Apple’s iMessage encryption promises may have been false
If you listen to Apple’s statements about protecting iMessage and FaceTime communications, you’d think Apple has the best encryption game in town. Not only that, but Apple isn’t …
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11-Year-Old Sends Ultimate Break-Up iMessage, and We Can’t Stop Laughing
What do you do when you’re an 11-year-old girl and you hear that your boyfriend – let’s call him Joey – cheated on you with …
Apple fixed the iMessage bug that crashes your iPhone in the latest iOS 8.4 beta
A couple of weeks ago, iPhone owners the world over started receiving odd text messages from their mischievous friends — texts which promptly shut down their …
Apple just told us all how to fix the crazy iPhone-crashing iMessage bug
A few days ago, a critical iOS bug capable of crashing and rebooting iPhones with a simple message was discovered. Apple didn’t take long to acknowledge the issue, …
U.K. wants to force Internet companies to decrypt messages
The U.K. government has not given up on the idea that its secret services must be given access to communications between individuals who are suspects in an …
There’s a new BBM for iOS feature that will actually make iMessage users jealous
True story: a little over a year ago, a friend of mine asked me to help him pick out an Android phone because he was tired …
How to make iMessage and FaceTime infinitely more secure
Even though Apple already encrypts communication between people who use either its iMessage messaging system or FaceTime video calling app, that’s only going to stop …
Is this Apple’s secret weapon that could force Android users to buy an iPhone?
There are many reasons why Android users switch to iPhone, and vice-versa, but Apple may have a secret (or not-so-secret) weapon that could pressure some …
Why your Apple ID isn’t as safe as Apple says it is
In early September last year, just before Apple launched its new iPhones and iOS operating system, the company was hit by a huge data breach …
Charlie Hebdo fallout: U.K. wants to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and other encrypted chat apps
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, some governments are already planning to take preemptive action against similar future events, by coming up with …
How to stop your friends from seeing when you read their Facebook and WhatsApp messages
Texting apps on smartphones are very popular with users, and third-party social apps with instant messaging features are gaining ground as well. But most of them …
Apple just made it much easier to switch from the iPhone to Android
One of the problems that may be affecting certain smartphone users who want to switch from iPhone to Android is iMessage, as some people don’t …
EFF: iMessage and FaceTime are best, most secure, mass-market messaging options
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday released a report on messaging apps security, saying that Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime SMS/instant message and video chat …
How to stop all of that annoying iMessage spam
Apple’s iOS and OS X messaging product iMessage is used by millions upon millions of people around the world, and for the most part, it’s …
BlackBerry lists 5 reasons why BBM is better than iMessage
BlackBerry might be struggling to regain its footing in the mobile market right now, but it still has a few strengths that outshine some rivals …
Apple’s iMessage is about to become even cooler once Yosemite arrives
Apple’s cross-platform chatting application is about to get even better once OS X Yosemite launches, as the iMessage desktop version will receive a handy screen …
Apple’s iMessage problem is worse than we thought
Apple has a lot of very unhappy former iPhone users on its hands and it doesn’t look like the problem is getting fixed anytime soon. …
How to avoid the annoying SMS bug plaguing people who switch from iPhone to Android
Thanks to an ongoing issue with the way Apple built its iMessage platform, users who switch away from an iPhone to an Android phone or …
Apple has figured out how to make embarrassing misdirected texts go away
One of the problems with Apple’s popular iMessage instant messaging/SMS system – other than being almost impossible to ditch in some cases – is the …
Switching from the iPhone to Android is now more annoying than ever
Stories from iPhone deserters typically fall into one of two categories: either they love their new Android phones or they can’t wait to get back …
iMessage to only work on Mountain Lion following beta period
Apple on Thursday unveiled the next major version of its desktop operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The new operating system for Mac desktops …
OS X Mountain Lion vs. real mountain lion
Apple unveiled the next major release of its OS X desktop operating system on Thursday, giving the world a rare early look at what the …
Apple’s OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: iMessage on Mac, Notification Center and more
Details surrounding Apple’s next-generation Mac operating system were released on Thursday morning, shedding light on a number of new features set to hit Apple’s desktop …
Messaging apps, VoIP already eating into carrier revenues, study finds
A new breed of messaging services and mobile Voice over IP clients like Skype are already eating into carrier revenues according to a new study. …
Developer discovers iChat code in iOS
iOS developer John Heaton has discovered a string of iOS code that suggests Apple is working on bringing its popular iChat client to iOS devices. …
AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage reportedly headed to OS X [video]
The eventual arrival of iMessage on OS X, in some form, is almost a foregone conclusion at this point, but a new report claims to …
Apple merging iMessage and iChat, launches in a few weeks?
There is hard evidence that Apple is looking to add iMessage support to iChat, according to a new report from MacRumors. This would further increase …
Is Apple’s iMessage the start of something bigger?
One of the most important features Apple announced at WWDC 2011 was iMessage. It’s not only a direct competitor to Research In Motion’s extremely popular BlackBerry Messenger …
Apple iOS 5: Day three
After spending three days with iOS 5 on multiple devices now, I can confidently say that this is the mobile operating system to beat. It …
Apple iOS 5: Day two
After two days of use with Apple’s brand new iOS 5 on both an iPhone 4 and iPad 2, I can confidently say that iOS …
