Tag: Messenger
Icon8 is a Bot That Gives Your Photos The Prisma Touch from Within Facebook Messenger and Telegram
At this rate, apps are truly on their deathbed.
Facebook Adds Two New Section To Pages Targeted At Merchants
Facebook Pages are one of the core features by the company as they let brands and celebrities connect with their fans. Due to this...
Facebook Will Host A Developer Event In Kenya This August
Developers are usually key to any network's success since they develop applications which integrate with their site which can pull people to the network....
Facebook Messenger now has a billion active users just like WhatsApp
It was bound to happen any time soon and they have finally done it. Facebook has announced that Messenger, their messaging platform now registers...
Messenger Users Can Now View Instant Articles Without Leaving the App
This is great news for Messenger users.
Facebook Adds “Secret Chat” on Messenger
Privacy is valued by internet based companies and they have dedicated teams that make sure that whatever information is transacted in their servers is...
Facebook Messenger Platform Gets 6 New Features and Now Has 11,000 Bots
Facebook announced the improved Messenger platform in April during the F8 conference which included the introduction of bots. There were very few Messenger bots...
Facebook Makes it Easy to Start Conversations with a Revamped Home Tab on Messenger
Facebook has revamped the "Home" button on Messenger in a bid to make it a lounge of sorts for starting conversations in the messaging app
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...
YouTube has apparently rolled out a feature to share videos natively
YouTube is a huge social network in its own right. It has over a billion active users of which half of them use it...
Windows 10 gets Facebook and Messenger apps, Windows Phone gets a better Instagram app
Windows 10 was designed to bring the functionality that we have been accustomed to on mobile onto the desktop and that is why it...
Group calling is the new feature in Messenger’s arsenal
Facebook Messenger wants to be the only platform for you to chat with your friends and that is why they have taken an offensive...
Messenger targets businesses with new tools including one borrowed from Snapchat
Facebook Messenger is not slowing down and it is still being updated with new features and the latest update is an indication to that....
Facebook Messenger really wants you to make voice calls
One of the coolest things about chatting platforms is voice calling over data rather than the traditional terrestrial systems (VoIP). Skype was one of...
KLM’s Facebook Messenger bot ushers the bot age on the platform
Bots have become the new in-thing on social media platforms. If you dont know what bots are, they are programs that perform certain automated...
Facebook Messenger has hidden features tucked within its code
Facebook Messenger has grown from its roots within Facebook and now it is an independent chatting app with a huge user base of over...
Facebook Messenger has a basketball game that will make you waste your precious time
Last year, Facebook introduced the Messenger Platform which enables developers to develop apps and games to be used within the Messenger. Messenger is a...
Facebook is allegedly planning to put ads in Messenger
Facebook Messenger has grown in its 5 or so years in its existence from its integration in Facebook Chat to a standalone app that...
Facebook Messenger might have bots just like Telegram or Slack
Slack and Telegram Messenger have a bot platform and these bots are programs that perform certain automated tasks for you. They have become quite...
Hailing Uber rides from Facebook Messenger has become a reality
Uber, the famous taxi hailing service has become the norm in a lot of cities in the world, including Nairobi and has simplified hailing...
According to Facebook, Messenger is only “1% finished”
Facebook Messenger has been a force to reckon with judging from the slew of updates that have been done on the app. Lately, Messenger...
Anyone Anywhere Can Now Sign Up for Messenger Without a Facebook Account
Facebook rolled out the ability to sign up for a Messenger account without requiring a Facebook account towards the end of last month. That...
Had a Difficult time Searching for GIFs on Messenger? Facebook is Testing a Fix
Facebook apparently is testing an experimental feature on Messenger that will make it easier to find GIFs. Currently, searching for GIFs involves tapping the...
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...
Facebook Messenger Hits 1 Billion Downloads on Play Store
Facebook's Messenger application is the latest to join the exclusive 1 billion downloads club on Android. The revelation comes from the guy in charge...
You Will Now Be Able To Send Your Location On Messenger Separately
Facebook will start rolling out a way of sending a map on Messenger of your location as a separate message. With this update, you'll...
Facebook may allow businesses to contact Whatsapp users
Facebook bought Whatsapp for about $19 billion. The messaging application, popular all around the world has so far not focused so much on monetization...
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...
Video Calling coming to Facebook Messenger
Facebook has in the last few months taken many steps to establish its messaging application, Messenger, as not just an application but a whole...
Microsoft to Rebrand Bing Apps back to MSN, while Kenya’s MSN Page Goes Missing
In an effort to align Bing services to the “Mobile First, Cloud First” vision, Microsoft will soon re-brand its cross platform Bing Apps back...
Facebook Messenger comes to Windows Phone
Back at MWC, there were two announcements that of interest now that messaging apps are the in-thing after Facebook splashed $19 billion in cash...