When Amy Pascal’s ruthless emails leaked in the infamous Sony hack, friends of mine who worked in the entertainment industry were less than shocked, recalling that her emails just reflected how everyone speaks, and how deals get made, in Hollywood.&#…
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SuperPhone wants to track your phone calls and messages for a small fee
Messaging can save your life.
That’s the motto of hip-hop artist-turned-entrepreneur Ryan Leslie. The idea wasn’t difficult for me to understand when he presented his latest pitch to me last week at Mashable. Just minutes before he arrived, his…
WhatsApp has launched person-to-person payments into beta in India
WhatsApp has begun testing a new payments feature in India that will allow people to send money to other WhatsApp users, excluding merchant accounts. The feature is currently in beta, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans, but hasn’t been publicly announced because it’s not widely available at this time. The company has been working on support for a… Read More
Here are all 150+ new emoji coming in 2018
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Emoji are about to get a lot more expressive — with more (and less) hair. Yeah, that’s right. There’s curly haired, red haired, and bald emoji now.
Emojipedia, the self-proclaimed emoji search engine that keeps the world up-to-date on all the latest emoji, made a nice 2-minute video showing off the more than 150 emoji that will be added to iPhones everywhere “in the second half of 2018.”
If you’re as obsessed with emoji as we are, buckle up. There are tons of awesome new faces and animals being added to the mix. Of course, we can’t help but be excited about the *PARTYING FACE* emoji. But for those who like sending body parts to your friends, there will soon be a leg, foot, tooth, and bone emoji for you to add to your repertoire. Read more…
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I’ve been struggling with whether or not to download Facebook’s new app aimed at children, Messenger Kids, onto my daughter’s iPad. This weekend, I took the plunge. I sat with her as she typed her first message and sent a selfie. I watched as she discovered GIFs. I wasn’t sure I had done the right thing. No one wants to surrender their kids to online social networks,… Read More
Apple to take on messaging rivals with launch of Business Chat
Apple is preparing to roll out a new feature in iMessage that will allow consumers to chat directly with businesses through Apple’s messaging platform. The feature, called Business Chat, was announced last year at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, and will debut this spring with launch partners including Discover, Hilton, Lowe’s and Wells Fargo. The feature will… Read More
Holy moly! Facebook test was nudging me to chat with a church
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Korea’s Kakao eyes overseas acquisitions following $1 billion raise
Korea’s Kakao, the internet giant behind the country’s top messaging app, is actively seeking overseas investment opportunities after it raised $1 billion via a placement. Kakao is valued at over $7 billion and its services are used by more than 40 million people. The company, which counts Tencent as an early investor, now appears to be making good on its long-standing plan to… Read More
WhatsApp officially launches its app for businesses in select markets
WhatsApp today officially launched its new WhatsApp Business app in select markets, including Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S., ahead of its planned worldwide rollout. The addition of business profiles and new messaging tools aimed at business customers is part of the company’s broader plan to generate revenue by charging larger enterprises for advanced tools to… Read More
Hike unbundles its messaging app to reach India’s next wave of smartphone users
How do you compete with the world’s largest chat app in its strongest market? Hike, the Indian messaging app valued at more than $1 billion, is taking a unique approach to battling WhatsApp which involves dismantling its service, layering it on budget Android phones and offering free connectivity. The company, which is backed by the likes of Tencent and Foxconn, today unveiled… Read More
Skype adds e2e encrypted ‘private chats’ powered by Signal Protocol
Skype is adding an opt-in e2e encryption feature, utilizing the industry standard Signal Protocol to power ‘Private Conversations’. Read More
Instagram tests letting users post Stories directly to WhatsApp
Last October, Facebook extended the usage (and flexibility) of Instagram Stories — the Snapchat-like feature that lets you patch together photos and videos into a slide show — by making it easy to directly post a Story to Facebook. Now Facebook is looking at how to bring WhatsApp into the fold. Read More