Facebook has updated its standalone Messenger chat app to add support for video calling feature. The new video calling feature will let Facebook users have face-to-face conversations with their friends and relatives…
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WhatsApp rolls out voice calling feature to BlackBerry 10 users
WhatsApp has officially rolled out voice calling feature to all BlackBerry 10 users. The feature has already been released for Google Android and Apple iOS users. WhatsApp is also reportedly working on…
Facebook testing WhatsApp integration with its Android app: Report
After almost one year of acquiring wildly popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook has reportedly begun testing WhatsApp integration into its ‘Facebook for Android’ app. According to a report on the Geek…
Snapchat publishes first-ever transparency report
Instant messaging service Snapchat has published its first-ever transparency report on government request for user data. Snapchat’s data request report covers a four-month period starting November 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015…
Skype for Android gets chat bubbles, emojis and more
Microsoft has announced updates for its video-calling app Skype for both Android and iOS as well as for its Skype Qik video app. As part of the update, the Android Skype 5.3…
WhatsApp voice calling feature to land on iOS soon
WhatsApp voice calling feature will land on iOS devices in a couple of weeks’ time. The news was confirmed by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton at the 2015 Facebook F8 developers’ conference in…
‘BlackBerry Protected’ rolls out for Android and iOS
BlackBerry has rolled out its enterprise-grade BBM Protect for Android and iOS devices. The BBM Protected is a high-security messaging app that allows users to chat without worrying of any potential hacking…
Facebook likely to update Messenger with support for third-party apps
Recent reports suggest Facebook will soon update its Messenger to add support for third-party apps in a bid to compete with the successful messaging apps like WeChat and Line. According to a…
Facebook now lets users send and receive money through its Messenger App
Facebook on Tuesday announced it has updated its Messenger app with a new feature which will let users send and receive money through the app itself. The new payments feature will allow…
BBM for Android hits 100 million download milestone
BlackBerry has announced its mobile messaging application BBM for Android has hit the 100 million download milestone. Announced in late October 2013, BBM for Android has 3.7 million reviews on the Play…
Wickr’s new feature hides private pictures with adorable cat images
Secure messaging service Wickr has rolled out a new tool that allows private images to appear as cat pictures to those Facebook friends whom the user has unselected to share the picture…
WhatsApp finally lands on Desktop
WhatsApp has finally rolled out a web client version of its popular mobile messaging application for desktop users. “Our web client is simply an extension of your phone: the web browser mirrors…
Facebook begins testing voice transcription feature for Messenger app
Facebook has begun testing a new feature that will let users read transcriptions of the voice messages sent via Facebook Messenger. The new voice-to-text feature will transcribe the content of a sound…
WhatsApp hits 700 million monthly active users mark
Messaging apps have become mainstream with shot messaging service or SMS for short taking the back seat and one of the front runners in the instant messaging industry is WhatsApp with a…
Google updates Hangouts for iOS with one-tap location sharing and more
Google has updated iOS version of its instant messaging app Hangouts to a slew of new features including intelligent, one-tap location sharing and more. The most notable is the one-tap location sharing…