For mobile users, Discord is adding one new feature that you’d find on a more traditional social app. The company rolled out an option for users to customize their profiles across its iOS and Android apps Tuesday, following the feature’s release on the desktop version of Discord in late June. The new option lives in […] Discord now lets you customize your user profile on its ...This entry was posted in Android artificial intelligence chat apps Social software TC and tagged social media on August 3, 2021 by Taylor Hatmaker
Traditional ways of working may be faced with upheaval in coming months, so if you want your business to continue operating, start working on these issues now. What to consider when employees need to start working remotelyThis entry was posted in chat apps Enterprise enterprise collaboration Security slack Social Startups TC on March 6, 2020 by Ron Miller
Messaging app Viber earlier this year made its first foray into shopping services with Instant Shopping, a feature that suggested items for sale based on your chats and a keyboard to help you navigate this. Today, the company is announcing some more e-commerce related news: it’s buying the startup that helped build that feature. Viber has acquired Chatter Commerce, maker of a service… Read More Viber acquires Chatter Commerce, the startup behind its shopping keyboardThis entry was posted in Apps chat chat apps eCommerce Europe Fundings & Exits messaging Mobile shopping Social TC on July 20, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden
Messaging apps today are one of the most popular ways consumers communicate today, not just with each other but, increasingly, with businesses and services. Now there are signs that we could see another big player enter the messaging fray, alongs... Is Amazon working on a new messaging app called Anytime?This entry was posted in Amazon Apps chat apps eCommerce messaging messaging apps Social social networking TC on July 14, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden
Messaging apps today are one of the most popular ways consumers communicate today, not just with each other but, increasingly, with businesses and services. Now there are signs that we could see another big player enter the messaging fray, alongs... Is Amazon working on a new messaging app called Anytime?This entry was posted in Amazon Apps chat apps eCommerce messaging messaging apps Social social networking TC on July 14, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden
Yik Yak co-founders Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington published a farewell note to users on Friday, announcing they would shut down their once-popular anonymous social network this week. The app allowed people to connect with other users within a... Yik Yak shuts down after Square paid $1 million for ...This entry was posted in Apps chat apps Mobile mobile apps Square Startups TC Venture Capital on April 28, 2017 by Lora Kolodny
Halloween is just around the corner and if there was one horror-themed phenomenon this year, it was Netflix’s nostalgia-driven Stranger Things. Google has now teamed up with Netflix to bring a Stranger Things sticker pack to the latest version of its Allo messaging app. It’s also hosting a Stranger Things scavenger hunt in New York today (10/28). The update isn’t just… Read More Google Allo gets support for split-screen mode, app shortcuts and ...This entry was posted in Apps chat apps Mobile and tagged google on October 28, 2016 by Frederic Lardinois
Google has made another small acquisition to help it continue building out its latest efforts in social apps. The search and Android giant has hired the team behind Kifi, a startup that was building extensions to collect and search links shared in social apps, as well as provide recommendations for further links — such as this tool, Kifi for Twitter. Terms of the deal are not… Read More Google aqui-hires deep search engine Kifi to enhance its Spaces ...This entry was posted in Apps chat apps Enterprise Fundings & Exits Mobile Search Social TC and tagged google on July 12, 2016 by Ingrid Lunden
I was recently in China, which meant I was living on WeChat. All my meetings were arranged through the app. I authenticated my identity for free Wi-Fi at shopping malls with WeChat. I checked in for a flight by scanning a QR code through WeChat. I watched office workers in Shenzhen pay for their lunches with WeChat. On the subway, most people were chatting with friends on… you know what… Read More It might be time to stop looking for the WeChat ...This entry was posted in Apps chat apps China Column Mobile TC WeChat on June 1, 2016 by Hamish McKenzie
A leaked document Facebook sent to some of its biggest advertisers reveals that Facebook will launch ads within Messenger in Q2 2016. The document, obtained by TechCrunch but kept private to protect its verified source, says businesses will be ab... Facebook Plans To Put Ads In MessengerThis entry was posted in Advertising Tech Apps chat apps eCommerce Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on February 18, 2016 by Josh Constine,Jon Russell