The app's developers used reverse engineered iMessage protocols for the initial Beeper Mini release, taking advantage of Apple's iMessage servers. Registering Android phone numbers with iMessage ...

Apple's pseudo-social monopoly in messaging through iMessage purportedly gives iPhone users a better experience. Beeper is trying to bring Android into the fold. Imad is a senior reporter covering ...

A few days ago, the mobile app Beeper Mini went back into operation after an attempt by Apple to shut down its service that brings iMessage’s blue bubble texts to Android users. Now, Apple is again ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

It's almost 2024, which means iMessage will soon be 13 years old. iMessage is easily one of Apple's best products, a secure and private mobile chat app that everyone in the industry wants to emulate ...

For some people, the colour of your chat bubbles really matters – and on iOS and Mac, green means that you are Not One Of Us, because blue bubbles are reserved for Apple to Apple chats. A new app ...

Beeper Mini users reported problems sending and receiving blue bubbles on Friday. Maybe it wasn’t so hard for Apple to block the app after all. Beeper Mini users reported problems sending and ...

Apple's well-publicized decision to shut down iMessage for Android app Beeper Mini has attracted attention from U.S. lawmakers concerned that the Cupertino company is suppressing competition. Senators ...

"Chomping at the bit" is a bit much, imo. There's clearly interest, at least at $2, but aside from preventing bullying/clique behavior from a certain rare kind of iOS user, the only benefit of using ...

Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky received an unexpected message in early 2023: a developer claimed to have cracked Apple's iMessage code, enabling cross-platform messaging with Android devices. Skeptical at ...

Over the past several weeks, iMessage for Android has been a big topic of discussion and, for many, it comes back to why Android users seem to want iMessage so much. Personally, I don’t. iMessage for ...