Messaging

Slack Skips IPO; Plans Direct Listing
Slack Skips IPO; Plans Direct Listing
February 04, 2019  |  Investments

Slack, a popular workplace messaging app, said it has confidentially filed with regulators in the United States to list its shares, according to a report...

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LINE Puts $182M In Digital Payments Biz
LINE Puts $182M In Digital Payments Biz
February 04, 2019  |  Investments

LINE, the Japanese messaging app, plans to invest 20 billion JPY ($182 million) into its payments business in an effort to grow that area of...

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Zuckerberg Wants To Connect Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp
Zuckerberg Wants To Connect Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp
January 25, 2019  |  Facebook

In an effort to connect messaging functions across multiple apps, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is looking to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The...

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SWIFT Messages Hit All-Time High, Driven By gpi Adoption
SWIFT Messages Hit All-Time High, Driven By gpi Adoption
January 23, 2019  |  Digital Banking

SWIFT, a leader in secure financial messaging services, said that it facilitated an average of 31 million messages a day in 2018, an increase of...

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WhatsApp Beats Facebook On Global Usage
WhatsApp Beats Facebook On Global Usage
January 17, 2019  |  Facebook

When thinking about the most popular apps in the world, one clearly comes to mind: Facebook. However, according to recent reports, another app has taken...

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Shopify Rolls Out Messaging App For Merchants
Shopify Rolls Out Messaging App For Merchants
June 21, 2018  |  Retail

To condense business conversations and tasks into one place, Shopify has launched a new mobile app dubbed Shopify Ping. Through the app, merchants can manage...

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Telegram’s App Kicked Out Of App Store Over ‘Inappropriate Content’
Telegram’s App Kicked Out Of App Store Over ‘Inappropriate Content’
February 02, 2018  |  Apple

Telegram, the news organization operated by a Russian programmer who fled his country back in 2014, was removed from the App Store because of what...

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Paytm’s WeChat Ambitions
Paytm’s WeChat Ambitions
August 03, 2017  |  International

In rather short order, India has emerged as one of the world’s most competitive battlegrounds for those looking to build the next phase of the...

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The Missing ‘M’ In Facebook Messenger
The Missing ‘M’ In Facebook Messenger
July 31, 2017  |  Facebook

Some of our most important innovations have happened by accident. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming left his lab for vacation without cleaning up. He returned to...

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