Your iPhone is configured to alert you twice to an unread text message, but at an interval of only two minutes. This produces a system that is relatively ineffective and potentially annoying. Here’s how to turn off repeating alerts for SMS or iMessages.
iOS 8: How to Leave a Group Chat in Messages
Getting roped into a group chat in Messages can be a frustrating experience, as many people you don’t really know send message after message concerning a topic your don’t really care about. Instead of pulling your hair out every time your iPhone beeps or vibrates, you can leave or mute the group chat itself. Here’s how to do it in iOS 8.
Apple Intros Tool to Deregister Former iPhone Numbers From iMessage
Apple this weekend launched a new Web-based tool to deregister a user’s phone number from the company’s iMessage service. The Deregister iMessage tool addresses an issue experienced by users who switched from the iPhone to a non-Apple smartphone and subsequently could not receive text messages from other iPhone users.
How to Fix iOS 8.1 SMS Relay Configuration Issues
Are you having trouble getting SMS relay set up between your iPhone, Mac, and iPad? The issue may have something to do with your iCloud email address. Here’s a potential fix.
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Microsoft Announces ‘Remastered’ Skype for iPhone 5.0
Microsoft on Monday announced a long-awaited overhaul of the mobile version of Skype for iPhone. Skype for iPhone 5.0, which will launch “in about a week,” is an entirely new app built from the ground up to take advantage of the latest features and technologies in iOS.
Facebook Announces WhatsApp Acquisition in a $16 Billion Deal
Facebook announced a major deal late Wednesday, agreeing to purchase popular messaging service WhatsApp for $16 billion. Facebook will let its new division operate independently and maintain its own branding, as well as maintain its own Facebook Messenger for the foreseeable future.
Clipboard Manager Clipr Can Paste Text to Your Phone via SMS
Clipboard managers are nothing new, but a new app from developer Eric Mann introduces an interesting new feature: the ability to send your Mac’s clipboard contents to your phone via SMS. Clipr, available now on the Mac App Store, manages your Mac’s clipboard via a simple menu bar item. Using the app is fairly straightforward; once it’s installed and running, head into Clipr’s preferences and tell it how many items it should remember and how large the preview for each…
Law Enforcement Wiretaps Stymied by Apple’s iMessage Encryption
The encryption used by Apple’s iMessage service prevents interception by law enforcement even with the means granted by a federal court order, according to an internal U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) memo obtained by CNET. Due to Apple’s encryption method, it is “impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices,” the memo states. Apple boasted about the service’s “secure end-to-end encryption” when it launched in June 2011, and users have flocked to the free service, which requires an Apple iDevice…