It’s the instant messaging services now, which will face China’s pressure to control information!
Tag: Instant Messaging
Telegram lands on Windows Phone; WhatsApp still missing
Telegram wants to capitalize on WhatsApp’s absence!
BlackBerry to roll out BBM for Windows Phone soon
BlackBerry is finally all set to bring its BBM, the instant messaging service to Windows Phone platform by later this year. With the launch in Apple and Android platforms last year turning…
Yahoo takes over Snapchat’s rival Blink
Yahoo has acquired Blink, a mobile messaging app that lets users share self-destructing messages on Tuesday. The financial terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed. Following the acquisition, Blink, a…
Samsung releases ChatON for all major mobile platforms
Samsung has released its ChatOn instant messaging app for all major mobile platforms including iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android today at an event in India. With the release of ChatON version…
Twitter incorporates direct messaging in Vine
Vine, Twitter’s video-sharing service, has been blessed with a new direct messaging feature allowing you to send six-second video messages to only whom you choose. Being able to upload a video and…
Tor Instant Messaging Bundle is an anonymous IM tool that hides chat from prying eyes
The Tor Foundation is busy building an instant messaging tool that will allow users to communicate in real time while also keep their chat hidden from prying eyes by using Tor’s anonymity…
WeChat announces native Mac client; Windows version may follow soon
WeChat has officially announced a native Mac client for its messaging app. A move seemingly targeted at its biggest competitor in the region LINE, which already has both a Mac and Windows…
Viber in sellout talks with an Asian instant messaging company
Viber, an Israeli instant messaging application which allows users to make phone calls and send free text messages along with instant messages is reportedly planning a sellout. Reports on Israeli financial newspaper…
WhatsApp has 430 million monthly active users, processes 50 billion messages a day
WhatsApp has grown huge to become one of the most popular instant messaging service available today with a whopping 430 million monthly active users by end of December last year. Addressing the…
Text messaging in UK declines for first time as instant messaging grows
It’s quite surprising, but yes, this is for the very first time that the number of text messages sent in the UK in 2013 has fallen. Accounting and advisory firm Deloitte’s latest…
Marissa Mayer: Yahoo to extend encryption to all its products by 2014
Yahoo on Monday resolved to extend encryption to all its services and products by early 2014 amidst reports that government agencies specifically the NSA was intercepting server traffic between Google and Yahoo…
Twitter mulls direct messaging app plans
Twitter is rumored to have come up with plans to launch a standalone direct-messaging app to compete with the popular rival messaging apps including WhatsApp and Snapchat. According to reports, Twitter will…
Alleged bug in Google Talk/Hangouts routes messages to wrong contacts
Update 5 Google has revealed in its latest update that the service has been restored for some of the users and that it is already aware what is causing the issue and…