You can finally edit messages on WhatsApp
Remember how all of us begged for years for Twitter to let us edit our tweets? Well, WhatsApp must have been paying attention because it’s …
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iMessage is down for many iPhone owners right now
Apple’s iMessage service seems to be down for thousands of iPhone owners on Tuesday at around noon Eastern Time. Apple’s official system status page doesn’t …
Google brings 10 new features and a new look to Messages
Google’s campaign to push Apple to adopt RCS is not going anywhere fast, but the company isn’t exactly resting on its laurels in the meantime. …
Meta attacks Apple’s iMessage in new WhatsApp ad campaign
The Apple vs. Meta rivalry heated up this week as the company behind Facebook launched a new ad campaign targeting Apple’s iMessage. On Monday, CEO …
Tim Cook responds to Google’s anti-iMessage campaign: ‘Buy your mom an iPhone’
Hours after announcing the iPhone 14 on Wednesday, Tim Cook dashed any hope that Apple would bring support for RCS messaging to its devices. At …
Here’s how to unsend an iMessage in iOS 16
Apple unveiled iOS 16 earlier this week at WWDC 2022, showcasing the most important new features coming to the iPhone operating system this year. The …
5 hidden iPhone features that will take iMessage to the next level
Apple’s iMessage app is one of the more popular chat applications in existence. And yet, there’s no denying that the iMessage feature set is curiously …
Google Messages now shows iMessage reactions from iPhone users
A few months ago, Google began working on a solution to one of the most annoying issues currently facing Android and iPhone users. If you …
Your iPhone might be sending read receipts even if you turn them off
There are two types of people in the world: Those who use read receipts and those who don’t. Many people prefer to turn them off, …
FBI document shows how easy it is to access your encrypted chat data
Your encrypted messaging history might not be as safe as you thought. With every big tech company spouting on and on about privacy, it might …
Apple finally responds to criticism of controversial iPhone photo-scanning feature
Apple announced a few days ago a series of security initiatives meant to protect children from online predators. The new features will be available in …
Internal emails reveal the exact reason Apple won’t bring iMessage to Android
When Apple launched iMessage on iPhone a few years ago, it set a new standard for instant messaging experiences on smartphones, effectively killing SMS texting …
We know exactly why there’s no iMessage app for Android
Almost ten years ago, Apple unveiled the new iMessage app at WWDC 2011; the app would replace SMS texting on iPhone with something much better. …
iMessage just got an amazing new feature you didn’t even notice
Apple quietly added a new iMessage security feature in iOS 14 called BlastDoor. BlastDoor is a new sandbox inside iMessage that receives and sanitizes all …
Visualized: The terrifying amount of data Facebook Messenger collects compared to Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp
Facebook mounted a fierce attack on Apple’s new app privacy labels, accusing the company that it’s putting small businesses and the free internet in danger. …
Apple could make Messages so much better with these improvements
Apple’s Messages app is one of the most popular messaging apps today, and one of the many products that keep Apple users tied to the …
Dozens of journalists had their iPhones hacked using an iMessage flaw
Dozens of journalists and other employees at Al Jazeera reportedly had their iPhones hacked by foreign governments using a “zero-click” iMessage exploit. According to researchers …
iOS 14 will improve Apple Messages, but here’s how I’d make it even better
With the kickoff of WWDC 2020 today, Apple gave us a look at what’s coming in iOS 14 this fall, with a wide range of …
Android is finally copying one of the best things about iMessage on the iPhone
Google Messages end-to-end encryption support might be coming soon, leaked code from an internal build of the RCS instant messaging app indicates. Google’s iMessage rival …
Google’s next chat app will combine Gmail, Hangouts, and more
Google has developed or acquired a large number of useful apps over the years, unifying them all under your Google account. Search, YouTube, Gmail, Google …
Google’s iMessage rival finally comes to the US, but it’s still got a long way to go
Compared to the simplicity and feature-rich nature of Apple’s iMessage, the texting and messaging situation confronting Android users has been a certifiable mess for years …
Google’s RCS messaging could rival iMessage, but for now it’s a security nightmare
iMessage is one of the best platforms that Apple ever made — an SMS replacement that might do more for keeping iPhone users loyal to …
Google RCS messages just rolled out in the US – what you need to know
Google is rolling out RCS messages in the US, which is short for Rich Communication Service to anyone who would have them. In theory, RCS …
WhatsApp might soon receive the major update you’ve been waiting for
WhatsApp is easily one of the most popular messaging apps out there, and Facebook’s only chat app that supports end-to-end encryption, just like iMessage on …
Apple has yet to fix a mysterious iMessage bug spotted by Google researchers
Next week in Las Vegas at the Black Hat security conference, Google Project Zero researcher Natalie Silvanovich is set to give a presentation about interactionless …
Google found a crazy iMessage bug that bricks iPhones, but you’re probably safe
Type a particular string of characters into an iMessage and send it to someone else, and strange things could happen. We’ve seen these accidental discoveries …
iOS 11.4 is available right now: Here are the features worth upgrading for
As we expected, iOS 11.4 is available to download right now. Anyone running iOS 11 on their iPhone or iPad should see the update available …
