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If you ever used an iPhone with your phone number and then ported your number to another brand of device, you may know about a flaw with iMessage that prevents you from getting some of your texts. The problem is that with the iPhone, iMessage texts are sent through Apple servers and if you are no longer using an iPhone, the messages go undelivered.

Apple has acknowledged that the issue exists and says that it is working on a fix. In fact, Apple already made some changes on its side that may alleviate the issue. Apple says if you are still having issues getting texts; contact support for more help.

Apple told Re/code, “We recently fixed a server-side iMessage bug which was causing an issue for some users, and we have an additional bug fix in a future software update.”

[via TheAge]

Nike has fired the majority of the team responsible for its FuelBand fitness tracker according to a report from CNET today, which also claims that the company is jettisoning wearable hardware for good. An anonymous source says that roughly 55 employees were let go from Nike’s Digital Sport hardware team, which covers industrial design and engineering for wearables.

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Pathé News was perhaps the most well-regarded news agency of the 1900s—and now, its entire 85,000-video newsreel archive is available to watch for free on YouTube.

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Sony is yet again taking the time to brag about how many PS4 game consoles it has sold. In early March, Sony announced that it had sold 6 million PS4 consoles. Now only about a month and a half later, Sony has racked up another million units sold.

Sony announced that as of April 6, the PS4 had hit 7 million units sold. That number is for cumulative sales around the entire world. Sony says that sales of software for the console also remain strong. So far, there have been 20.5 million games sold globally for the console.

That game sales number counts games bought in retail locations around the world and digital downloads from the PlayStation store through April 13. Sony also says that there have been 135 million shares via the Share button on the controller. There have also been over 4.9 million game play data broadcasts.

Microsoft has yet to counter with their numbers for the Xbox One.

Founded in 2007, ComiXology has become a large part of the geek lifestyle and a major player in the comic book world. If you are a comic fans, it is part of your weekly reading. Now ComiXology is being acquired by Amazon.

The news has been largely positively received by users of the app. Amazon should certainly help this platform grow. Not everyone is happy though. Some people don’t like Amazon’s policies. However, those people need to take a deep breath. It just went down, so lets wait and see what happens.

Press release:

ComiXology’s mission is to spread the love of comics and graphic novels in all forms,” said David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of comiXology. “There is no better home for comiXology than Amazon to see this vision through. Working together, we look to accelerate a new age for comic books and graphic novels.”

“Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing reading in a digital world,” said David Naggar, Amazon Vice President, Content Acquisition and Independent Publishing. “We’ve long admired the passion comiXology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels. We look forward to investing in the business, growing the team, and together, bringing comics and graphic novels to even more readers.

Will this be a new age for digital comics? We sure hope so.

[via Gizmodo]