When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

The Messages app becomes more playful -- and more practical if you're out of range -- in the latest iOS update. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of ...

In the days leading up to Apple's 2024 WWDC, virtually everything the company plans to reveal has started to leak online. Just yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Siri is getting an AI overhaul in iOS ...

You can set a message to appear onscreen when people log into your Mac. Here's how to set it up, as well as how to remove it. The screen you see when you power on a ...

A message in a bottle is headed to Jupiter's moon Europa later this year, and anyone can add their name to it. The message contains a poem written by US Poet Laureate Ada Limon titled, "In Praise of ...

Apple plans to add a new text effects feature to the Messages app on iOS 18, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While it is already possible to send iMessages with bubble effects ...

A concurrent program is one that can execute multiple tasks simultaneously. Concurrency improves a program’s throughput, execution speed, and responsiveness. On a single processor system, concurrent ...

Update 09/13: Added a statement from a WhatsApp spokesperson about privacy concerns. WhatsApp is developing a new feature for iOS users that will help those who don’t like listening to long audio ...