“Beeper Mini” app lets Android users send texts to iPhones with blue iMessage bubbles
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A new app called “Beeper Mini” allows Android phones to text iPhones with the blue iMessage bubble that had been exclusive to Apple devices. Jo Ling Kent interviewed the 16-year-old tech wizard who helped reverse engineer Apple’s iMessage service to create the app.
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