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400: ‘Canadian Girlfriend Vibes’, With M.G. Siegler
The Talk Show With John Gruber
The Unforeseen Impact of iMessage and FaceTime
Explore the backstory of iMessage's launch without AT&T's knowledge, the differences in iMessage's adoption in the US and Europe, the text message revenue model, the original vision for FaceTime as an open standard, and the challenges faced by the FaceTime team upon learning its fate during a keynote rehearsal.
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