Monday 2 August, 2021
Volumes of misinformation about coronavirus has been circulated through messaging and social media apps.
The decision to not implement it across the board might not sit well with privacy advocates.
All the major messaging apps are fighting for the same users as they transform into something more.
While the ban only lasts for 72 hours, Telegram has added more than a million new users and counting.
From TheJournal.ie
The service, which is owned by Facebook, is used to send billions of messages daily.
It has two of the most popular messaging apps among Irish users with FB Messenger taking first place.
*It was free for the first year before charging €1 for every additional year.
Its head of messaging believes the popularity of apps like Messenger is making old communication methods disappear.
You might rely on services like WhatsApp more but SMS still holds strong.
Want to hide when you’ve read someone’s message?
Here’s what you need to know.
It’s now a platform, and Facebook has big plans for it.
A parent of one of the recipients passed a screenshot on to police.
Twitter has introduced both group messaging and the ability to upload 30-second videos as it looks for ways to increase its user base.
Despite the criticisms, Facebook Messenger has a number of handy features that you may not be aware of.
The service has gained 100 million new users in the space of four months.
*If you want to go a step further than sending a generic text message, that is.
One of the most popular messaging apps out there has a number of features hidden away.
The next update for Android and iOS will include end-to-end encryption, which will make sure the only people getting a message are the sender and receiver
A chilling precedent.
One of the main rules is not to fall in love with her.
The European Commission found the Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp applications are not close competitors.
The number of people in Ireland texting fell by 24.5% from this time last year according to new figures from ComReg.
Never wake up with the fear ever again!
They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
There are 20 positions on offer at Sober Lane, which is opening a new pub in Dublin.
It’s actually one that’s been around much longer.
The feature allows users to speak to each other in their native language, which Skype then translates in real-time.
They’ve bitten the Apple of temptation.
The national mobile phone operation will take place over the next two days, beginning tomorrow.
More than 20 billion messages were sent and 44 billion messages were received through the app in the space of 24 hours.
And we mean it *really* rubbed it in.
Wait, Facebook had an email service?
Telegram Messenger, a messaging app that focuses on privacy, saw almost five million users sign up on Saturday after WhatsApp experienced an outage.
With the purchase of WhatsApp and Viber, the rush for messaging apps has begun, but what else is out there?
Come on people, be sound!
The figure is more than twice the number of text messages expected to be sent in 2014.
With younger users moving towards apps like Viber, WhatsApp, and Line, the traditional social media sites are trying to bring them back.
