For years, Google and rival phone makers have been pushing Apple to adopt a next-gen text messaging standard called RCS (Rich Communication Services). And for years, Apple has indicated that it has no intention of doing that. But now it looks like Apple is changing course: in a brief statement published by Bloomberg and 9to5Mac, […]
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Lilbits: Framework’s future, iMessage reactions in Google Messages, and more
Framework’s modular laptop is already one of the most repairable, customizable notebooks on the market thanks to a design that not only lets you swap out the memory, storage, and battery, but even the ports. But the makers of the laptop say they’re already working on plans for new modules for the laptop… and entirely […]
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Android users might be able to send SMS from a web browser soon
Google’s Android Messages app is an SMS app that lets you send text messages, group texts, pictures, video, and audio messages from an Android phone. It’s not necessarily the most advanced SMS app around, but it supports a few special features including emoji, stickers, and location sharing. Soon there may be one more good reason to […]
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Amazon Alexa now lets you send SMS messages by voice (if you have an Android phone)
Amazon’s Alexa voice service lets you get answers to questions, set reminders, listen to music, and shop by talking to an Echo smart speaker or other Alexa-enabled device. Recently Amazon also started adding support for calling and messaging, allowing Alexa users to place voice or video calls or send messages to other users. Now you […]
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WhatsApp mobile messenger launches desktop clients (Windows and OS X)
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is one of the world’s most popular instant messaging service. It may not be hugely popular in the US, but it’s replaced SMS as the preferred method of text-based, phone-to-phone communication for nearly a billion users. But now you don’t need to unlock your phone to use WhatsApp. There’s been a web interface […]
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With nearly a billion users, WhatsApp ends subscription fees, seeks new revenue models
Comments Off on With nearly a billion users, WhatsApp ends subscription fees, seeks new revenue modelsMobile messaging service WhatsApp has about 990 million users. That’s more than twice the number the company had when Facebook acquired the business two years ago. You’d think it would be easy to make money with an app with that kind of user base, but WhatsApp has focused on expansion more than monetization. Now the company […]