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The owner of WordPress has bought Beeper, the app that flipped the bird to Apple’s iMessage supremacy
WordPress and Tumblr owner Automattic has bought Beeper, the maker of the Beeper Mini app that challenged Apple’s iMessage dominion late last year. Although it ultimately lost that battle, the incident gave the DOJ more ammunition in its antitrust suit against the iPhone maker.
Beeper says it's done playing cat and mouse with Apple over its iMessage for Android app
The battle between Beeper and Apple over iMessage integration looks to be coming to an end. Beeper has issued a fix that it says will be the last one, as it’s done playing ‘cat and mouse’ with Apple.
Beeper Mini’s latest iMessage for Android setup requires a Mac
Beeper Mini has a new “fix” coming for its broken iMessage on Android integration. However, the new method requires Mac access to send (and intermittently resend) “registration data” from an Apple-made desktop or laptop.
US lawmakers call for DOJ probe into Apple's blocking of Beeper's iMessage app
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked the DOJ to investigate whether Apple violated antitrust laws by attempting to block Beeper's iMessage app.
Beeper Mini is back, promising iMessage access on Android if you sign in with an Apple ID
Android users can once again send and receive iMessages to and from Apple devices after a Beeper Mini update.
Apple confirms it has blocked an iMessage exploit
iMessage on Android was a fever dream, and that dream has come to an end, if an Apple announcement today is any indication.
Beeper Mini’s iMessage integration is on the fritz
Beeper Mini, the chat app that reverse-engineered Apple’s iMessage for Android, is having problems. The entire Beeper platform is seemingly broken, leading to the obvious speculation that Apple has stomped the bootleg iMessage workaround.
Wireless Sensor Tags alert you to movement and temperature changes, fit on your keyring
There's plenty of sensor gear around for hobbyists to play with, but not so many polished products for the monitoring-obsessed. Cao Gadgets is attempting to fill that niche with its functionally named Wireless Sensor Tags -- small devices which monitor movement and temperature, notifying you if anything's amiss. A magnetometer registers movement by changes in its orientation, and can inform you of door openings or similar disturbances, while the temperature triggers are based on upper or lower thresholds. The $15 sensors (or $12 if you want three or more) have a battery life that should last several years depending on their setup, but there is one catch -- you also need the Tag Manager hub ($50), which plugs into your router via Ethernet. It keeps in frequent contact with any subordinates in its 200-foot range, and if after several attempts it finds one MIA, a warning can be sent in case any of your home guards have walked or fallen asleep. The tags also have inbuilt beepers which can be pinged to track down any rogue possessions they're partnered with, like your keys. A lot of thought has been put into micromanaging the tags, which are customizable through web-based, Android or iOS apps, and will send out alerts via email, Twitter, or push notifications on slates and phones (text-to-speech is available if you're too lazy to read). If you're into your data, you can also access trigger statistics from the software, complete with graphs. The home monitoring kit is available now, and instead of crashing your browser with too many embeds, we've decided to point you to the source below for the half-dozen demo vids.
