Photo: Studio Kick (Shutterstock) Just like you maintain your car to keep it running smoothly, an annual checkup of your iPhone can prevent many long-term problems. Phones accumulate a ton of digital junk, and since a more organized device works better for longer, take advantage of the start of a new year to wipe it …
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Apple has made it clear that it has no plans to transfer iMessage to Android. They know it keeps their users on the platform and are apparently okay with the green bubble bullying of Android users which is a result of the broken messaging experience that iPhone users are complaining about. when talking to someone …
Photo: Sukrita Rungroj (Shutterstock) A new test of how Apple brings together usage data from iPhones have noted that the company collects personally identifiable information while explicitly promising not to. The pprivacy policy governing Analysis of Apple devices say it “None of the information collected identifies you personally.” But an analysis of the data sent …
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Photo: LOIC VENANCE / Contributor (Getty Images) Apple is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly harvesting data from iPhone users even when the company’s privacy settings promise not to. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in California federal court, comes days after Gizmodo exclusively reported on research on how multiple iPhone apps send Apple Analytics data, …
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Today, November 1, 2022, Google Hangouts is scheduled to die. The phone app has been starting service users individually since July, but the last vestiges of Hangouts, the web app, will be shut down today. Hangouts was, for a brief time, Google’s best, most ambitious and popular messaging effort, but 5 billion downloads later, Google …
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iMessage is a powerful messaging platform for iPhone users that has changed the messaging game, but over the years it has also served as a lockdown tactic and even developed a bias among Android users and iPhones. In an interview this week, Apple’s Craig Federighi said iMessage for Android would have been a “throwaway” effort …
Messaging is everything these days, but you don’t have to take our word for it. After years of failure after failure, Google is finally trying to master messaging through RCS. Today, he’s announcing a whole new list of features coming to Google Messages over the next few weeks, all designed to improve your conversations and …
Zuckerberg is trying to put WhatsApp above Apple’s iMessage on interoperability and privacy. He said the Facebook-owned app is actually “much more private and secure” than Apple’s. Apple’s recent privacy changes have been a blow to Facebook’s advertising business. Loading Something is loading. Thank you for your registration! Access your favorite topics in a personalized …
