messaging

Facebook Hello Wants To Make Phone Calls More Social

Facebook Hello app will let users see extra information on their contacts, but what does it mean for Whatsapp?

10 years ago

Voice Calls Are Coming To WhatsApp For iOS

Following Android launch earlier this year, iOS service could launch within weeks

10 years ago

WhatsApp Users ‘Can Be Tracked By Anyone’

A design flaw reportedly allows WhatsApp users' online status and other information to be monitored, even with the strictest privacy…

10 years ago

Whatsapp Goes Global With New Enabled SIM

WhatSim allows users to access the service across the world without the need for Wi-Fi connection

10 years ago

IBM Launches Social Media-Powered Enterprise Email Service

IBM Verse uses social, analytics and cloud technology, and is aimed at transforming the way people work and collaborate

10 years ago

Snapcash Lets You Snapchat Money To Your Friends

Snapchat partners with payments provider Square to provide fast payments alongside self-destructing selfies

10 years ago

Twitter To Introduce Full Video Uploading And Pre-Loaded Timelines

Company looks to new features to attract new Twitter users

10 years ago

Microsoft Replaces Lync With Skype For Business

New rebranded service will be available from early next year

10 years ago

Snapchat Debuts In-App Adverts

Horror film Ouija becomes first ever advert on messaging service

10 years ago

Yahoo Set To Invest Millions In Snapchat

Investment could value the messaging app at around $10bn

10 years ago

South Korea’s Daum And Kakao To Merge In £1.7bn Deal

Internet portal Daum and Kakao, South Korea's top mobile messaging service provider, are to join forces to promote expansion at…

11 years ago

Apple Admits iMessage Problems, Fixes Server Glitch And Promises iOS Update

Apple has fixed a server glitch preventing former iMessage users from getting SMS on their new handsets, but says a…

11 years ago

Silent Text 2 Adds Better Encryption For Secure Messaging

Silent Text 2 brings range of improvements to secure messaging app for Silent Circle subscribers

11 years ago

Snapchat Settles FCC Charges For ‘Deceiving Users’

Snapchat reprimanded by US regulator and faces 20 years of scrutiny for deceiving its users

11 years ago

Facebook To Remove Messaging From iPhone And Android Apps

Facebook users will have to use dedicated messaging app for iPhone and Android chats

11 years ago

Turkish Court Suspends Twitter Ban

Turkish court rules that the country must lift a ban on Twitter that had been imposed last week by Turkey's…

11 years ago

Turkish Government ‘Blocks’ Twitter

“Twitter, schmitter” says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who vows to ‘wipe out’ the social network in Turkey

11 years ago

Alibaba Invests $215m In Video Messaging App Tango

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba investing money ahead of its upcoming US IPO

11 years ago

WhatsApp Founder Denies Facebook Acquisition Will Alter Privacy Policies

Jan Koum defends WhatsApp users' right to privacy following $19bn acquisition by Facebook earlier this month

11 years ago

LinkedIn Pulls Intro Service After Only Five Months

Integrated iPhone email service sparked security concerns after being introduced last October

11 years ago

Worldwide Usage Of Mobile Apps Jumps 115 Percent In 2013

Messaging and social apps lead the way with 203 percent growth

11 years ago

Number Of UK Text Messages Sent Falls For First Time

Online IM services such as WhatsApp increasingly replacing traditional SMS

11 years ago

Instagram Direct Arrives For User Messaging And Sharing

Instagram Direct adds a direct messaging option to allow users to better share their photos with others

11 years ago

WhatsApp CEO Says It Is ‘Bigger Than Twitter’

WhatsApp says that it will never give in to the temptation of advertising

12 years ago

Facebook Paid Messages Arrive In The UK

Facebook says paid messages will reduce spam by charging up to £10.68

12 years ago

Twitter Faces Protest Over Censorship Move

Users are protesting at Twitter's decision to censor content in certain countries in line with local laws

13 years ago

Avaya Has A Flare For Apple iPad Unified Communications

Avaya Flare Communicator is now providing unified comms on the iPad, and other mobile platforms will go online later this…

13 years ago

Red Hat Openly Commits To AMQP Messaging

Red Hat emphasises its support for the open-source Advanced Message Queuing Protocol

13 years ago

BlackBerry Failure Sparks Shareholder Revolt

RIM blames a core switch for a third day of BlackBerry outage, and shareholders demand a change

13 years ago