The Sunbird app promised to bring iMessage to Android but was discovered to be a security nightmare. The company halted activity for a bit but is now back, rolling out access to its waitlist of ...

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After reintroducing its app in April following a privacy nightmare last year, Sunbird has announced that its iMessage service for Android will be available to more users, but it is coming with a cost.

For years, messaging between iPhone and Android users has felt like playing telephone through a tin can and string — ...