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Apple’s Messages on iOS 26 deploys two big weapons against phishing spam
Apple’s Messages app in iOS 26 introduces two features to combat phishing spam: URLs and phone numbers in spam messages are not…
What happens when EU grandmas delete Photos, the App Store, or even the Phone app from their iPhones?
Apple is preparing to grant iPhone users the option to delete pre-installed apps like Photos, the App Store, and even the Phone app. These…
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…
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…
iOS 18 said to add a slew of new features to 15 of Apple’s iPhone apps
Apple is widely expected to show off iOS 18 during its June 10th WWDC keynote, including new features for many apps, including Safari…
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’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…
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…
What’s new in iOS 17 beta 3
iOS 17 beta 3 has arrived for developers, and it comes with some new features and changes for iPhone users. Everything new in iOS 17 beta 3…
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 introduces free ‘Apple Business Connect’ tool
Apple today introduced Apple Business Connect, a free tool that allows businesses of all sizes to claim their location place cards and…
Apple’s new ‘R.I.P. Leon’ commercial highlight’s Messages ‘Unsend’ feature
In Apple’s Messages app, users can unsend or edit recent messages, providing the opportunity to fix a typo or pull back an accidentally…
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…
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’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…
Apple’s latest iOS 15.2 beta includes Messages photo scanning for nudity sent to children (Update: NOT included)
Apple’s latest iOS 15.2 beta has introduced a previously announced opt-in communication safety feature for Messages that scans photos …
Apple releases ‘Ted Lasso’ sticker pack for iMessage and Clips
The breakout Apple TV+ hit comedy series “Ted Lasso” now has its own iMessage Sticker Pack and animated stickers are also available…
British Stammering Association blasts Apple for linking ‘woozy face’ emoji to stammering
Hundreds of members of the British Stammering Association (STAMMA) have contacted the organization to report that the “woozy face” emoji…
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…
Group sues Apple demanding Telegram app be banned like Parler
A Washington nonprofit group, the Coalition for a Safer Web, sued Apple in federal court Sunday, demanding that it remove Telegram, a chat…
Apple’s new CarKey feature will let you unlock a car with your iPhone
For some time now, Apple’s iPhones and Apple Watches have supported NFC. In the not-so-near future, with an upcoming feature that Apple calls “CarKey” …
Apple working on allowing users to edit sent Messages
A newly-revealed Apple patent application and accompanying illustration reveals work on allowing sent Messages to be edited…
BMW could be first to have Apple’s futuristic ‘CarKey’ iPhone feature
‘CarKey’ feature that will let drivers — of the ultimate driving machine, at first — replace physical key fobs with their iPhone. That’s right, BMW …
Apple’s ‘CarKey’ lets users send digital keys via Messages
Apple is working on a new “CarKey” feature that will allow an iPhone or an Apple Watch to unlock, lock, and start NFC-compatible vehicles…
Private messaging apps ‘scrambling’ to overhaul software following Apple privacy changes
With iOS 13, Apple introduced a change that limits data collection practices using VoIP APIs….
Millennials’ credit activity bodes well for forthcoming Apple Card
Created by Apple and designed for iPhone, Apple Card brings together Apple’s hardware, software and services to transform the entire credit card experience…
Apple preps launch pad for Apple Card blast off
Apple Card completely rethinks everything about the credit card. It represents all the things for which Apple stands…
Apple Card FOMO is real
The more I hear about Apple Card, the more I want one…
