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« on: December 10, 2017, 04:05:20 pm »

Could Apple take iMessage to iCloud... and Android?

Why does Apple keep iMessage locked to a single platform in a cross-platform messaging world?

I wrote the editorial below almost four years ago, shortly after Facebook bought WhatsApp for close to 20 billion dollars and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) finally went cross-platform when there was nobody left to care. Juxtaposed against the value of the one and the tragedy of the other, many questioned Apple's decision to keep iMessage locked on Apple devices.

Last year, just before WWDC 2016, rumors of iMessage for Android picked up again. Apple launching Beats for Android probably gave a lot of people a lot of ideas about what other apps the company could take cross-platforms.

Now, Apple explores, mocks up, and even prototypes anything and everything any of us could think of, as long as it makes enough sense. You don't get to a "thousand nos for every yes" without trying a thousand and one ideas. So, if Apple hadn't knocked around the idea of iMessage for Android, there'd be cause to wor...

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