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Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg Mark

An American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, US dollar billionaire, a co-founder and co-developer of Facebook social network, philanthropist.

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FACEBOOK MESSENGER. MAGIC USER LOCATION MAP

Facebook Messenger has decided to get rid of its location sharing feature and replace it with an option to share more precise location with one’s friends instead. Thus you will show them where exactly you are right now or where you are going to be. According to Stand Chudnovsky, one of the Messenger top executives,…

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MESSENGER APPS AND APPLE WATCH COMFORTABLY COMBINED

The newly released iOS 8.2 platform has marked a new trend in developing apps that Apple Watch will support. Not only the smart watch shows the time but also receives notifications about incoming SMS, calls, messages in social networks, etc. This is an entirely new stamping ground for IM apps. Nevertheless, not all apps were…

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It’s official! Facebook Messenger is growing into a platform

Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the social networking giant’s annual F8 developer conference in San Francisco, where he confirmed the rumor that we speculated on earlier.   iOS and Android app stores got a new batch of applications made to work exclusively with Facebook Messenger. Currently, there are approximately 40 of them on offer and we’ll make it…

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Do Not Text While Driving

It’s easy to get distracted when driving. However, you can make sure you (the passenger sitting next to you or a bystander) stay safe by not texting when driving. The apps and facts we’re telling about below will help you in that. In the US, 660,000 thousand drivers use their mobile phones while driving, despite…

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Money Transactions via Facebook Messenger. Now It Is Official

One of our previous posts was about a guy who likes to dig into apps for codes using Cycript. Once he came across three code lines suggesting that Facebook was working on implementing P2P payments into Messenger. Before that, yours truly had written a post about “Messengers of the Future”, forecasting this feature to be…

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AN OPEN LETTER TO LIFEHACKER.COM: WHAT DO I DO ABOUT ALL THESE MESSENGERS?

The editorial staff of a popular media outlet Lifehacker has presented an interesting case. They received a letter from a reader, complaining about the countless number of obscure (in his opinion) instant messengers, the most famous ones for him being WhatsApp, Viber, iMessage, Snapchat, Kik, Facebook Messenger. This got the user thinking: why on Earth…

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MESSENGERS OF THE FUTURE

App stores are packed with messengers. Each one captures the audience over a certain territory. Looking ahead it is obvious that future messengers will span across all grounds.   They are a real pain in the rear for mobile operators, who are losing billions due to the reduced number of sent text messages. Considering the…

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SOCIAL NETWORKS VS MESSENGERS

The analytical portal Business Insider, presented some newsworthy information. Over the last three years the growth rate of the four largest social networks has dropped, which is displayed on the chart by the lavender curve. In the meantime, the four major instant messengers, whose growth is displayed by the red curve, are soaring up. Currently,…

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WHAT is A “MESSENGER”?

Let’s jump straight to business without beating around the bush: what is a “messenger”? Look, it’s simple: messengers function as a platform for exchanging instant messages (IM). But we will keep digging deeper if this explanation didn’t make it any easier for you. IMs serve for the exchange of information or media content in real-time…