Pavel Jelic In today's IT summary, we will take a look at some very interesting news that will probably surprise many of you. In the very first piece of news, we'll take a look at the absolutely groundbreaking news - the iMessage service, which is only available for Apple devices, is now also available on Android and Windows. In the next piece of news, we'll take a closer look at Google, which still hasn't updated its apps in the App Store for several weeks. In the latest news, we will then take a look together at who won the very first Mac Pro (2019) - you will be surprised. Let's get straight to the point.
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Vratislav Holub iMessage is coming to Android and Windows. But there is a catch
If you're an Apple device user, you probably use iMessage. This service is available directly within the native Messages app and can be used by anyone who owns at least one Apple device. Using iMessage, you can then send messages completely free of charge to all users who also own at least one Apple device. Since iMessage is a purely Apple service, it can be assumed that it is not available on Android or Windows. However, that's kind of a thing of the past now, as an app called Beeper has appeared that allows iMessage to run on both of the aforementioned unsupported systems. Of course, there is a small catch.
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The Beeper application is currently in the development phase and belongs to the communication applications. But this is not just any chat application - specifically, it combines 15 different communicators into one. This means that if you use several different chat applications, all you need to do is install Beeper to keep them all with you. Specifically, Beeper offers support for WhatsApp, SMS, Signal, Telegram, Slack, Twitter, Skype, Hangouts, Discord, Instagram, Messenger and, last but not least, iMessage. However, it is necessary to know that iMessage does not work completely independently within Beeper. In order to be able to communicate via iMessage on Android or Windows, it is necessary that you have a Mac nearby with a special bridge installed that transmits messages.
If Mac users don't have one, there will be a solution in this case as well. Beeper will directly sell iPhones with an installed jailbreak, which will enable bridging of iMessage to Android and Windows. Beeper will cost $10 per month and will be available for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. For now, Beeper is only available to selected users - you can try your luck and request early access. The developers of this application have no choice but to hope that Apple does not remove this "detour" in some way.
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Benjamin Levicek Google still hasn't updated its apps
With a recent update, Apple has introduced a brand new feature within the App Store. Every application must now display in its profile what data and services it has access to. This allows users to better decide whether they want to download the app at all. It's no secret that, for example, Facebook or Google collects an inordinate amount of data about their users. Of course, Facebook filled in the necessary fields after the update and received a fair amount of criticism from users. But as far as applications from Google are concerned, there is nothing to criticize here for the time being. The latter has not updated most of its applications since December 7, for a simple reason - so that it does not have to display information about data collection in the App Store for the time being. The developer adds this information during subsequent updates. So Google is most likely somehow trying to disguise massive data collection.
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Only Google Translate, Google Authenticator, Motion Stills, Google Play Movies, and Google Classroom are among the apps that have been updated. No other applications, such as Google Maps, Waze, YouTube, Google Drive, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Calendar and many others, have been updated since the mentioned date. On January 5, Google said it would update all of its apps within two weeks at most. However, if you look in the App Store now, you will find that the update still hasn't really happened. Google has not commented on the situation in any way at this time and it is difficult to determine when we will see updates. It's kind of clear that something must come soon - users are losing patience as well as trust. In my opinion, it would be better if Google were honest anyway. For a while, any new information about data collection would be dealt with, but then everything would go quiet again, just like in the case of Facebook.
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The first Mac Pro (2019) was given to Donald Trump
In 2019, Donald Trump, then President of the United States of America, visited an Apple factory in Texas where Mac Pros are manufactured. Here he met the managing director, Tim Cook, who showed him around the factory. However, today we received very interesting news - the very first Mac Pro (2019) that was produced was given by Tim Cook to Donald Trump. This information comes directly from the final report on Donald Trump's finances and donations.
