Posts with tag Yahoo

Tumblr introduces ads for all

Tumblr quietly announced it will start rolling out ads on the platform on Thursday. At the moment, there are no details as to how the program will work. Most likely, this will be a part of the platform’s Creatrs program. Users who will want to make money from their blogs will have to go through…

STAY ANONYMOUS WITH TOR MESSENGER. BETA VERSION UNDERWAY

STAY ANONYMOUS WITH TOR MESSENGER. BETA VERSION UNDERWAY

More than a year ago, Tor Project team began developing Tor Messenger – a messaging app, whose purpose is to make user correspondence completely anonymous. Tor Messenger is based on Mozilla’s Instantbird. Now the team announced the launch of an open beta testing for the app. The team announced it on October 29, 2015. The…

SNAPCHAT CLOSES “SNAPCHAT CHANNEL”

SNAPCHAT CLOSES “SNAPCHAT CHANNEL”

The team of the most costly messaging app of our time, Snapchat, can apparently admit its mistakes. US mass media reports that Evan Spiegel has closed down the Snapchat Channel. The project team of 15 people is dismissed, Marcus Willey, the head of the project is looking for a new job. According to the news…

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Yahoo! Messenger Not Secure & Company Does Not Mind

Yahoo’s trademark laziness and unwillingness to correct its own mistakes, even if they are served on a silver platter, make the app notoriously unique. Security expert, Julian Arens, voiced a story in support of the aforementioned fact. He said that he sent a vulnerability report to the company as early as May 2014. In response,…

Yahoo’s ‘silent’ Livetext messenger available around the world

Yahoo’s ‘silent’ Livetext messenger available around the world

Livetext now for everyone Last month Yahoo began testing its Livetext messenger. It was available for download in the US and in a few smaller countries (like Hong-Kong). Apparently, Yahoo decided one month was enough for testing the app and now any user can download the new, original and controversial app released by the Marissa…

Yahoo Livetext officially out

Yahoo Livetext officially out

Now anyone can get Yahoo Livetext! In a recent article we told you about Yahoo’s plans to replace its messenger with a new app, whose aim is to give users the possibility to communicate with vivid emotions via “muted” videos. A test version of Yahoo Livetext was briefly available exclusively to residents of Hong Kong…

Rumors proved to be true Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Rumors proved to be true: Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Discover switch no joke! Last week we covered Snapchat’s plans to make drastic changes to the lineup represented in the Discover tab. Rumor has it that the company was planning to drop its partnership with Warner Music and sign a deal with Buzzfeed and Vox. None of the mentioned companies have officially commented on the…

YAHOO LIVETEXT – A NEW YAHOO’S MESSAGING APP

YAHOO LIVETEXT – A NEW YAHOO’S MESSAGING APP

New version of the Yahoo Messenger is already in China! Yahoo has announced a new version of its Yahoo Messenger. Now the app is called Yahoo Livetext and it allows users to share ‘silent’ video and text messages. The messenger description says that such a way of communication is the most natural one. Officially, the…

NSA reform

NSA REFORM. ARE MESSENGERS TO BECOME MORE SECURE?

On 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…