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Tim Cook as good as confirms Apple prepping mobile payments via Touch ID
When Touch ID was first rumored, there had been much speculation about…
Apple pushes deeper into mobile payments; lays groundwork to expand service for physical goods
Apple Inc. is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service…
iWallet: Apple exploring expansion of mobile payments, sources say
The initiative is being led by Eddy Cue…
How Apple might become the ultimate phone company
Keeping Steve Jobs’ promise…
Apple reiterates: iMessage is not architected to allow us to read messages
Touting its commitment to user privacy in the wake of the NSA surveillance…
Some Apple services down, affecting less than 1% of customers
Some customers were unable to use Apple’s Internet services early Thursday…
Why Microsoft’s Skype still can’t compete with Apple’s iMessage
The one Microsoft platform that both needs native Skype integration..
Black-box testing reveals Apple can provide users’ iMessage or FaceTime conversations to NSA
Ever since the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program came to light…
Analyst: Apple to reach 600 million users with credit card accounts on file by year end
Apple could see more than 600 million users by the end of 2013…
Apple has much to prove as emphasis falls on services
Does Apple have what it takes to compete head-on with Google in services?
Beleaguered BlackBerry to offer free BBM messaging for iPhone, announces ‘Q5’ phone for emerging markets
Beleaguered BlackBerry announced plans on Tuesday to offer its instant messaging system on iPhone…
Apple’s iMessage is U.S. DEA’s worst nightmare
If you don’t want your text messages to be wire-tapped, you might consider getting yourself an iPhone…
Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up U.S. feds’ surveillance
Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents…
There are really two iClouds; one works, the other doesn’t
There are really two iClouds, one that services Apple’s…
Apple’s iTunes Match down as Apple’s iCloud problems continue
Only hours after a significant iMessage and FaceTime outage, Apple’s iTunes Match…
Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime suffer another significant outage Sunday
Users could not send or receive iMessages from their iPhones and iPads…
Is Apple’s iMessage killing texting after all?
This week carriers saw the first-ever decline in SMS text messaging…
Text messages decline for first time ever in Q3, thanks to Apple’s iMessage, Wi-Fi, and others
The amount of text messages sent during Q3 2012 showed the first decline ever…
iOS 6 includes emojis featuring gay and lesbian couples
The newest version of Apple’s iPhone comes with brand new emojis…
Apple to ‘iMessage’ Instagram to death with iOS 6 and iCloud?
Apple’s upgrade of its mobile-phone operating system iOS 6 and the iCloud service…
Why AT&T hates your unlimited data plan and worries about Apple’s iMessage
AT&T’s chief executive regrets the company ever having introduced unlimited data plans…
Apple iPad in the enterprise: A videoconferencing dream machine
Videoconferencing, instant messaging and collaboration on the iPad is gaining steam…
The disruptive power of Apple’s iMessage
You could argue that Apple has changed the way we do things several times…
Apple: Reported iMessage ‘bug’ not a bug
After receiving help from an Apple Genius at a retail store, a customer started getting texts…
More signs of steep text message erosion
Signs of consumers moving on from text-messaging to social media, email and IP-based messaging systems…
U.S. teens triple mobile data usage year-over-year
Teens have officially joined the mobile Data Tsunami, more than tripling mobile data consumption…
iOS 5 code hints at iChat functionality coming to Apple iOS devices
Some code in the latest version of iOS hints iChat functionality
RUMOR: Apple prepping AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage app for Macintosh
AirPlay Mirroring and an iMessage application for Mac OS X are currently in development
The next disruptive iPhone feature: High-def, carrier-free audio calls
Apple’s iPhone is poised to gain another hugely disruptive feature…
Apple’s breakthrough iOS 5 with iMessage, Photo Stream, and iCloud launch today
Apple’s iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes…
Apple’s iMessage arrives Wednesday, could take big bite out of carriers’ text-messenging profits
At a time when e-mail and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free…
Three iMessage trademarks surface, hint at Apple messaging consolidation
Last week, code strings were found in iChat’s framework in Lion…
Apple to integrate iMessage, iChat
Apple plans to integrate iMessage into iChat, combining iOS 5 and OS X features…
Apple building iMessage into OS X Lion’s iChat, says developer
Back in June, Apple unveiled iMessage, one of the major new features of the upcoming iOS 5 update…
AT&T to offer one unlimited text plan for $20 per month
One of the leading wireless carriers, AT&T Inc. has planned to shelve…
Apple’s ambitious iOS 5 threatens to ‘Sherlock’ popular third-party apps
Apple’s iOS 5 builds in a lot of new, basic functionality…
Apple’s new iMessage supports multiple addresses, selectable caller ID
Apple’s new iMessage simply rocks and it takes messaging to a whole new level…
Apple’s triple play: iOS 5, OS X Lion, and iCloud
Usually Apple launches are all about new product, and Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote was no exception…
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Carriers reportedly didn’t know about Apple’s iMessage
Apple’s phone carrier partners around the world found out about iMessage…
RIM half-CEO’s biggest fear comes to fruition: Apple unveils iMessage app and service
Today, Apple introduced iMessage, an app and service that not only looks better than BlackBerry Messenger, but probably works better as well…
