posted on 15 May 2014, 05:38 18 1. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2315; Member since: 18 Apr 2011) iControl!!! posted on 15 May 2014, 06:32 4 13. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012) Apple: iRefuse!!! posted on 15 May 2014, 09:05 2 49. buccob (Posts: 2841; Member since: 19 Jun 2012) Something similar happened in my country back in the Blackberry Era... with the BBM.... posted on 15 May 2014, 06:39 1 16. emvxl (Posts: 82; Member since: 29 Sep 2009) iFeature. posted on 15 May 2014, 08:08 5 34. gustavoace (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Nov 2012) iDon'tCare posted on 15 May 2014, 06:42 5 17. DEATHSTROKE9 (Posts: 399; Member since: 09 Nov 2013) Buying an apple device is tantamount to entering a black hole. posted on 15 May 2014, 07:13 6 19. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2315; Member since: 18 Apr 2011) Wallet goes in a black hole $$ -0 posted on 15 May 2014, 10:46 4 57. buccob (Posts: 2841; Member since: 19 Jun 2012) I … [Read more...] about Comments for : Apple’s iMessage is now “a black hole for text messages” sent to non-iOS devices
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New tool from Apple stops the iMessage black hole from gobbling up text messages
You might recall the plight of those who switched platforms from iOS to Android, or Windows Phone, or BlackBerry. Those who kept the same phone number would end up still connected to iMessage, which meant that texts never made it to the new platform. Instead, they would go to iMessage from where they could not be received by the message's recipient. Apple has now developed a tool that will end this nagging problem.The tool offered by Apple allows the telephone number to be disconnected from iMessage, which means that texts will no longer be sent to a platform that the missive's target no longer can access. The process is simple. Go to the special Apple website, type in your phone number, and you will receive a confirmation code via SMS. Submit the code to Apple and your number will no longer be connected to iMessage.If switching platforms from iOS resulted in missing text messages, you need to head over to the sourcelink so that Apple can fix the problem. Otherwise, the black hole of … [Read more...] about New tool from Apple stops the iMessage black hole from gobbling up text messages
Apple’s iMessage “Black Hole” subject of class action suit
Just the other day, we told you about a fix that Apple was offering to those who were losing their text messages in the iMessage "Black Hole". Those who left iOS for another platform, and took their phone number to the new handset, were unable to have text messages forwarded to their new device. Instead, these missives would head to iMessage as though the recipient had never left iOS. But without an active iPhone, the texts would sit in iMessage, unable to be retrieved by the person that they were addressed to.Even though Apple now has a solution for this problem, it is too late for some people. One woman in California, Adrienne Moore, lost countless messages in the iMessage "Black Hole," and a judge says that she can proceed with a class action suit against Apple. Moore claims in her suit that Apple failed to forward messages sent to iMessage, as a way to keep people from leaving iOS. That theory was given some merit by the presiding judge. Speaking of the judge, want to take a guess … [Read more...] about Apple’s iMessage “Black Hole” subject of class action suit
Comments for : Apple’s iMessage “Black Hole” subject of class action suit
posted on 11 Nov 2014, 19:21 4 1. darkkjedii (Posts: 27076; Member since: 05 Feb 2011) Bad Apple! She coulda just signed out of iMessage though, that usually works. Bad Apple though! posted on 11 Nov 2014, 19:25 16 2. Alan01 (Posts: 472; Member since: 21 Mar 2012) Actually, signing out of iMessage did absolutely nothing to prevent the "Black Hole" from holding on to texts without forwarding them. Did you really think that such an easy answer would have worked in this situation? posted on 11 Nov 2014, 19:56 10 7. Awalker (Posts: 1823; Member since: 15 Aug 2013) I've seen some message boards where people said they signed out of iMessage and still couldn't get their messages or they don't have an iPhone anymore to sign out of it. 11. Arte.8800 (banned) (Posts: 48; Member since: 10 Nov 2014) Lmao... 48. Ducfranz (Posts: 11; Member since: 18 Sep 2014) I work in a call center for Verizon. I remember back when the Galaxy s5 released customers left iphones for … [Read more...] about Comments for : Apple’s iMessage “Black Hole” subject of class action suit
Space Photos of the Week: Home Is Where the Supermassive Black Hole Is
Here we see a supermassive black hole “burping” material out into space. Yes, that is the technical turn NASA is using. Black holes are usually dormant until an object gets close. In this case, a galaxy got a bit too cozy with a supermassive black hole named J1354. As the black hole devours its galactic meal, it “burps” out, or ejects, strings of stars and gas. When comets fly in from the depths of outer space, they swing around the sun and begin their journey back out again. But as this happens, their icy bodies and tails begin to melt, slowing them down. Now, astronomers have captured the fastest comet slow down yet. Comet 41p slowed more than 10 times its speed in just 60 days, a first in the comet records. You might need sunglasses to look at this picture. Stars, stars everywhere! This twinkling photo is looking towards the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Older red dwarf stars light up this image in glowing crimsons and pinks while the younger, more … [Read more...] about Space Photos of the Week: Home Is Where the Supermassive Black Hole Is