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Apple admits to blocking Beeper Mini’s iMessage trick, surprising no one

Apple admits to blocking Beeper Mini’s iMessage trick, surprising no one

Last week we told you about Beeper Mini, an Android app that sends real iMessages. Unlike other services that route your messages to a Mac server farm (which requires them to have your login token), Beeper claims to have reverse-engineered Apple’s iMessage routing system and could make believing the servers that a message came from ...

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No more blue balloons on Android: Apple blocks the Beeper Mini

No more blue balloons on Android: Apple blocks the Beeper Mini

Android users’ joy with blue balloons on their phones was short-lived. Apple blocked Beeper Mini from accessing iMessage the application therefore no longer works on phones with the Google operating system. The war for the blue balloons continues and Apple remains steadfast in its intention for this feature to remain exclusive to iPhone users. The ...