D.C. Memo: Beeper Takes on Apple at FCC
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Blue Bubble: Apple’s troubles in Washington are spreading to the FCC. Eric Migicovsky, CEO of Beeper – maker of the Beeper Mini app – visited the FCC last week to seek regulations that would effectively end Apple’s discriminatory treatment of certain third-party messaging services – the so-called Blue Bubble vs. Green Bubble debate. Accompanied by Publi…