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Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU
(www.theverge.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
To be fair I'm not really in tune with the general public either, but every time I've had to link up with someone, whether old friends, classmates or co-workers they've always gone for WhatsApp immediately. I think iMessage is very popular, too, but I've never heard people mention it by name. Probably because it's just the default iPhone-only SMS replacement.