July 23, 2018
Comments Off on LinkedIn Updates Messaging Experience With Easier Attachment Support, Mentions, and Stretchable Compose Box
HIGHLIGHTS LinkedIn has upgraded its messaging experience There is an option stretch the compose box LinkedIn for iOS has brought translations to posts in the newsfeed Messaging on LinkedIn has been upgraded with a bunch of new features to deliver an enhanced conversational experience. To give more space to compose a longer message, LinkedIn has now started offering the ability to stretch ... Read More »
August 14, 2017
Comments Off on Sarahah App: What Is It, and Why Is Everyone Talking About This Anonymous Messaging App?
HIGHLIGHTS Sarahah is an anonymous messaging app You can send messages even without logging in There are concerns of cyberbullying in this anonymous setting The Sarahah app has taken hold in the social media sphere over the past week, joining trends such as Prisma app that rose quickly in public consciousness. Whether it will remain a hit or fade away in a ... Read More »
December 3, 2016
Comments Off on ISIS Tells Supporters to Quit Messaging Apps for Fear of US Bombs
ISIS has told its members to stop using internet-based communication apps like WhatsApp and Telegram on smartphones, suspecting they are being used by the US-led coalition to track and kill its commanders. Until recently, the hardline group used such apps to chat with members and supporters outside its main areas of control in Syria, Iraq and Libya – including, say ... Read More »
August 11, 2016
Comments Off on Hackers Accessed Telegram Messaging Accounts in Iran: Researchers
Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users, the largest known breach of the encrypted communications system, cyber researchers told Reuters. The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people ... Read More »
July 29, 2016
Comments Off on Google Hangouts for Android Finally Gets Video Messaging
HIGHLIGHTS An update was released for iOS alongside Android users can now send 1-minute-long video messages Users can now kick other users out of group conversations Both Android and iOS platforms are receiving the Hangouts v11.0 update, and the biggest highlight of the iteration is that Google’s mobile operating system has finally got video messaging, more than two years after ... Read More »
July 29, 2016
Comments Off on Japanese Messaging App Line Raises Over $1.1 Billion in IPO
Japanese messaging app Line’s initial public offering has raised more than $1.1 billion despite a lukewarm IPO market. Shares priced at 3,300 yen each, or $32.84 per US-traded share, Monday, the top of the predicted range. That suggests strong demand. Renaissance Capital, an IPO research firm, says it’s the biggest US IPO of the year. The stock will begin trading ... Read More »
April 18, 2016
Comments Off on Skype to Shut Down Qik Video Messaging App on March 24
Skype in 2014 introduced its Skype Qik video messaging app to take on rival services such as WeChat orSnapchat. However, the Microsoft-owned VoIP service has now decided to shutter its app. The company will be completely taking the Qik app off-the-grid by March 24. The company says that shutting down Skype Qik video messaging app should not be much of ... Read More »
April 7, 2016
Comments Off on Snapchat Ramps Up Messaging Service With ‘Chat 2.0’
Snapchat is dressing up its messaging with an upgraded video chat and animations, part of the social network’s efforts to be the preferred service for young users. “We’re excited to introduce Chat 2.0,” the California startup announced on its blog Tuesday. “You can start by sending a few chats, and when your friend shows up, start talking or video chatting ... Read More »
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