17More Users of Facebook Messenger In June we already published a news post saying that now everyone can sign up to Facebook Messenger without registering a Facebook account, just using their phone number. However, initially this was only available to users from Canada, US, Peru, and Venezuela. This time the Messenger team announced that the update…
17New version of the Russian Telegram app for iOS and Android Russian Telegram messenger app has released new updates for its versions on Android and iOS. Two new features have been added: viewing and listening to media files without leaving the app and a search in chats. SoundCloud, Vimeo, and Youtube are the services whose media…
17Are messengers in danger? Pressure on messaging apps is increasing every day. The fact that users can exchange data in a free and secure way is not okay with large businesses, law enforcement agencies and governments of many countries. Besides, the fact that companies that produce messenger apps manage to make a profit disturbs certain…
16Taiwan’s PСhrome Cloud Message PChrome Online, Taiwan’s largest online retail operator and portal, has presented the eponymous instant messaging app — PСhrome. It is a free application, developed by the team over at PChrome Online, targeting smartphone users. The communication service is based on its very own PСhrome Cloud Message tech that is able to…
16Skype Android update Skype’s recently released Android update is packed with several exciting functions. Despite some ambiguity, they are too big of a deal to be ignored. Firstly, signing back in has finally been made easier. You know how we have to sign in and out of Skype several times a day for various reasons? We’ve…
16The new version of Pushbullet on Android The new version of Pushbullet messenger run on Android devices has introduced a new feature – the ability to synchronize all chat threads between a user’s devices, so he/she now can see the whole correspondence on the app’s version for PC, Web version and on their smartphone/tablet. This…
16Threema released an Android update Threema, the secure Swiss messaging app, has released an update for its Android version. Now the app’s number of functions is much bigger: users can share files of almost any type, provided that they are up to 20 MB in size. The supported file types include animated GIFs, MS Office…
16More functionalities for Yik Yak The anonymous Yik Yak messaging app that allows users to exchange information with those who are not more than 1.5 miles away from them is enlarging the number of its tools. From now on, users can share photos. For the last several months Yik Yak has been testing a photo…
15Slack messaging app tags Until today, a message sent in the Slack messaging app with a tag @everyone created difficulties for the sender and, moreover, disturbed the recipients who were in different time zones or could even be asleep when the message arrived. We have to give it to the Slack developers – they have taken…
15Some Talio functions are integrated into Remity While Facebook is busy transforming its Messenger into an inner-user means for transferring funds, another money transfer app is gaining more and more messaging features. Remitly – a Seattle-based remittance app that lets US residents transfer funds to India or, say, the Philippines – has bought Talio, a messaging…