messaging

Google is formally kicking off the merger of its two video chat apps, Google Meet and Google Duo. Google introduced the merger in June, with the plan to maintain the Google Meet model title whereas merging the very best of each code…

Samsung formally launched its restore equipment program within the US this week. Now, anybody who owns one of many handful of Galaxy telephones lined by this system can order the parts, tools, and instructions wanted to repair their…

Since early 2016, WhatsApp has protected messages and conversations sent in its app with end-to-end encryption. This means that nobody other than the sender and receiver of messages can read their content—not even Meta can read or snoop…

The long-rumored Google Duo and Google Meet merger is actually happening. Google officially confirmed the move on June 1, explaining in a blog post that the goal is to create a "single video communications service" and that the Duo brand…

In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger. That wasn’t actually the beginning. Talkomatic, Compuserve’s CB Simulator, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) all preceded it. But AIM was the beginning of something, a gateway to real-time,…

When it comes to Facebook, most of us will have a contacts list covering years and even decades of our lives—recent acquaintances among people we've known since high school, neighbors we saw yesterday right next to old family friends we…

Over time, Instagram has grown from a photo-sharing platform to a one-stop social network—complete with Snapchat-style Stories, Tik Tok-style Reels, and of course direct messaging.Having DMs inside Instagram provides a convenient way to…

The newest law designed to rein in Big Tech aims to make all your favorite messaging apps work seamlessly together. Sounds great, right? Well, we have some bad news.Every day, billions of messages are sent using end-to-end encryption.…