After Apple shut down the mechanism that Android app Beeper Mini was using to bring iMessage to Android users, Beeper Mini's developers today said that they have found a way to bring the app back, ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Automattic, the company behind popular web management system WordPress, has purchased Beeper and will absorb Beeper's 27 employees. Beeper made headlines back in December for Beeper Mini, an app that ...

Just days after announcement, the Beeper app that (briefly) allowed for native iMessage communication on Android isn't working, and it appears that Apple already found a way to kill it. Announced on ...

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 ...