06It took messaging app WhatsApp around 18 months to complete its end-to-end encryption project. Encryption was first introduced in the app in 2014 for Android operating devices. However, it did not cover all messages back then. Now, the company has fully completed introduction of end-to-end encryption for all operating systems and platforms. “From now on…
04Over the past few years, we have seen the business messaging app Slack grow at the fastest pace possible. Last year only, it has registered more than triple growth. As of April 1, the number of its daily active users reached 2.7 mn. And it doesn’t seem to have any plans to stop. In its…
04WhatsApp interface was updated a year ago. However, the app’s built-in camera remained the same, looking like something from the past. Finally, the company has given it a much-needed makeover. The new camera interface now goes much better with the overall app’s design. The awkward blue shutter button has been replaced with a neat white…
01At its annual Build Conference in San Francisco Microsoft announced that the company is planning to bring bots to ‘conversational platforms’. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke at the conference with a presentation of how the technologies will work. The Cortana and Skype demonstration showed how Cortana, Microsoft’s own digital personal assistant, can help you get…
31A year ago the biggest social network Facebook launched Messenger for Business with the goal of bringing in commerce to the messaging apps. Over this period many businesses have had the opportunity to chat with customers through integrating into the messaging service, including retailers, hotels, Uber, etc. As its latest development, Facebook struck a deal…
31A popular messaging app Snapchat has unveiled its biggest update Chat 2.0 with a massive number of new features. Basically everything has been upgraded in the app. “When we first launched Chat, our goal was to emulate the best parts of face-to-face conversation. Chat 1.0 was all about the joys of being here — when…
30WhatsApp’s latest update is all about helping people express themselves better. The app now allows users to add text formatting to your messages, which includes bold, italics and strikethrough. The new update is bringing WhatApp even closer to a full word processing app, similar to Microsoft Office. Users won’t find a special button to click…
29Some months ago, Tumblr removed the feature of reply to posts on users’ blogs from the app. Instead, the service introduced a new Instant Messaging feature – you could communicate directly with each other, but could no longer respond to posts publicly. Naturally, that novelty left many users upset, while the blogging service promised to…
29In an attempt to lure big advertisers Snapchat has revealed how much time its users spend on the app on average. Snapchat is known for its snaps and videos that are automatically deleted after a few seconds. Yet, the company reported that on average its users spend 25-30 minutes on the app every day, which,…
14The employees of Google have announced a new feature for Russian-language users of Android devices. Previously, users could send a text message using the voice dictation in Google mobile app on Android by saying now popular catch phrase “Ok Google!” Now, the app enabled voice dictation in Russian for the top messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Hangouts, Viber and Telegram….