Tag: Facebook Messenger
Kenyans Are the Most Online Users in Africa
I thought I was a chronic online user and then I looked at the data and the revelations are wild when it comes to...
Emoji Message Reactions Are Now Available on WhatsApp
WhatsApp has finally caught up with platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Signal, Facebook Messenger and Slack and has brought message reactions.
Message reactions let you...
TikTok Dethrones Facebook as the World’s Most Downloaded App
TikTok, a popular app among Gen Z and Millennials is now the most downloaded app in the world. The app even outranked Facebook and...
Clubhouse Reign Is Declining as Rival Social Apps Catch Up
In April of last year, the invitation-only audio chat app Clubhouse launched.
COVID-19 pandemic had hit the world and most people were stuck at...
Unchain Yourself from Read Receipts and Reclaim Your Freedom
Read receipts are making it increasingly difficult to ignore someone when you hop back online. Although read receipts were made to enhance communication between...
Facebook Launches New Windows and Mac Desktop Apps To Keep Up With Video Calls
Today, Facebook has announced new Messenger app for MacOS and Windows which they hope you will use to video chat with your friends and...
Which Messaging App Ticks Most Security Boxes?
It is highly probable that you use one, two or more messaging apps in your phone. I have four 1) Hangouts because it comes...
Why Brands Use Polls in Social Media Apps
Polls diversify understanding of a given situation in real time and impart a sense of togetherness with brands since the mode of communication is open ended.
The App Gap: Why Apps Won’t Matter in the Future
In the 1990s, everyone wanted to have a website, it was the in-thing, it was "cool". From 2013 upwards, every company and service wanted...
Facebook Testing Messenger Lite App Targeted at Low Bandwidth Markets
In January 2015, Facebook unveiled a stripped down version of its Android application called Facebook Lite. The application was developed with the aim of allowing users...
Messenger Users Can Now View Instant Articles Without Leaving the App
This is great news for Messenger users.
Facebook Messenger Now Has a Hidden Football Game
Facebook Messenger is quite broad nowadays and it is not tied to the core functionality which is to let people chat. It has an...
Facebook Messenger users can now Preview, Send and Save Dropbox Files
In 2015, during the annual Facebook F8 developer conference, the social networking giant unveiled plans for the messenger platform aimed at making it a...
Facebook Messenger now has 800 million active users
Facebook Messenger has reached a milestone today: It now has 800 million active users, which is a 100 million shy of its sibling WhatsApp....
Facebook Messenger is testing self destructing messages but only in France
We can say confidently Snapchat made self destructing messages cool. It is a game changer and it has been copied by other social networks....
Facebook begins Roll-out of CRM solution on Messenger Platform
During the annual Facebook F8 developer conference, the social networking giant unveiled plans for the messenger platform aimed at making it a standalone app....
Facebook Messenger Blows Sibling Facebook Out of the Water
It seems Facebook Messenger is widely popular. According to Quartz who referred to a Sensor Core report, the app has accumulated more app downloads...
Facebook’s “Moneypenny” Assistant is a Virtual Assistant with a Human Touch
Facebook is planning to introduce a virtual assistant that internally is known as “Moneypenny”. Unlike other famous virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri, Google’s Google Now,...
You Can Now Sign Up for Messenger Without a Facebook Account
Facebook Messenger is all grown up, and the company has decided to let it become its own chat app, without necessarily having a Facebook...
Facebook Messenger Hits the 700 Million User Mark
Last year, Facebook did what was then unforgivable: it forced everyone using its mobile apps to download Messenger if they still needed to communicate...
Video Calling on Facebook Messenger Now Available WorldWide
Last month we told about Facebook's plan to transform its messaging application into a platform. The transformation involves making it useful not only to...
Facebook considering bringing games to Messenger
At the F8 Facebook Developer Conference back in March, Facebook opened up its Messenger application to developers effectively making it a platform. Since then...
Facebook Launches Standalone Messenger on Browsers
A few weeks ago, we told you of Facebook's plan to use its messenger service to launch its payment service which works under the...
Here’s How Facebook Intends To Make Money In And Outside Of Facebook
Last week in our weekly brief we told you of plans by Facebook to venture into the payments business. Facebook plans to venture into...
Pushbullet now works with Whatsapp, Telegram, Google Hangouts and others
Pushbullet is one of the most handy applications if you happen to use an Android or iOS device. It mirrors notifications from your mobile...
49% of Kenyan Mobile Users are on Whatsapp
Almost half of Kenya's mobile users i.e 49% use Whatsapp as their key messaging tool, a worldwide poll by Jana Mobile reveals. The poll...
