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Apple's iMessage and FaceTime suffer another significant outage [u]

Users are reporting that iMessage and FaceTime are experiencing outages across the U.S., the second time in a week that services attached to Apple's iCloud are seeing issues.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 85

Apple notifies Messages beta users that service will end on Dec. 14

In an email to users on Friday, Apple reminded Messages beta program participants that the preview period will end on Friday, Dec. 14, noting that the service will then only be available on OS X Mountain Lion.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 36

Apple's iMessage causes decline in U.S. text messaging, report says

Apple's iMessage, as well as other data-based messaging apps, reportedly caused the first drop in U.S. text messaging in years, and the downward trend may continue as more wireless subscribers switch to smartphones.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 54
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Apple's iMessage down for many iOS and OS X users [u]

Apple's iMessage appears to be non-functional for many users across the U.S. and beyond, with both users iOS and OS X affected by the outage.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 16

Apple iMessage reportedly suffers sporadic worldwide outages

Apple's in-house instant messaging service, iMessage, is allegedly experiencing outages across the globe as users are reporting problems sending and receiving messages.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 41

Apple urges users to stick with iMessage to avoid iPhone SMS spoofing

Apple on Saturday officially responded to reports that its latest mobile operating system remains vulnerable to text message spoofing, recommending that customers use its more secure iMessage service instead.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 137

Apple CEO Tim Cook promises more social integration

Even as he admitted that Apple may kill off its Ping social music discovery service, chief executive Tim Cook promised to add more social integration into its other products.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 10

Apple: Misdirected iMessages due to bad configuration, not a software bug

Reports of iOS 5 iMessages being sent to the wrong recipient are the result of a misconfigured phone, not an issue with the operating system or Apple's cloud services, the company indicated.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 39
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