Tag: imessage
Search in Messages.app
Michael Tsai: It doesn’t work very well in iOS 13, either. Many times, I’ll type the exact text that appears in the app, and it won’t find it. So I mostly just scroll and read. A long time ago, I reverse-engineered the transcript file format for EagleFiler, so that’s how I search older messages. Unlike…
BlackBerry wants iMessage
Business Insider reported on BlackBerry’s CEO stating that iMessage should be allowed on BlackBerry. The CEO laid out his argument in a blog post on the BlackBerry website, 9to5mac notes. In it, Chen writes that it’s unfair for the government to tell big US telecommunications companies such as Time Warner, Verizon, and Comcas, that they…
WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned in the UK under new surveillance plans
The Independent reported on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to ban encrypted messaging. David Cameron could block WhatsApp and Snapchat if he wins the next election, as part of his plans for new surveillance powers announced in the wake of the shootings in Paris. The Prime Minister said today that he would stop the…
Deregister iMessage from a browser
Finally. If you’re still facing this problem, you can deregister your number here. But with the recently-released web tool, all you need to do is enter the phone number you wish to uncouple from Apple’s iMessage system. Apple will then send you a confirmation code over SMS — type it into the browser window and…
What’s the point of audio messages?
David Sparks wrote about the point of audio messages in iMessages. Now that we’ve all been using iOS 8 awhile how big of a thing is the ability to send a recording of your voice via iMessages? I’ve done it once for the sole purpose of demonstrating how it works. I thought it may be…
What product designers can learn from iOS 8’s iMessage changes
Scott Hurff writes about what designers can learn from the new iMessage. Apple’s iMessage announcements can teach us a lot about the value of knowing our customers. It’s not enough to build products based on rumor, anecdote or speculation. We have to know exactly how and why our customers do what they do, and in…
HDmessaging helps carriers fight back against free messaging apps
SMS, and the associated revenue that carriers derive from it, is facing a serious onslaught from free mobile messaging platforms such as Whatsapp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and even Snapchat. Now HDmessaging is offering a white-label solution for carriers to fight back. HDmessaging rides messaging wave to $3M funding round HDmessaging might have one of the…
Google Hangouts adds SMS support, still not iMessage yet
Adding SMS support is a step in the right direction, but even within the app SMS and Hangouts messages are separated from each other, instead of being integrated into the same stream. Hangouts for Android now supports location sharing and SMS. This way you can send a map of your current location (vs. finding and…