Facebook Joins Google and Apple in Suspending a Program where Humans Transcribed Messenger Voice Chats
Facebook is yet another tech company which has halted a program in which human contractors transcribed Messenger voice chats…
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Telegram Introduces a Silent Messaging Option, along with Other App Updates
Telegram updates its chat app to include a silent messaging feature, which delivers text and media, without notification sounds…
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US Senators Question Mark Zuckerberg about Children’s Privacy Protections in Recent Letter
Two United States Senators have dispatched a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, questioning the company’s children’s privacy protection practices…
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Telegram 5.9 Brings New Sticker Format to the Messaging App
Telegram 5.9 stickers are faster and perform better overall, saving valuable data and storage space, not to mention battery life…
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New Telegram Location-Based Features Released
New Telegram location-based features include “Add People Nearby” and “Create a Local Group,” along with other new options…
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BlackBerry Messenger Finally Sunsets
BlackBerry Messenger finally shut down this past week, marking the end of another legacy platform in the mobile-centric world…
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Newest Beta WhatsApp Adds Share to Facebook and QR Code Contact Features
The latest beta version of WhatsApp now includes a new “share to Facebook” option, along with time-saving QR code features…
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Instagram Begins Telling Users it is Shutting Down its Standalone Messaging App, Direct
Instagram has started notifying its standalone messaging app users of the impending shutdown of Direct, sometime next month…
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WhatsApp Releases a Fact-Checking Service in India before Its Upcoming Elections to Combat Fake News
WhatsApp, in a continuing fight against the spread of misinformation, introduces Checkpoint Tipline, a service which rates the truthfulness of messages…
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Telegram Now Allows Users to Delete their Entire Chat Histories, Even on Other People’s Devices
It’s now possible to delete Telegram chat history, even on other people’s devices, an option long-awaited by users of the popular messaging app…
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Facebook Brings Quoted Replies to Messenger Conversations (Borrowing from Subsidiary WhatsApp)
Facebook Messenger quoted replies come to the platform, making it a bit easier to follow along in long discussion threads…
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WhatsApp is Now Testing a New Image Search Feature which Aims to Reduce Fake News
A new WhatsApp image search option test will help users determine if a picture is real or fake, assisting in the fight against false content…
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Facebook Messenger Contained a Bug that Let Others See Users’ Contacts, Chat Histories
A previous Facebook Messenger vulnerability once allowed others to unlock contacts and chat histories from strangers’ accounts…
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Facebook Gives Messenger a Dark Mode — Here’s How to Enable it Manually
Turn on Facebook Messenger dark mode simply by sending an emoji in a chat and then enjoy the new low-light, battery-saving experience…
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Instagram Discovered Testing a Web-Based Version of its Direct Messages Feature
An Instagram Direct Messages desktop website is currently in the testing phase, which could eventually free the tool from a mobile-only app to the web…
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