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Google Glass may gain iOS direction, text message support soon

by Steven Sande (May 3rd, 2013)

Like it or hate it, Google Glass has recently been discussed on a lot of tech blogs. Tim Stevens at our sister site Engadget has been trying out his Glass around the house and on hot motorcycles, and a lot of other tech bloggers shelled out $1,500 to get the developer version of the device. One ...

Vodafone UK advising iPhone 4S owners against iOS 6.1 update

by Randy Nelson (Feb 9th, 2013)

If you're a Vodafone customer in the UK and own an iPhone 4S, you've probably received an SMS message from the carrier cautioning you against updating your device to iOS 6.1. If you somehow missed the alert, consider this your heads up. Vodafone issued the SMS, which advises customers to ...

Under FTC proposal Messages would need to support 911

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 13th, 2012)

A new proposal from the FTC would require Apple's Messages tool for iOS and OS X to support texts to 911 call centers. In the United States AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have all agreed to allow users to contact the 911 emergency line via text message by May 15, 2014 under the ...

Fake installer malware makes its way to Mac

by Randy Nelson (Dec 12th, 2012)

If you download a Mac app and its installer asks you for your phone number, you're likely looking at the latest malware to find its way onto OS X. According to Russian security firm Dr. Web, a Trojan malware has been identified called Trojan.SMSSend.3666 that requests your mobile phone number ...

Apple responds to SMS issue with iMessage pitch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 20th, 2012)

Last week, Pod2G uncovered a SMS flaw in iOS that lets someone send a spoofed SMS. In this scenario, the SMS would appear to be from a trusted source, but the response would actually be sent to someone else. Engadget reached out to Apple for comment and received a reply that pitches the ...

SMS sender spoofing possible on iOS, what you need to know

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 17th, 2012)

There's a big security story blowing through the leaves today, and it affects your iPhone. Uncovered by iPhone hacker Pod2G, the issue involves SMS spoofing and shows up in every version of iOS for the iPhone -- and it's in the current beta of iOS 6. What is this security problem? Some ...

Daily iPhone App: mysms lets you manage your messages using multiple devices

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 30th, 2012)

If you want to send text messages to friends regardless of their device or operating system, you might want to take a closer look at mysms. Mysms is an online service lets you send, receive and store text messages across multiples devices and platforms. It recently added the iPhone to its ...

Daily iPhone App: Avocado aims to connect couples on the go

by Michael Rose (Jun 22nd, 2012)

In any marriage or romantic partnership, there are moments of agreement, negotiation, compromise and conflict -- but, above all, there has to be communication, digital or otherwise. The team behind the couple-centric new app and web service Avocado, which includes three couples, aims to ...

Blogging with your voice: Siri, Blogger, and post-by-SMS

by Erica Sadun (Oct 21st, 2011)

As I mentioned on my earlier post, Steve Sande and I have been hard at work collaborating on "Talking to Siri," an ebook that will soon hit the Kindle store. One of the topics we're exploring is how to push Siri beyond its advertised limits. Take blogging, for example. Did you know that you ...

iOS 5 iPhones can now shop for alert/text tones

by Michael Rose (Oct 13th, 2011)

For some of us, the addition of fully customizable SMS/alert tones in iOS 5 is the biggest improvement in the feature list. (Well, maybe not the biggest, but certainly one of the biggest.) Since alerts can be linked directly to contacts for incoming iMessages or SMS receipts, having a larger ...

iOS 5 features: iMessage brings free texting to iPad, iPod touch

by Chris Rawson (Oct 12th, 2011)

Until now, the iPhone has had an exclusive on built-in texting via Apple's Messages app. That's changed in iOS 5, and now the iPad and iPod touch have joined the party. iMessage allows for free texting across all iOS devices running iOS 5 so long as they have internet access. If you've ...

Daily Update for August 29, 2011

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline ...

Samsung getting in the mobile messaging business with ChatOn

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 29th, 2011)

Samsung today announced they are entering mobile messaging market. Like Facebook Messages, which hopes to kill off text messaging for good, Samsung's ChatOn is a cross-platform messaging service for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Samsung's own Bada OS that offers users the ability to send text, ...

AT&T to eliminate $10 text message option for new customers

by Chris Rawson (Aug 18th, 2011)

The company that's becoming increasingly famous for regularly shooting itself in the foot when it comes to customer relations just blew off another toe. Our sister site Engadget reports that AT&T is "streamlining" its text messaging plans for new customers; when translated from PR-speak, ...

Will iMessage kill wireless carriers' SMS revenues?

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 7th, 2011)

In accordance with Betteridge's Law of Headlines, I believe the answer is a resounding "no." The unusually virulent meme quickly spread around the Mac blogging world that iMessage will kill SMS as we know it and, going one stage further, to characterize iMessage as "an attack" on the ...