Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater director who occasionally makes short films. Patrick has an eye for photography and a passion for everything ...

Beeper Mini reverse engineered iMessage to send blue texts like an iPhone, but Apple blocked it, citing security and privacy concerns. Photo: Beeper Mini Security and privacy concerns caused Apple to ...

Beeper Mini users reported problems sending and receiving blue bubbles on Friday. Maybe it wasn’t so hard for Apple to block the app after all. Beeper Mini users reported problems sending and ...

Beeper Mini and Beeper Cloud were again down, and users could not receive iMessage texts. Beeper says Apple is deliberately blocking iMessage texts from being delivered to its users. However, the ...

Beeper Mini is working again, but you’ll need to be okay with sending blue bubbles from your Apple ID email address. How long until Apple shuts down this workaround? Beeper Mini is working again, but ...

In the past week, I have sent an iMessage to one friend from a command-line Python app and to another from a Pixel 3 Android phone. Sending an iMessage without an Apple device isn't entirely new, but ...