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    Amazon Working on Revolutionary New Messaging App called Anytime

    Amazon Anytime – The Revolutionary New Messaging App?

    Amazon Anytime? Amazon is a company that is quickly becoming the biggest brand in the world. They currently host an online marketplace, a music streaming service, a video streaming service and super fast delivery services. However, they are now working on a new app that can see the giant take…

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    French Labour Law Gives Workers Right to Not Check E-Mails Out-of-Hours

    Beginning January 1st, 2017, a French labour law will require companies to guarantee their employees the “right to disconnect” or not be obliged to check their work-related e-mails or messages after work hours. The measure was introduced by after a report commissioned by labour minister Myriam El Khomri warned of…

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    WhatsApp Now Absolutely Free

    WhatsApp has announced that its messaging app will now be available for free, dropping its previous yearly subscription fee, and adds that it will not be introducing third-party ads in order to make up the deficit. “[W]e’re happy to announce that WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees,” the blog…

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    Whatsapp Was Temporarily Banned in Brazil

    One day after a court order in Sao Paulo banned the popular social messaging app for the entire nation of Brazil, WhatsApp is back in action across the country. In a decision that is likely bringing relief to the 93 million strong user base of WhatsApp in Brazil, Judge Xavier…

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    Snowden-Endorsed IM App Signal Arrives on Android

    A private instant messaging app that has the approval of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has finally been released for Android devices. Signal, developed by Open Whisper Systems, has been available for iOS since 2014, combining its previous two apps RedPhone and TextSecure, and is considered the most secure messaging and…

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    Say Goodbye to Metro Skype App

    Microsoft says that the Metro version of Skype is not that popular and it won’t continue with it. All users will be moved over to the Desktop version next month, having the Metro service close on the 7th of July. That’s in less than a month now, so wouldn’t an…

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    WhatsApp Free Voice Calls Come to IOS

    Under a month ago WhatsApp released free voice calls to their Android users. Now the Facebook-owned company have begun rolling out the feature to its iOS customers. Similar to the launch on Android the change was first spotted by eager users, the update will not roll out to all Apple…

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    WhatsApp Involved in Almost Half of All Italian Divorces

    A new article by GlobalPost says that nearly half of all divorce proceedings in Italy refer to WhatsApp. The Italian Association of Matrimonial Lawyers told the publication that WhatsApp is cited more so than any other source of information that acts as the cause of a divorce. They say that partners…

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    Huawei Reported To Be Selling High-End Smartphones Via Messaging App

    The increased competition of smartphone manufacturers in China has apparently resulted in companies approaching unique marketing techniques. For example, Xiaomi is said to have success with its ‘Hunger Marketing’ technique, having customers pre-register their interest in a handset in order to grab the e-mail addresses of potential buyers. As soon…

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    Facebook Will Buy WhatsApp For $16 Billion In Cash and Shares

    Recent news point to Facebook engaging into an agreement to purchase the popular mobile messaging app, WhatsApp, for $16 billion in cash and stocks. The Verge states that a SEC document filed recently confirms the purchase agreement. The same plan of action was filed with the pruchase of Instagram as…

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    NSA Reportedly Snoops Millions Of Text Messages With The Dishfire Program

    NSA has been reportedly using SMS messaging to extract data on location, contact networks and credit card details of mobile users. British spies were given access by the NSA to search the collected “metadata”, information about the text messages but not the actual contents, of British citizens. The Guardian and…

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    Facebook Messenger For Android Gets A Huge Overhaul

    When it comes to communicating with our friends and colleagues, a number of us chose to do so through social media messaging as opposed to sending an SMS from our phone. One such service is Facebook messenger and for those of us that use it on our Android smart phones,…

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