22Facebook announced today the latest update to its Messenger featuring free group calls. The feature is rolling out over the next 24 hours both to iOS and Android-operated devices. So if you don’t see it just yet, try downloading the app’s latest update. In order to make a group call, you need to choose the…
20Tencent, the owner of China’s most popular messaging app with approximately 700 mn active monthly users, has launched WeChat Enterprise for businesses. It is a separate app for managing office communications, which is quite convenient as it separates private chats and business communication to avoid distractions. In China the app is called Qiye Weixin and…
18Today, Instagram has started rolling out an updated Explore featuring video channels. To begin with, you will a personalized channel called “Videos You Might Like” with videos from all over the world. Then as you scroll down you come across “Featured channels” featuring videos on specific topics, like “Meet the New Comedy Stars”. Nonetheless, despite…
16Two weeks ago Snapchat released probably its biggest update Chat 2.0 with a slew of new features, such as voice and video messages and a sticker library with 200 stickers. Today, the company introduced yet even cooler feature – 3D stickers that can be attached to an object in a video and move around…
15At its annual F8 Conference in San Francisco, Facebook announced the launch of the Messenger Platform with bots, currently running in beta version and Send / Receive API. “We announced new technology like Messenger bots that use artificial intelligence to make it easier to communicate with businesses. Now you’ll be able to send messages to…
14Facebook Messenger now lets you share Dropbox files directly in-app, without you having to switch to one app, copy the link, see that it works and then paste it into the messenger’s chat. Dropbox is now fully integrated into Messenger on both iOS and Android platforms. Users will be able to send photos, videos and…
08Slack has just made its platform product roadmap available for all. By following the link https://trello.com/b/ZnTQyumQ/slack-platform-roadmap, we can see that the roadmap is divided into near, mid and long-term plans and the ongoing improvements. There are three major platform product themes to highlight: App discovery (to help customers discover the right apps), Interactivity and Developer…
08With Facebook Live now available to all, the company is improving its services further. It has now updated the Search for users to be able to find both streaming and posted videos. The Live videos can also now be found in topics that are Trending on Facebook. You will see the video in the Search…
07The company launched Facebook Live last summer as the popularity of such apps as Periscope was soaring. Since then, Facebook has been slowing rolling it out to the public. Today, Facebook announced a new update for Facebook Live with a slew of new features, including live streaming for groups and events, real-time reactions, invitations to…
06In recent years, people have been actively moving their communication to messaging apps. Therefore it’s been only logical for bots to appear in the apps as a way of letting companies speak with or entertain people. Today, a popular chat app Kik launched a new bot store inviting users and developers to join in this…