Google starts rolling out Android Messages for the web
Send and receive texts from your desktop
Apple pandering to Russia by blocking Telegram app updates globally
Cupertino collusion with the Russians
Discord celebrates its third birthday by revealing significant 2018 growth numbers
User numbers have climbed from 45 million to 130 million
Skype has gone from popular free calling app, to promising acquisition, to utterly mismanaged and now enterprise tool
Despite worsening public perception, Microsoft may have found a place to be with Skype for Business
Google wants to replace SMS with Chat, an RCS-based messaging service
Development of Allo is being put on pause
France is scared of Telegram, so they are making their own encrypted messaging app
Citing worries over snooping by Russian and US governments
Facebook deletes executives' messages from user inboxes
Special perks for top brass with no warning to users
WhatsApp is giving users an extra hour to delete their shameful messages
More time to undo your terrible mistakes
Google finally rolls out Hangouts Chat to G Suite
Can Hangouts Chat compete with the likes of Slack and Teams?
A future Android Messages update may let you text through your browser
Android Messages may follow in Google Allo's footsteps
WhatsApp might be testing a new spam prevention system
Chain messages may soon be a thing of the past for WhatsApp users
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Open Forum: What do you use for messaging with friends and for work?
AIM is dead, and so is ICQ and other legacy platforms we used to depend on
20-year-old chat client AIM is finally closing its doors
AIM is closing its doors on December 15th after 20 years of service
Google Allo is now available to desktop users, as long as they have an Android phone
Android users can now use Allo on the desktop
Opera's latest browser adds built-in Messenger, WhatsApp, and Telegram access
Along with the ad-blocking tech and free VPN from earlier versions
UK politician calls for backdoors in encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp
Amber Rudd says WhatsApp shouldn't be a secret place for terrorists
WhatsApp begins testing business-to-customer messaging system
By targeting businesses WhatsApp could finally create revenue source
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