messagerie […]
Read MoreThe lack of compatibility between Apple’s iMessage and RCS-supporting messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Google Messages has led to the so-called blue vs green chat bubble divide where non-Apple users are left excluded in group chats with green text bubbles. Nothing is now offering a solution to its users with its new Nothing Chats […]
Read MoreThe lack of compatibility between Apple’s iMessage and RCS-supporting messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Google Messages has led to the so-called blue vs green chat bubble divide where non-Apple users are left excluded in group chats with green text bubbles. Nothing is now offering a solution to its users with its new Nothing Chats […]
Read MoreThe lack of compatibility between Apple’s iMessage and RCS-supporting messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Google Messages has led to the so-called blue vs green chat bubble divide where non-Apple users are left excluded in group chats with green text bubbles. Nothing is now offering a solution to its users with its new Nothing Chats […]
Read MoreAs the EU continues its investigation on whether or not iMessage should be a “core platform service,” the division between the Android and iPhone messaging platforms continues. However, Nothing has come up with an intriguing, albeit imperfect, solution. Today, the company led by Carl Pei announced a new app for Nothing Phone 2 users. It’s […]
Read MorePhone brand Nothing today announced plans to introduce a new “Nothing Chats” app that features iMessage compatibility later this month. The app is powered by Sunbird, an unofficial iMessage client that debuted last year with over 10,000 downloads on the Google Play Store. To use the Nothing Chats app with iMessage, users will need to […]
Read MoreGoogle and European telecom groups have urged EU regulators to designate iMessage a “core” service that would force Apple to make the communications platform interoperable with competing chat services, reports the Financial Times. In a letter sent to the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, the signatories including Google and some of Europe’s largest telecoms […]
Read MoreGoogle has rallied the support of top European carriers to send a letter to the European Commission, asking it to designate Apple’s iMessage as a “core platform service”. This would force Apple to make iMessage compatible with RCS like WhatsApp and Google Messages by March 2024. Per a Financial Times report, Google, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, […]
Read MoreApple today released the first beta of an upcoming iOS 17.2 update, and it adds a whole slew of features. You can now access the Journal app that Apple has been working on, and share playlists with friends so they can add songs. iOS 17.2 is limited to developers right now, but it should soon […]
Read MoreIn addition to the new Journal app, the iOS 17.2 update adds support for iMessage Contact Key Verification, a feature that Apple first previewed in December of last year. Designed for those who face “extraordinary digital threats,” such as journalists, human rights activists, and government officials, iMessage Contact Key Verification allows people to verify the […]
Read MoreWhen you open the iMessage app to contact someone, you may choose to send a text message. But you can also draw your message if you want to change things up a bit. When you open the iMessage app, you’ll see a keyboard key you won’t see when you open your keyboard for other apps. […]
Read MoreEU antitrust regulators have asked Apple’s users and rivals to rate the importance of Apple’s iMessage and Microsoft’s Bing versus competing services, reports Reuters. According to people familiar with the matter, the European Commission sent out the questionnaires earlier this month, asking if there was anything specific to iMessage and Microsoft’s Bing, Edge, and Microsoft […]
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