Tag: instant messaging
Facebook Messenger will soon be the only way to chat in Facebook
If what's already happening in Europe comes to pass worldwide, then Facebook users might soon be facing a big, intrusive change. Users in Europe...
Samsung ChatON now lets you take back what you said
Samsung has just pushed an update to its ChatON messaging app and service that brings along some rather interesting, if not amusing, features. Starting...
Autodesk Instant group messaging app launches
The messaging service world is already crowded, but here's yet one more trying to squeeze its way in. But Autodesk Instant aims to be...
WhatsApp downplays reported security hole
It should perhaps surprise no one that WhatsApp would release a statement that washes its hands regarding a recently reported security flaw. One is...
WhatsApp update brings privacy features and sponsorship option
WhatsApp may have just been bought by Facebook, but for the instant messaging service, it's business as usual. This latest update to its Android...
BlackBerry releases BBM for Android for Gingerbread devices
True their promise, BlackBerry has just made its messaging, and now voice call, app available to more Android users. Now even those running on...
BBM for Android will soon be available on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread
While Android Gingerbread may slowly be slipping down the Android distribution charts, there are still a large number of devices, both old and new,...
Snapchat’s new security system thwarted in 30 minutes
In the wake of various security concerns, Snapchat created their own type of CAPTCHA. Rather than ask for a phrase to be used, theirs...
Backchat is a fun messaging platform with serious undertones
If you think you’re secure in your online privacy, you’re probably not. While the slew of NSA leaks and revelations have opened our eyes...
BBM Channels and Voice Calling arrive for Android beta users
BlackBerry has already mentioned that Channels and Voice Calling would be heading to the Android version of BBM in 2014. But while the timeline...
Google patent wants to turn your conversations into comic relief
Riding on the popularity of comic strip generating services like Bitstrip and the wealth of funny conversations running amok over the Internet, Google has...
LG to showcase chatty smart appliances at CES 2014
It seems that the smart and communicative smart appliances of the future is just around the corner, if LG's lineup makes it to the...