Microsoft on Friday started rolling out a beta version of Skype for Web that will let people use the video and voice calling service across major web browsers on Windows and Mac…
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Facebook Messenger App crosses 500 million monthly user milestone
Facebook on Monday revealed its standalone Messenger mobile app has crossed 500 million monthly user milestone. Initially the messenger service was introduced as a chat feature on the social networking website but…
WhatsApp playing catch up; adds read notification in latest update
WhatsApp has rolled out an update for its messaging app that now notifies you when a message has been read through a two blue tick marks next to the sent message. Earlier…
WhatsApp voice calling feature delayed till Q1 2015
WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum has revealed during Re/Code’s Code/Mobile conference that the messaging app’s voice calling service has been delayed and it will be launched in Q1 2015. Koum said that WhatsApp…
BlackBerry adds timer, retract messages feature to BBM
BlackBerry’s revamped instant messaging service BBM will see addition of new ‘ultra-private’ features to its list. Currently in beta for users on Android and BlackBerry 10, the new update will debut ephemeral…
Ads will start appearing on Snapchat this weekend
Reports of Snapchat opting to add advertisements to its platform is soon heading to reality as the popular instant messaging app on Friday announced it will begin offering advertisements to its users…
Snapchat not to be blamed for ‘the Snappening’ event: Snapsaved
More than 100,000 Snapchat photos and videos were leaked online on 4chan forum last week after a third-party Snapchat client was hit by a major privacy breach. On Sunday around 13 gigabytes…
Snapchat to welcome ads ‘soon’, says Evan Spiegel
Popular instant messaging app Snapchat will no longer be an ad-free platform as advertisements are soon heading to the app. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel announced Wednesday at the Vanity Fair New Establishment…
Google prepping new mobile messaging app to take on WhatsApp, report claims
A new report suggests Google is all set to take on popular messaging apps WhatsApp, WeChat, Line and Hike with its own mobile chat app. According to the Economic Times report published…
Telegram under 150Gbps DDoS attack
Cross platform messaging app Telegram has been a target of massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks for two days in a row over the weekend with the largest in tune of…
WhatsApp for iPhone updated; gets slow-motion video sharing, photo captions, more
The messaging app has been updated just in time for the big iPhone 6 reveal
Microsoft’s answer to Snapchat: ‘WindUp’
Microsoft Research has just released a new messaging app dubbed WindUp on the Windows Phone Store and from the looks of it, it looks quite similar to Snapchat. WindUp lets users share…
Google acquires mobile messaging startup ‘Emu’
Financial details of the deal have not yet been disclosed.
Brits to send 300 billion instant messages this year
Brits’ love for instant messaging services will result in double the number of messages sent this year as compared to last year, a new research study claims. According to a study by…
Pinterest’s direct messaging feature is for those who want more “than just a quick hello”
Instant messaging market is flooded with apps, but this one promises to be tad different