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Apple iMessage goes down, users complain

Apple's iMessage service suffered a widespread outage yesterday as users reported problems in sending and receiving messages.

By: AGENCIES
Updated on: Sep 18 2012, 15:37 IST

Apple's iMessage service suffered a widespread outage yesterday as users reported problems in sending and receiving messages.

Tech blog 9to5Mac put out a poll asking their followers 'if they are experiencing any iMessage outages and about 70 percent of the followers said they are having some sort of issue.'

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Apple introduced iMessage as part of iOS 5 last October. It is a free and unlimited text messaging service for anyone texting over Wi-Fi using an iOS device or Mac with iMessage.

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Following the outage, Apple users took to Twitter and Internet forums to vent their frustration.

The iMessage problem comes just a few days after Apple's iCloud service went down and millions of users were unable to access e-mail for a couple of days.

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First Published Date: 18 Sep, 15:35 IST