Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sticker Pack Available On Apple’s iMessage

Nintendo has released a couple of sticker packs for Apple’s iMessage application over the last few months. The latest one to appear on the store is a pack for the wonderful The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The sticker pack will cost you $1.99 and here’s which stickers it includes:

Is Apple’s iMessage Coming To Android ?

According to MacDailyNews, Apple will announce iMessage for Android during Monday's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote event. Currently, the instant messenger service is only available for iOS and OS X devices. iMessage lets you send texts, documents, photos, videos, contact information, and group messages over Wi-Fi, mobile phone Internet access, or other forms of Internet access to other iOS or OS X. It’s an alternative to standard SMS/MMS messaging. This isn’t impossible as Apple has added person to person Apple Pay payments via Messages and released Apple Music for Android last November. This would be interesting to see. What do you think ?

Department Of Justice Says That iMessage Encryption Will Kill Kids

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a warning to Apple executives as a response to increased privacy protections added to iOS 8. They said children might die because we can’t hack into bad guys’ iMessages. Deputy Attorney General James Cole met with Apple executives last month to discuss privacy issues, but after making the ridiculous claim that the blood of dead children will be on Apple’s hands if it doesn’t give the NSA access to iMessages, the talks have ended in a standoff. The sensationalist claims come just a few weeks after the director of the FBI made similar accusations against Apple in a Washington Post column, saying iOS encryption would lead to deaths. The director’s iOS death factory claims were eventually retracted by the paper, but the government’s venom toward Apple doesn’t appear to be lessening. iMessages are now encrypted in iOS 8 and can’t be accessed without the users’ passcode, even with a court issued warrant. Law enforcement officials are afraid they’ll be unable to catch terrorist and killers without the access. However, Apple executives reportedly told officials they could get the same information elsewhere, like from telecommunications networks, backup computers, or even others phones.

Apple Ordered To Pay $23.6 Million After Using Pager Technology And Not Paying For It

A federal jury has found Apple guilty of infringing on six patents related to outdated pager technology from the 1990s. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ordered Apple to pay a $23.6 million settlement for violating six patents owned by plaintiff Mobile Telecommunications Technologies LLC in the case. Mobile Telecommunications Technologies claimed that several Apple products with wireless messaging were violating the pager technology, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Airport lineup of Wi-Fi products. Apple won a similar case over pager technology, involving a different company, last month in a California court. Apple denied infringing the patents because they did not cover any innovations when they were first issued. Apple lawyer Brian Ferguson reportedly told the jury that MTel was entitled to $1 million at the most. You can read a story about another possible lawsuit Apple could be facing because of  iMessage here.

Apple Could Be Facing A Class Action Lawsuit Due To iMessage

Apple could find itself facing a class action lawsuit over the loss of  text messages due to its iMessage service. California resident Adrienne Moore filed a case against Apple back in May 2014, saying that she missed out on receiving text messages after giving up her iPhone 4 and moving to a Samsung Galaxy S5. Moore’s victory in court means that she now has the ability to pursue a class action lawsuit against Apple. She is also seeking unspecified damages. “I recently switched from an iPhone to Android, and discovered shortly thereafter that my phone number was still associated with iMessage, meaning that any time someone with an iPhone tried texting me, I’d receive nothing, and they’d get a “Delivered” receipt in their Messages app as though everything were working as expected,” she said in her original complaint. Apple recently launched an online tool that lets former iPhone users deregister iMessage which you can read about here.

Apple Releases Tool To Remove Phone Number From iMessage

Apple has released a new web based utility that allows users to deregister their phone number from iMessage. This online tool is meant to address complaints from consumers who had problems receiving SMS messages after switching from an iPhone. Apple reportedly was aware of the problem, which surfaced following the introduction of iMessage in 2011, and was unable to provide a fix. The new web tool allows users to remove their phone number from Apple's iMessage service, allowing them to receive text messages when they switch away from the iOS platform. The tool requires users to enter their existing phone number into the web page, which will send off a text message with a confirmation code. Once the user enters this code into the form, the phone number will be removed from Apple's messaging service. If you want to deregister your phone number from iMessage you can do so here.