Looking to add a jolt of energy to your text messages? A pink, floppy-eared, bass-drum-toting master of disruption is ready to lend a hand. The Energizer Bunny, the pop culture icon known for his unstoppable power and knack for showing up in unexpected ways, will soon illustrate the current #mood of millions of smartphone users […]
Starbucks has added the ability to send digital gift cards to friends direct via Apple’s iMessage service. The gift cards can be paid for through Apple Pay, which is also used to redeem the gift card – the idea being to remove as many steps as possible from the process. “Over the years, giving and […]
The read-it-later app Pocket launched an iMessage app extension today for users to share their favourite stories without leaving messaging app for iPhones. Nothing fancy, but if you use Pocket and share stories you’ll appreciate this new feature. Pocket announced the news on March 9 in a blog post. To get Pocket for iMessage you can […]
Microsoft keeps wavering between task-oriented separate apps and an all-in-one client. Microsoft’s preview of the new, modern, Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of the Skype client received a big upgrade today: it’s now available for devices running Windows 10 Mobile as well as Windows 10 PCs. In addition to supporting Windows phones, the client has […]
Apple is famously controlling of the user experience, but the company appears to be rethinking a central tenet of its software philosophy as rivals steam ahead with AI, messaging and chatbots. The company announced at its annual WWDC developer conference yesterday (13 June) that Siri, Maps and iMessage were now open to developers – a […]