Evernote saves text, to-dos, and files to the cloud so they're readily available. KakaoTalk is the dominant instant messaging app in South Korea, with a reported 95 percent of Korean smartphone users signed up for the service. Now, Kakao and Evernote are partnering to expand their market and...
Early users of Google Keep, the company's very basic note-taking app, will be happy to hear that Google just released a Chrome app for the tool. Once you've installed the new add-on, you'll have access to a standalone window where you can add...
Facebook introduced a fairly compelling new way to do notifications and messaging with Chat Heads, and so it's not a huge surprise to see it spreading out amongst the indie ecosystem. We've already seen a jailbreak version on the iPhone, and now Android developers are creating something similar for that platform. Dubbed "Halo," the team behind the Paranoid Android custom ROM are working on a...
Great, I’ll text you later! Never mind, I’ll WhatsApp you later, or are you using Kik now? Ah, I remember, you switched to Viber. Just Facebook me, ok?
If you’re using a phone to send friends a quick message, it’s now more likely that you’re using one of these chat apps instead of SMS. In fact, today, the world sends more messages using chat apps than conventional SMS texts, according to a study by The Financial Times. This news is particularly troubling for carriers, who reportedly generate $120 billion per year from texting plans. Fortunately, all of these options are cheaper for consumers — especially abroad, where unlimited texting plans are hard to come by — and come with features like voice memos, read receipts, and group messaging. But is having a dozen ways to communicate with friends and family better than one?...
The days of being able to SMS a phone number and expect a response are nearing their end
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One of Facebook's greatest inventions is the photo tag, which made it simple for anyone to browse photos tagged of their friends, no matter which friend uploaded each photo. Today Instagram is following suit with the launch of Photos of You, a new profile section that includes every photo friends...
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