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Tinder strikes back. The return of Sean Rad

Tinder strikes back. The return of Sean Rad

  Tinder changes CEO Not long ago we wrote an article where it said that Tinder was going to make an offer to Forbes, whose target audience consists of people from the magazine’s famous ’30 Under 30’ list. One of the company’s founders, who today is in the position of President, was included in that…

Telegram needs security update

Telegram needs security update

Is Telegram secure or not? Russian Telegram is positioning itself as the most secure messaging app. All chat history is stored in the cloud, and secret chat’s encryption is upgrading constantly, giving users a possibility for private communication. But the British online publisher NEUROGADGET recently have put a doubt in Russian Telegram’s impeccable reputation. Telegram’s…

Kik introduces Jam music community

Kik introduces Jam music community

Is Jam so far only for a limited audience? The management team of Canadian Kik messenger are launching a pilot version of Jam, a chat-based music community, created around the world’s best music bands and performers. First, it will be open only for a few hundred thousand users to help the developers test the newly…

Sleight of hand transform ChatGrape into a Windows Desktop app

Sleight of hand: transform ChatGrape into a Windows Desktop app

ChatGrape developers claim that they’ve recently been receiving more and more requests from user asking to turn ChatGrape into an application for Windows Desktop. The company decided to respond to the feedback and came up with not one, but two solutions. ChatGrape icon on the Windows task bar If you can’t help but like the…

“Anti messaging app” Spotted raises $14.5 M

“Anti messaging app” Spotted raises $14.5 M

Investors like Spotted Spotted, a German project launched in 2013, has received another tranche of investments. Now it will be rolling out to Japan, Korea, US and North Africa. Of course, it will also continue to conquer Europe. The latest data says that the messaging company has managed to raise $14.5 M. Spotted is a…

Wire group calls – now in HD and virtual stereo

Wire group calls – now in HD and virtual stereo

Wire group call innovation Recently Wire’s development team boasted an innovation to the group call set of functions. Now users have end-to-end encrypted phone calls that sound just great – with virtual stereo. From now on, when users pop in their headphones they will hear each other as if they are sitting next to one…

WeChat hits 600 M monthly active users

WeChat hits 600 M monthly active users

WeChat keeps actively growing The other day, Tencent published a report demonstrating a new record of its popular messaging app WeChat: the number of monthly active users (MAUs) of the “all-in-one” chat app has reached 600 M. The current figure exceeds the previous value for Q1 2015 by 9.3%.  Let us recall that, according to…

WeChat offers way to make money

WeChat offers way to make money

  Internet stars get paid for using WeChat? In one of its articles, Xinkuaibao Daily told its readers about a new way to make a living, invented by the venturous Chinese. Now, every public account owner with more than five thousand WeChat followers can earn $158 (1,000 Chinese yuan) in the worst case scenario. The…

Microsoft rolls out Skype for Business previews for mobile devices

Microsoft rolls out Skype for Business previews for mobile devices

Skype for Business previews for Android and iOS announced! It’s no secret that Microsoft has been working for a long time to find a solution to replace their homegrown corporate messaging app MS Lync with Skype for Business. Today, the company announced a preview of its new application for iOS and Android mobile platforms. To…

Bumble messaging app presents ViBee

Bumble messaging app presents ViBee

ViBee feature: a continuation of Bumble’s development Nine months ago, the world saw a new application — Bumble. It is unlike other apps in that it focuses on women to initiate a dialog with members of the opposite sex. In early July, the number of initiated conversations reached a million, and, just a month later,…