Tag: messaging

Facebook Messenger Will Now Give Context to That Random Person Messaging You
Facebook has long allowed people to message you even if you're not friends with them. Oftentimes, those messages wind up in that "Other" inbox inside Messenger. You don't know what...
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Secret Shuts Down: App Doesn’t Represent Original Vision, Says CEO
Anonymous messaging app Secret is shutting down. In a post on Medium, CEO David Byttow said it was the "hardest d...
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WhatsApp’s Free Voice Calling Hits iOS
A couple months after WhatsApp debuted its free voice calling feature on Android, the app is finally l...
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Twitter Brings Back ‘Anyone Can DM Me’ Feature
Twitter just announced the launch of a new feature that lets users accept direct messages from anyone, even if they're not following the sender. Historically, two users have had to...
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WhatsApp on Pace to Hit 1 Billion Users by Year’s End
If WhatsApp keeps up its recent pace of user growth, the messaging app will have a billion monthly active users by the end of 2015. CEO Jan Koum recently announced the app has c...
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Snapchat Wants You to Keep Your Clothes On
Snapchat has grown far beyond its initial designation as "that sexting app with the disappearing messages", and the app is being used for things far beyond your basic boob shot and...
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Pandora Is Now Letting Artists Message You
Everyone's getting in on the messaging craze, even Pandora internet radio. Have you ever wanted Lenny Kravitz to send you a message, just before you listen to one of his songs,...
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You Can Now Share Tweets via Direct Message
As we told you it would last week, Twitter has now rolled out a feature that let...
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The Messaging Apps You Use the Most Are Woefully Insecure
It's likely that every single day, you use a messaging app to communicate with friends and family. It's also likely that the messaging app you're using is unequipped to protect you...
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Yahoo Is Reportedly Investing in Snapchat and Its Sky-High Valuation
Yahoo is one of the backers that's ready to throw out a funding round that values Snapchat at $10 billion, according to reports. The...
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Twitter’s Apparently Thinking About Group Chat
Does Twitter need a group chat feature? Would you use it? According to the company's CFO, group chat is one of the functions high up on their future innovation list. Speaking a...
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Microsoft the Latest to Try Its Own Snapchat
Snapchat is so hot right now. The kids these days, well, they're pretty obsess...
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Pinterest Gets More Social With Messaging Feature
Pinterest announced the addition of a new messaging feature, which allows users to reply to someone when they shoot them a pin. You can reply back with text or with another pin....
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Instagram’s Bolt App Launches – But Not in the US
Despite the protests of an app with the same name, Instagram has officially...
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