07Dubsmash – video selfie app Ever since the video communication app Dubsmash first came out in November 2014, it has been breaking records left and right. As of today, the app has seen more than 50 million downloads from the App Store and Google Play. The velfie (video selfie) app has already become popular in more…
06GIF-images in Facebook Messenger dialogues Facebook Messenger is being serious about implementing GIF-images into its dialogues and make them part of the communication policy. Quite recently, the development team introduced a set of third-party apps that allow working with GIFs within the app and this fitted the concept of platform development pretty well. This time the…
06Only about one third of app developers are using in-app messaging in their products. The ratio could soon change – once the remaining two thirds realize that user retention for the first third is 3.5 times higher. This figure contributes 50% to the monthly rate of attracting new customers, which is quite a high one…
06WhatsApp beta-version for Nokia S40 The official WhatsApp website has announced a new 2.12.88 beta-version of the messaging app for Nokia S40. Instead of adding the voice calling feature which has long been expected by everyone, the developers decided to take the path of correcting mistakes. Observers hope that these updates are just a preparation for introducing…
06WeChat in Myanmar WeChat has stepped into the market of a country called Myanmar. This event was celebrated in Yangon and a local hip-hop star Sai Sai took part in it. Poshu Yeung, the Vice-President of international business at Tencent, the company that created WeChat, believes that users in Myanmar have a rising need in efficient…
05Messenger extension The new Messenger feature extension is simple to use but so far it only works for debit cards and in the US only. Facebook has finally expanded the number of its Messenger’s opportunities. Now the app for messaging, sending photo and video content allows you to pay with a bank card online. David Marcus,…
04New Facebook photo service Social Network №1 launched a new functionality that clearly alludes to the fact that Mark Zuckerberg did not forget the piques done to him by Evan Spiegel. Recall that once Mark offered for Snapchat three billion dollars, but Spiegel responded negatively to the proposal. And now new service for processing photos…
03BlackBerry Messenger update The Canadian company BlackBerry, known for its smartphones that are getting less and less popular and known for the fact that its former employees created Kik messenger still hopes to make its own software. Articles appeared the other day saying that BlackBerry has released updates for BlackBerry 10, Android, and iOS. One…
03This week, we wrote that the Pushbullet messenger very seriously updated its functionality and did that for all operating systems and all types of communication devices. According to the project team, as a result, they received a lot of feedback from users. With the approvals, comments, observations and recommendations. Feedback has worked, and developers have been…
03WhatsApp third-party Android “app” ESET, the antivirus software producer, reports that the malicious program launches if you download the “app” from third-party websites. The Trojan virus disguised as WhatsApp was made specifically for the Android OS and “works” perfectly both on smartphones, and tablets. You can definitely catch this TrojanSMS.Agent.ZS virus if you download a WhatsApp-client from an…