Lucky for Zucky, Facebook owns the two most popular messaging apps in the world — WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger — which, along with Instagram — collectively boast more than 2.6 billion users....
The New York Times broke the news last week that Facebook plans to unify the pipes of its three massively-popular messaging apps. As the Times and other news outlets were quick to point out, the technical merger raises a myriad of questions about privacy, security, and government regulation. It also...
At the end of last year, Google announced it was officially pulling the plug on Allo, its latest in a long list of failed messaging apps....
Everybody loves messaging. It’s personal, it’s convenient, it’s a great way to keep in touch with the people we care about without having to — cringe— pick up the phone. Advertising? Not so much. So how will consumers feel when marketers invade their sacred inboxes and start imploring...
