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Google Celebrates 1 Billion RCS Users With a Feature Drop for Green Bubbles

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 19:40

Gizmodo

Google’s bet on RCS is paying off, or at least that’s what it wants us to think.

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Android iMessage-Style Messaging App Sunbird Shuts Down Over Serious Privacy Concerns

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 11:45

Gizmodo

This week brought a series of disasters (and quite some embarrassment) to Android messaging apps that were trying hard to break the infamous green-blue bubble barrier between Android and Apple users. It started with the failure of Nothing Chats and recently extended to the shutdown of Sunbird.

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Nothing's Failed iMessages Workaround Was Too Good To Be True

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 09:00

Gizmodo

Last week was certainly exciting for the prospect of green and blue bubbles finding peace and harmony in the chat realm, though that excitement was a bit premature in Nothing’s case.

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The Next iPhone Will Have an Easier Time Texting Android's Green Bubbles

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 14:21

Gizmodo

Could it be? Is Apple finally relenting and letting Android users frolic in its walled garden? 9to5Mac reports that an Apple spokesperson has revealed that RCS support is on the docket for next year’s iPhone launch.

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Nothing Phone (2) Offers Possible Solution to Blue, Green Bubble Drama

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 16:15

Gizmodo

The mobile class divide between the iPhone blue bubble and the Android green bubble might need regulators to settle things in the future, but Nothing has another s

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Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple's Blue Text Bubbles

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 13:22

Gizmodo

Google sent a letter to European regulators asking them to free up Apple’s iMessage for all platforms, according to a report from the

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What's the iPhone screen of a former president look like? Obama just shared his most-used apps.

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 14:59

Tech Insider

A photo of Obama using an iPhone in 2012 — Obama revealed some of his most-used iPhone apps in an interview with The Verge.
Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages

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How to Share Your Location With Friends and Family in iOS 17

Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:30

Gizmodo

iOS 17 is now with us, and it comes with a range of upgrades, tweaks, and improvements—including new ways to share your whereabouts with other people. Whether you’re meeting friends in town or keeping an eye on the kids at school, you’ve now got more options for doing it on the iPhone.