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Apple has announced it will begin supporting the RCS messaging standard at some point next year. RCS, or Rich Communication Services, was developed by the mobile industry as an upgrade on SMS and MMS.

A new report from The Independent this weekend offers an interesting look at why and how Apple is “working hard to break into its own iPhones.” Ivan Krstić, Apple’s head of security engineering and architecture, spoke to The Independent for the report and explained why Apple feels the need to invest so heavily in security.

Issues between blue and green message bubbles could soon be a thing of the past, as Apple moves to adopt the RCS standard.

Apple is rightly proud of its technological terrier, but the iPhone still relies on a critical piece of technology that Apple has not been able to produce.

This time the news is that Apple is “actively working on a graphene thermal system of iPhone 16 Series to solve the heating problem”. And as part of that redesign the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will have their batteries encased in metal shells for better thermal isolation.

Apple is adopting the texting standard and it will work alongside iMessage, a company spokesperson told 9to5Mac.

This week’s Apple Loop includes a new iPhone 16 Pro display, more iPhone 15 options, the awkward M3 MacBook Pro, Apple’s iPhone 14 freebie, the value of Safari’s search, and

Apple first launched its long-awaited classical music app on the iPhone in March, offering a library full of recordings you can search through by composer, work, conductor, and more. The app comes out of Apple’s 2021 acquisition of classical music streaming service Primephonic and allows you to listen to recordings with up to 192 kHz / 24-bit lossless audio.

Apple is reportedly hitting a roadblock with its upcoming 5G modem development, as it aims to replace the Qualcomm chip in a future iPhone

Apple will start protecting iPhone users against unsolicited nudes in more places with its next software update. Starting with iOS 17.2, which is expected to arrive in December, Apple will blur sensitive images in Contact Posters in both the Contacts and Phone apps,

Apple could be making a big step toward improving texting between iPhone and Android devices by adopting the Rich Communication Services standard in 2024. According to 9to5Mac on Thursday, an Apple …

The long-standing battle over the iOS’ blue and Android’s green text bubbles will soon take a more friendly turn.

Apple didn’t respond to questions about specific iMessage features that RCS could adopt. Among the possibilities are support for “liking” or “emphasizing” texts, or sending messages with visual effects, like “invisible ink” and “balloons.” Continue reading

Phone, stymied by the complexity of replacing an intricate Qualcomm Inc. component. After already delaying a plan to have an in-house chip ready by next year, Apple is now likely to miss a goal to ship the component by the spring of 2025,

The way vehicles take advantage of new connectivity standards could be improving in the near future, leading to updates on how smartphones like

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. The iPhone and Apple Watch are valuable tools for diabetes management — here’s how I use them to control my diabetes.

Apple on Wednesday seeded the third public beta of its upcoming iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 updates for testing. The new public betas come one day after the third developer betas. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program can download the ‌iOS 17‌ and ‌iPadOS 17‌ updates by opening the Settings app,