06Just recently, in March this year, the Kik messenger introduced an option of instant video exchange. This was a great gift to the users. The new function allows recording 15-second videos and sending them to their chat recipients right away. Even though these videos are much shorter than the ones you can send via special…
05On Tuesday evening, the US President signed the USA FREEDOM Act. This new legal act is supposed to change the National Security Agency data surveillance programs on phone tapping and collecting data about the users of telephone providers in the US. What has it got to do with messaging apps? Everything, in fact. We have…
05Have you ever had to have a long correspondence in a messaging app in order just to answer some simple and unimportant question? Most probably, this is the problem everyone faces from time to time. However, a new app for iPhone and Apple Watch called Re:quest is here to easily solve this problem. Re:quest eliminates…
05Users can finally rest at ease since they no longer need to hold their finger on the screen to view messages, says Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. It’s annoying to hold your finger there – Spiegel reported, commenting on the complexity of viewing long videos on Snapchat. And, since the app desktop programming interface is already up…
04It has been a very short while since the Facebook team produced a beta version of the Messenger to be tested by BlackBerry users. And now, almost a few weeks after, the app has been released in the BlackBerry World. The app’s version available in the BlackBerry World is quite different from the one that…
04The popular, especially in China, messaging app WeChat has updated to version 6.2 the other day. The update includes quite a lot of rather significant improvements and entertaining functions. The app update also came out for iOS. The most notable features from this update are the introduction of instant translations in Moments, simplified chat log…
04Viber messaging app has come out with a new updated version for Android smartphones. Developers claim that the app includes ‘cool new features that enhance overall user experience’. This smug marketing move is actually concealing: Group icons. From now on, you can personalize each group chat by setting an image as the group icon. Improved…
03Ever since Wire messaging app first came out its most popular functions were the exchange of YouTube videos and SoundCloud tracks. In order to please supporters, Wire’s management agreed to work with Spotify – one of the world’s leading music services. Links to Spotify songs can be send directly in chats. You can listen to…
03Dave Morin, the creator of the social app called Path, announced about selling his brainchild to the Korean Daum Kakao Messenger. Path Inc. CEO does not disclose the details of the deal, however, now a temporary team is being made up that will ensure all the assets are transferred to the new owner. Not a…
02Shift Messenger, a Y Combiner alum, aimed to establish connection between colleagues, working on different shifts, announced closing Round A with $1.5 million in funding from a group of seven investors. The round was led by Verison One Ventures, accompanied by Golden Venture Partners, Venrock, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Kapor Capital, NewGen Venture Partners, and Commerce…