Tag: Messaging

July 18, 2024

Over time, more and more engagement on Instagram is shifting to DMs, which Instagram is now trying to lean into with new features like Notes, that are aligned with more private sharing. And it’s also experimenting with an even more significant […]

July 27, 2023

WhatsApp has added another connection option with video messages, which, like voice messages, enable you to insert video clips into your WhatsApp chats. As you can see in this example, WhatsApp video messages are displayed in circles within the app, […]

November 29, 2021

Here is a list of new and emerging social networks to explore in 2022. There are networks for developing professional relationships, messaging in real-time, sharing experiences in audio, and exploring augmented reality. Several of these networks offer ad-free environments with […]

January 20, 2021

Pinterest’s rollout of dynamic creative ads aims to make it easier for marketers to customize their messaging on the platform, whose user base grew 13% to 98 million in the U.S. and 37% to 442 million worldwide in Q3 from […]

December 5, 2019

We’ve already covered how SMS marketing is making a comeback, as more B2C and B2B brands find success communicating with customers directly through text messaging. But organizations will need to update their outdated strategies to succeed via this medium. That’s […]

August 16, 2019

More than three in four mobile devices are running Android, yet the operating system doesn’t have a default SMS alternative like iMessage. With Google taking over the rollout of RCS for Android users, the future of this SMS replacement looks […]

July 25, 2016

Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract a billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday’s great idea, and Yahoo has now […]

May 17, 2016

In case you haven’t heard, Google today released a new messaging app called Spaces. Or is it a Pinterest competitor? Maybe it’s the future of Google+? Truth be told, we’re not really sure what Google wants it to be, but […]

April 28, 2016

Wire, a minimalist messaging app created by old Skype team members, is rolling out encrypted file sharing to all its users. The update follows the app’s adoption of encrypted messaging; Wire was was the first major messaging platform to roll […]

December 15, 2015

It’s been a good year for Facebook with the number of business pages jumping by more than 10 million since April 2015, and is now at 50 million. Facebook pages have had the ability to send and receive messages for […]

November 13, 2015

For better or worse, text messaging is the app people spend more time using than any other on their smartphones. A new start-up, Cola, believes it can make it a bit better. The start-up, based in San Francisco and staffed […]

October 13, 2015

Snapchat appears to have had second thoughts about producing its own original content. The Venice, California-based startup behind the popular messaging app of the same name told Deadline it has decided to shut down its Snapchat Channel, part of the […]

August 4, 2015

Lucy Dikeou, a 21-year-old senior at Stanford University, has long used English and the pictorial images known as emoji to text on her iPhone. A few months ago, she started messaging in a third language: GIFs. When Ms. Dikeou recently […]

March 25, 2015

TigerText offers secure messaging for mobile users while maintaining compliance with HIPAA, FINRA and other compliance standards. TigerText is an encrypted and real-time messaging app for enterprises. The company focuses on the healthcare market, pharmaceuticals, and the financial industry where […]

March 13, 2015

Opera Software has partnered with Ericsson to deliver expanded marketing services to mobile network operators, utilising Opera’s newly launched Rocket Marketer, which was revealed last week at Mobile World Congress. The partnership will see Rocket Marketer integrated with Ericsson’s Media […]

February 12, 2015

The Lua Business Communication iOS app is a secure and user-friendly enterprise-messaging app for mobile users. Messaging and communications requirements are evolving at a heavy rate with the advent of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Choose Your Own Device (CYOD), […]