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Apple IDs gain option for two-step verification
- Apple today joined a growing list of companies who offer two-factor authentication. The move offers users the option of better security by requiring additional information while logging in, namely a four-digit verification code sent via SMS or through Apple's Find…
AT&T revises FaceTime policy, now available to all using tiered data
- AT&T is loosening restrictions on Apple’s FaceTime videoconferencing app once again by allowing all customers with a tiered data plan to use the service over the cellular network. It’s yet another step in the right direction for the wireless carrier…
Apple's FaceTime and iMessage hit with service outages
- Apple’s FaceTime video chat and iMessage texting application both experienced downtime for the better part of Sunday afternoon. The outage meant that an unknown number of iPad, iPhone and iMac users were left having to find alternate methods to keep…
AT&T is making changes to FaceTime over cellular restrictions
- AT&T has announced plans to modify existing restrictions in place for select iPhone users wishing to use FaceTime video chat over the cellular network. Apple first introduced the feature in iOS 6 but AT&T only allowed it for customers that…
MetroPCS launches Joyn, iMessage and Facetime rival
- Today MetroPCS announced the launch of Joyn, a bundle of communication protocols which include functionality similar to Blackberry Messenger, iMessage and Facetime. Joyn is based on the interworkable Rich Communication Services standard and promises to (eventually) deliver Metro PCS subscribers IP-based…
Hints suggest AT&T preparing to charge for FaceTime over cellular
- AT&T may be preparing to charge customers to use the FaceTime over cellular feature found in iOS 6. Preliminary testing with a developer version of Apple’s next major software revision results in a popup message prompting the user to contact…
iOS 6 brings new Map app, Siri updates, FaceTime over 3G, more
- As expected, Apple unveiled the latest iteration of its mobile operating system during today's Worldwide Developer Conference. The changes include improvements to Siri, which has been criticized for being too beta-like, the introduction of Apple's own Map app, the integration…
iPad 2 users report freezing issues with FaceTime
- Some iPad 2 users are seeing their FaceTime app freeze for no apparent reason. There's an Apple Discussions thread about the issue, which has already garnered 25 replies at the time of writing. User CRK The Man started it late…
Rumor: Microsoft working on FaceTime competitor for WP7
- Microsoft is working on a competitor to Apple’s FaceTime mobile video chat feature, according to Neowin. The site claims to have gotten tip from a key Windows Phone 7 employee in an “off comment fashion,” but digging into the mobile…
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