Tag: iMessage
iMessage And FaceTime Down For Many Users Worldwide
It looks like both the iMessage and FaceTime services are down for some users worldwide, although North America seems to be hit the hardest by the...
RIM’s Balsillie Wanted To Open Up BBM To iOS
RIM’s recently-resigned co-CEO and board member, Jim Balsillie, reportedly wanted to open up certain BlackBerry services to other platforms such as iOS… specifically, BlackBerry Messenger....
Proof is in the pudding: iMessage is clearly disrupting SMS profits
When iOS 5 was announced, and previewed last June, many expected it would drastically influence the text messaging world, but no one really knew just...
Apple’s iMessage and other alternatives are scaring off SMS
SMS was an ingenious idea. It allowed people to relay messages to each other within seconds. It also started in Finland – and it might...
iPhone iMessage screwup problem gets a potential fix
We recently reported about an iPhone issue in which your iMessages could keep going to the same phone even after it’s wiped, and it looks...
iPhone bug can give thieves access to your iMessages
A newly-discovered bug in iPhones using iOS 5 may make it impossible to extricate your iMessage identity from the device, thus leaving the door open...
Turn on emoji emoticons in iOS 5 and amaze (or annoy) your friends
I have a love-hate relationship with emoticons. On the one hand, they allow you to express mood or your intended meaning in written communication. It...
The great iMessage is missing two features: mute and unsubscribe
iMessage has solved a problem we’ve had around the Macgasm virtual office these days, and it’s in a way that not too many people would...
Rumor: Apple to bring AirPlay mirroring and iMessage to Lion
According to anonymous tipsters, Apple could be working on bringing AirPlay mirroring and iMessages to the Mac in the upcoming months. 9to5 Mac, while stating...
Enable iMessage syncing between iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
The marketing material tells us that our iMessages should sync between all of our iOS devices, but for some reasons it doesn’t happen right out...
Clearly carriers will be pissed about iMessage
With a markup that seems like it passes that bazillion percent mark, it’s no surprise that people are a little bit disenchanted with the carriers’...
Analyst cuts RIM price target because of Apple iMessage announcement
It’s a single feature, iMessage. But its announcement yesterday was significant enough to warrant Morgan Keegan financial analyst Tavis McCourt cutting his price target on...
Carriers had no idea iMessages was coming, nor should they have
By now, most of you have probably read up on iMessages. For those who haven’t, think Blackberry Messenger, but for the iPhone. Apple’s taking a...