Facebook on Wednesday announced that its mobile app users will now need to install a separate messaging app in order to send and receive chat messages. Previously users could send messages from…
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Twitter incorporates direct messaging in Vine
Vine, Twitter’s video-sharing service, has been blessed with a new direct messaging feature allowing you to send six-second video messages to only whom you choose. Being able to upload a video and…
WhatsApp’s single day high and low: 64bn messages processed followed by service outage
WhatsApp’s service is like a wave cycle with crests equaling claims of 64 billion messages processed in a single day and trough equaling service outage in the same day itself. “new daily…
BlackBerry brings stickers to BBM users
BlackBerry on Tuesday announced a new update to BlackBerry Messenger that allows users to further personalise and enhance their chat experiences making them look more colorful and expressive. The new version of…
Alibaba to infuse $215 million in mobile messaging startup Tango
Alibaba, China’s leading e-commerce giant, on Thursday announced it is investing $215 million in Tango, a Silicon Valley mobile messaging service, claiming it to be the company’s largest investment into a US…
Nokia X preloaded with WeChat in India
Nokia X was recently launched in India and comes preloaded with WhatsApp competitor WeChat messaging app. Nokia X in India will carry all of WeChat’s features including “People Nearby,” “Shake” and “Draft…
WhatsApp voice calling feature spotted in leaked screenshots
WhatsApp has promised voice calling feature through its app sometime in 2014, but new screenshots indicate that folks over at the messaging company have already incorporated the feature and are probably at…
Jan Koum pens strongly-worded post over WhatsApp privacy concerns
Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO, has penned a strongly-worded post over on WhatsApp’s blog to set “the record straight” about data and privacy post Facebook’s acquisition. Koum notes that he and his team…
Facebook Messenger finally lands on Windows Phone 8
Microsoft announced during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 that Facebook Messenger would soon be landing on Windows Phone 8. That indeed happened today and now the messaging app can be downloaded…
BBM for Android, iPhone to display ads soon
Recently released BBM for Android beta is showing signs of BlackBerry’s monetisation plans on the cross-platform messaging service, which includes showing Ads on BBM channels. When BlackBerry released its once exclusive messaging…
BBM update to bring larger file sharing, bigger emoticons
The next BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) update will bring with it support for larger file sharing and bigger emoticons among other things, BlackBerry has announced. Currently the file sharing limit on BBM is…
Tor Instant Messaging Bundle is an anonymous IM tool that hides chat from prying eyes
The Tor Foundation is busy building an instant messaging tool that will allow users to communicate in real time while also keep their chat hidden from prying eyes by using Tor’s anonymity…
Facebook to pull the plug on Messenger for Windows, Firefox on March 3
Facebook is going to the pull the plug on Messenger for Windows and Firefox on March 3 according to message that has popped up on top of the app. “We’re sorry, but…
WeChat announces native Mac client; Windows version may follow soon
WeChat has officially announced a native Mac client for its messaging app. A move seemingly targeted at its biggest competitor in the region LINE, which already has both a Mac and Windows…
Telegram grows huge post Facebook-WhatsApp buyout deal
It seems like Telegram is benefiting from WhatsApp’s buyout as Millions of users have reportedly switched to Telegram after Facebook made its move for the world’s largest messaging app. Telegram revealed that…