10Russian Telegram’s blog has been updated with some new statistics. The messaging app’s constant improvements and updates are finally paying off. The screenshots below show the number of daily sent messages in June 2014 and February 2015. [widgetkit id=”6″ widget=”switcher” nav=”thumbnails” position=”bottom” alignment=”center” link=0 social_buttons=0] In less than one year, the number of messages sent via…
10Wickr is one of those “extremely protected” IM apps, in which, as it is with Snapchat, users exchange self-destructing messages. The developers claim that the degree of encryption is of the level that the military supposedly use. They also claim that the correspondence is impossible to hack and even to declassify. *Alas, they have not…
10Jan Koum’s and Durov brothers’ messaging apps are in special kind of relations. We have written about Pavel’s predictions and his scalding tweets, and that Koum accused Pavel of being able only to steal technologies but failing to create any of his own. Simultaneously with their intense arguments, Russian Telegram made a clever use of setbacks…
06The popular Japanese messaging app is confirming its reputation of “more than just a messaging app”. Along with the version 5.00, LINE becomes more of a social network than an IM service. Now you can publish any post on your timeline and let it be visible to everyone. What’s more, just like in Facebook or…
05According to the IM’s blog, “This update reflects Russian Telegram’s essence”. On 25 February, the Durov brothers’ brainchild got updated. The update introduced Passcodes and Photo Editor. Read all about it under the cut. Passcode Now you can set a password to Russian Telegram on iOS and Android devices. This can be done in the settings menu: [widgetkit…
05Students from Manchester were selected to be test subjects for the new messaging app Reach. However, it all started off with Cambridge graduate Jessica Bohm and Daniel Setton teaming up to develop the application for anonymous affinity group communication. The Israeli-found startup has managed to attracted around $150 thousand of investments for the development of…
05The calling feature that WhatsApp promised to introduce in the first quarter of 2015 has finally arrived. The giant has finally shown signs of life. After all, despite the archaic messaging app’s vast audience, being behind everyone in the world tech-wise isn’t the most pleasing spot to occupy. This is exactly why WhatsApp released its…
03One year ago Apple made a promise to diversify the emoji collections on their devices.Well, they kept their promise in the new beta versions of OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3. Now, as you are choosing an emoji to send, you can select the pictogram’s skin tone: Moreover, new flags have been added, but they…
02Disa – one for all, all for one. There is certain logic in the emergence of messaging apps like Disa. However, multi-protocol IMs can hardly surprise anyone – we all remember the similar Miranda app. For the purposes of my job, my phone is full of messaging apps. Each of them contains my friend…
02LINE – for Buddies and Family, LINE@ – for Business LINE corporation, famous due to the chat app of the same name (it is more correct to call it a platform, though), has entered the business solution market and released a new product – the LINE@ messaging app. According to the LINE rep, the company…