Posted on 25th July, 2018 by Georgia Meyer in Advertising, Facebook, Messaging Apps, Mobile Messaging, Snapchat and Social Media
Almost four years after launching Snapcash Snap has decided to call time on the peer-to-peer payment service. On the surface Snapcash was set up to facilitate simple transfers of money…
Read morePosted on 8th December, 2017 by Karol Severin in Facebook, Messenger, Messenger Kids and Mobile Messaging
Facebook has launched Messenger Kids, a free video calling and messaging app designed for kids to connect with friends and family from their tablet or smartphone. Until now, all apps…
Read morePosted on 29th September, 2017 by Karol Severin in 140 Characters, 280 Characters, Mobile Messaging, Social Media, Twitter, Twitter Character Limit and Twitter Chracter Count
Twitter announced this week that it started trialling an extension of its established 140-character limit to 280 characters. This is largely about trying to improve engagement and, concretely, time spent. Time…
Read morePosted on 22nd March, 2017 by Karol Severin in Apple Clips, Clips, Facebook, IMessage, Ios, Messaging, Mobile Messaging, Snapchat and Video Messaging
Yesterday Apple announced it will launch Clips in April, a video-making app that allows users to capture photos and videos, combine multiple videos and include a variety of features like…
Read morePosted on 20th February, 2017 by Karol Severin in Messaging Apps, Mobile Messaging, Premium Messaging Content, Wechat and Wechat Paid Content
It’s no secret that Asian messaging platforms have been leading much of the global innovation efforts, regarding the monetization of mobile messaging. Last week it emerged that WeChat is trialling…
Read morePosted on 9th February, 2017 by Karol Severin in Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Messaging, Mobile Messaging Monetization, Superchat, Youtube, Youtube Live Stream, Youtube Mobile Stream and Youtube Superchat
Super Chat is an interesting attempt at monetizing mobile messaging and live video both, for creators and YouTube. The company has announced its launch this week in 20 countries, giving…
Read morePosted on 19th January, 2017 by Karol Severin in Mobile Messaging, Video Messaging, Youtube Chat, Youtube Chat Feature, Youtube In-app Chat, Youtube Launches Chat and Youtube Rolls Out Chat
After months of testing, YouTube is rolling out its chat feature. It launched Wednesday in Canada only for now, with other countries to follow. In the escalating war of big tech…
Read morePosted on 28th November, 2016 by Karol Severin in Google, Mobile Messaging, Rcs, Sms, Telco Content, Telco Strategy and Telcos
Google has partnered up with 58 telcos via GSMA to deploy a standardized revamp to SMS in form of Rich Communication System (RCS). The upgraded system will give telcos a…
Read morePosted on 18th November, 2016 by Karol Severin in Apple, IMessage, Ios, Messaging App, Messaging Paltforms, Mobile Messaging and Siri
In June, I wrote about Apple finally making leaps towards revamping iMessage in a bid to turn it into a fully-fledged messaging platform able to compete with the leaders like Facebook…
Read morePosted on 11th September, 2016 by Mark Mulligan in Chat Bots, Facebook Messenger, Messaging Apps, Mobile Messaging and Mobile Messaging Apps
The arrival of chatbots has been widely covered by the media in the last few months. The hype peaked in April 2016 when Facebook (though by no means the first…
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