Chat Heads, the buzzy messaging feature released as part of Facebook's Home software for Android-based smartphones, is now coming to the iPhone and iPad. The app, which is designed to let users chat with their friends even while they are ...
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Apple's iMessage and Facetime messaging systems have been hit with a glitch that has taken the services offline for several hours. The problems for both services began shortly after noon Pacific Time (7 p.m. GMT) Tuesday and continued at ...
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Google is reportedly negotiating with messaging app WhatsApp over a possible takeover worth nearly $1bn (£655m) According to an inside source, the negotiations started more than a month ago, says DigitalTrends. Further reading ...
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A Texas federal judge denied Apple's move to reduce last year's $368 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case it lost, and ordered the Cupertino, Calif., company to pay more than $363,000 daily in interest and damages until a ...
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Apparent today unveiled Doxie One, the simple and affordable new personal paper scanner for homes, families, and small businesses. Doxie One scans anywhere in your home or office – no computer required – and syncs with your ...
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SMS text messaging is certainly not exclusive to Apple or its iconic iPhone smartphone. But, apparently there is something unique about the way Apple delivers SMS messages that makes the iPhone particularly vulnerable to spoofing or ...
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The executive shuffle Apple announced late Monday is the kind of drama that we in the tech press usually only get from watching Game of Thrones. But as interesting as it is from an inside-baseball perspective, it's worth remembering that ...
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iMessage, the Apple messaging technology that the company has urged customers use to avoid an SMS spoofing bug, remains under a patent litigation cloud, with a trial slated for November. Last week, a researcher known for uncovering iPhone ...
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Computerworld - The same day it won a $368 million verdict in a patent infringement case against Apple, VirnetX filed a new lawsuit, alleging that the iPad Mini and iPhone 5 violate the same patents, according to court documents. The ...
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Your favorite virtual assistant now knows a lot more than it ever did before. Beyond merely knowing answers to more kinds of questions, Siri in iOS 6 gains new functionality, simplifies some common tasks, and provides more useful results, ...