RIP BlackBerry Messenger (As We Know It)
Emtek is finally shutting down the consumer version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on May 31. In a blog post, the…
What's the Best Chat App of All Time?
In case you haven’t heard, your once-favorite chat apps are going the way of the dinosaur. Yes, following the recent…
Facebook May Have Been Shamed Into Fixing the Most Annoying Thing About Messenger
Facebook says it’s “working to” reduce the number of annoying notifications it sends you when you add new friends. The…
iMessage for Windows Would Be Sick
One of the most interesting tidbits of news to come out of Microsoft’s Build developer conference earlier this week was…
Squirrel Is a New App That’s Just Like Slack but Made by Yahoo, and We’ll Leave It at That
Well this is odd. It looks like Yahoo is releasing a new messaging app. The invite-only service is called Squirrel, as A…
BlackBerry Goes After Snapchat in Saddest Patent Lawsuit Ever
BlackBerry is gradually feeling out its new niche as a veritable patent troll. Following a complaint it filed against…
Apparently Drowsy Samsung Files Trademark for Social Network Called 'Uhssup'
While Samsung is dominant in the chip and Android smartphone game, it’s lagged behind in the social networking world.…
Your Android Phone Has Been Sending Location Data to Google, Even If You Opted Out
Tech companies like Google and Facebook provide services in exchange for your data. We’ve known this. But they’ve…
Report: Counter-Terrorism Program That Works With Facebook Will Refocus Its Efforts Only on Islam
The latest development in Donald Trump’s controversial treatment of the Muslim community is a new plan to rename the …
The Best Group Messaging Apps
Getting in touch with several people at once is thankfully much easier than it used to be. Gone are the days of calling…
I'm Buying an iPhone Because I'm Ashamed of My Green Bubble
As a person who has only ever used an Android phone, I never had a clue about my “green bubble” status until someone I…
4 Ways to Send Messages That Self-Destruct
Sometimes you don’t want your messages to live forever. Maybe you have something secret you want to tell someone, or…
Google's New Messaging App Is So Useful I Don't Care That It's Creepy
People use their phones for messaging more than almost anything else. That’s why companies like Apple, Facebook, and…
A Guide to Apple's Radically Reimagined Messages App
At WWDC, Apple showed off a crazy new version of Messages. Feeling pressure from other messaging services like Facebook…
Allo Is Google's New Super-Powerful Messaging App
It’s been long rumored that Google was looking to one up its own Messenger and Hangouts messaging apps. Well, Google…
WhatsApp Finally Has a Desktop App
The future might be mobile, but for now plenty of us still use a computer. WhatsApp has finally conceded that point,…
Facebook Wants to Make the Smartphone Smart Again
You probably only use three apps on your smartphone—and one of them is likely a messaging app. By some estimates,…
Snapchat Is Finally a Good App for, Uh, Chatting
Snapchat announced a huge new set of updates today that will probably delight a lot of teens (and confuse everyone…
10 Tips To Make You a Slack Wizard
Slack continues to creep into offices and organizations worldwide, bringing a new and intuitive approach to old group…
Snapchat Makes Adding Friends Easy With Personalized URLs
Adding friends on Snapchat can be a pain in the ass: You have to open the app, pull down the menu bar to reveal your…