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Thanks to Apple, Americans are now sending more than one billion RCS messages per day
At the Android Show before Google I/O, Google provided an update on RCS (Rich Communication Services) adoption, a modern SMS…
New iMessage feature allows children to report nudity to Apple
Apple is introducing a new feature to iMessage – coming first to Australia – that will allow children to report nudity in images and videos…
Meta’s WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly users in the U.S.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed this week that WhatsApp has surpassed 100 million monthly active users in the United States…
Watchdog accuse Apple of ‘clearly underreporting’ child sexual abuse materials (CSAM)
The UK’s NSPCC claimed Monday that Apple is failing to effectively monitor its platforms or scan for child sexual abuse materials (CSAM)…
Apple adds support for RCS to Messages in latest iOS 18 beta; green bubbles remain
Apple’s Messages app adds support for RCS messaging in iOS 18 developer beta 2. This means iPhone users can now…
Apple’s Messages to add text effects for individual words feature
Apple plans to add a new text effects for individual words feature to the company’s Messages app in next-gen OSes…
Google touts RCS on the iPhone is coming in fall 2024
Alphabet subsidiary Google’s Android website has added a new landing page for Google Messages which touts that RCS on Apple’s iPhone…
Apple rolls out ‘PQ3,’ the most significant cryptographic security upgrade in iMessage history
Apple on Wednesday announced the most significant cryptographic security upgrade in iMessage history with the introduction of PQ3…
Apple’s iMessage keeps its ‘walled garden’ status in the EU
The European Commission this week found that Apple should not be designated as a “gatekeeper” for its messaging service iMessage which…
Apple wins exemptions for iMessage from EU rules
Apple has won an exemption for its iMessage instant messaging service from new EU tech rules after the company convinced antitrust…
EU antitrust chief Vestager meets with Apple CEO Cook, other tech CEOs
The EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said she met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and the CEOs of Alphabet and Qualcomm to discuss…
Apple challenges EU rules labeling its 5 App Stores as a single service
Apple is disputing EU tech rules labeling five of its App Stores as a single core platform service subject to onerous regulation, saying…
Four U.S. lawmakers think Apple blocking Beeper Mini’s hack is ‘potentially anticompetitive conduct’
A few days after the Beeper Mini app launched a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly from their Android iPhone knockoffs…
Apple confirms it blocked Beeper Mini from its iMessage service citing security risks
A few days after the Beeper Mini app launched a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly from their Android iPhone knockoffs…
Beeper Mini’s blue bubble dream pops as Apple blocks app
Well, that didn’t last long. Apple seems to have blocked Android’s new iMessage app, Beeper Mini, that promised blue bubble messages…
Apple’s iMessage set to win exemption from EU demand for interoperability
Apple’s iMessage looks likely to win an exemption from the EU’s demand for interoperability via the Digital Markets Act (DMA)…
Apple will support RCS, but keeps green bubbles for Android messages
Apple says it will support the RCS messaging standard that will make it easier to send texts between real and pretend iPhones, but messages…
Apple plans to kill SMS next year
Apple will add RCS messaging support to iPhone, iPad, Mac. It’s a move that’s very likely to finally kill SMS dead…
Apple to support RCS messaging with Android phones next year
Apple will add RCS messaging support to iPhone, iPad, Mac through a software release early next year, the company said in a statement…
Google wants the EU to force Apple to open iMessage to Android
Google and some of Europe’s largest telecoms operators have called on the European Union (EU) to designate iMessage as a “core” service that…
Apple says iMessage service not popular enough to be ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s new Digital Markets Act
Apple says that their iMessage service is insufficiently popular to be designated as a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s new Digital Market Act…
Apple: We’d pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK rather than destroy end-to-end encryption if controversial law passes
Apple says it would pull services such as iMessage and FaceTime from the UK rather than obliterate customers’ security and privacy if new…
Apple opposes UK bill that could mandate backdoor scanning in iMessage
Apple is the Online Safety Bill as it could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal and other to scan;
Microsoft’s ‘Phone Link’ app delivers some – but not all – of Apple’s iMessage features to Windows
In Microsoft’s Windows 11, users will soon be able to send and receive Apple iMessages – with important caveats – from crappy Windows PCs…
Young Americans want Apple iPhones to avoid being dreaded ‘green bubbles’
Apple has captured Gen Z in America so thoroughly that younger consumers fear being socially ostracized for being “green bubbles,” not…
Apple’s iMessage down for thousands of users
According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, Apple’s iMessage service was down for thousands of users on Tuesday…
Meta’s Zuckerberg takes aim at Apple’s iMessage new ad
Facebook- and Instagram-partent Meta is targeting Apple’s iMessage in a new advertisement touting Meta’s WhatsApp’s…
Apple is right to keep ignoring Google’s lightly-used RCS messaging mess
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Android green bubbles will remain as it continues to ignore Google’s lightly-used RCS messaging mess…
Google bemoans ‘green bubbles,’ demands Apple fix Android’s atrocious text messaging problem
Google is attempting to pressure on Apple to adopt RCS on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac so that green-bubble Android users will…
Ability to ‘Edit’ and ‘Undo Send’ in Apple’s Messages risks enabling sex abuse – attorney
At WWDC 2022 earlier this month, Apple announced that with the release of iOS 16, users of Apple’s Messages app will be able to edit or…
Check out these iMessage tips and tricks
Since Apple’s iMessage release over a decade ago, billions of messages have been sent. 9to5Mac’s Allison McDaniel offers some tips and…
Apple resolves iMessage outage after third services outage this week
Apple said it has resolved the issues that caused outages to its iMessage service on Thursday, as the company dealt with disruptions…
Apple’s unstoppable Services business is accelerating
Apple’s Services business, which incudes AppleCare, Apple One, iCloud storage, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple Podcasts…
Apple’s iMessage is winning because of the dreaded green text bubble
Green bubbles from those who settle for pretend iPhones ruin group texts for everyone else who uses real iPhones…
Apple delivers on-device nude image detection to Macs, iPhones, and iPads
Apple released macOS Monterey 12.1, iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 on Monday, introducing a previously announced opt-in communication…
iMazing app updated to easily detect ‘Pegasus’ spyware on iPhone
Now the iMazing app has been updated to include a new tool that can easily detect Pegasus spyware on iPhone…
Apple says NSO’s ‘Pegasus’ zero-click iMessage exploit not a threat to the overwhelming majority of users
Amnesty International detailed highly-targeted attacks towards specific human rights lawyers, journalists, and/or activists using iMessage …
Apple’s iMessage set to get major update at WWDC?
At the center of Apple’s promotional materials for WWDC next week is iMessage which may be a hint that the company’s popular messaging…
Why Apple never released Messages for Android
Court documents filed in the Epic Games v. Apple case show that Apple considered a version of Messages for Android, but…
Judge rules Apple cannot move consumer privacy lawsuit to private arbitration
Apple must continue fighting a consumer privacy lawsuit in open court and can’t move the suit behind closed doors into private arbitration…
Apple adds ‘BlastDoor’ to secure iPhones and iPads from zero-click attacks
Apple has added several anti-exploit mitigations, including a sandboxed “BlastDoor” service, into its flagship mobile operating systems…
