Messaging

Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.Beck Diefenbach | ReutersGoogle, the developer of the Android, is increasing the pressure on Apple to adopt RCS, a next-generation standard for text messaging.It argues that Apple's support of RCS would help prevent some of the problems that arise when iPhone users text with Android owners. Currently, images and video don't show as clearly as they could, for example, and texts can't be sent…

Android launched a new initiative to encourage Apple to…

Casey Newton / Platformer: Sources detail Meta's challenges in building encrypted messaging products, including users' apathy toward encryption, which could change with Roe overturned — The company is moving quickly to make Messenger more secure — but selling it to average users could prove to be a challenge Casey Newton / Platformer: Sources detail Meta's challenges in building encrypted messaging products, including users' apathy toward encryption, which could change with Roe…

In the recent year or so, discussions about the whole green bubble versus blue bubble debacle have intensified. The discussion is that iPhone users who send and receive messages from Android users do not get a nice experience. This Thursday, @Android Tweeted about a new campaign for Apple to #GetTheMessage about RCS. I had to spill the tea…. help @apple #GetTheMessage #ad pic.twitter.com/EljxFqqp1d— Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) August 10, 2022 I text my iMessage friends from my MacBook and everybody else from my…

Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms on the market, and that can be an issue for concerned parents. Because of this, the company has a way for parents to feel a bit safer. Snapchat launched Family Center, a way for parents to see who their kids are interacting with.Social media is fun for a lot of people, but it can be a nightmare when you’re a parent. Any form of social media like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram is just a free ticket for any number of strangers to have contact with your children.…

Google has launched an online campaign asking Apple to “fix texting” by adopting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol for messaging. Currently, Apple uses the outdated SMS and MMS technology for communication with users outside the company's ecosystem. According to Google, this has led to users sharing low resolution videos. Google, the firm that develops the Android operating system, also highlighted that the outdated SMS and MMS technology has also led to broken group chats and missing read receipts. Without…

While there are a number of messaging apps from which to choose, only a dozen or so have marketplace gravitas. The best-known and most-utilized are usually the ones that come with your smartphone: the Google, Samsung, and Apple Messages apps, the Facebook Messengers, and the Whatsapps of the world. Most people don't even think about their messaging app -- they take it for granted and simply check notifications regularly. But there are differences between them, and the most important ones involve security, because all…

When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. Or when I was driving, I would expect the car to brake by itself,” says the 33-year-old Beijing native, who joined the Chinese tech giant Baidu in January 2021 as a robotaxi driver.Robotaxi driver is an occupation that only exists in our time, the result of an evolving technology that’s advanced enough to get rid of a driver—most of the time, in controlled environments— but not good…

We hope you weren't using Meta's experimental Tuned app to keep your relationship fires burning. Gizmodo reports Meta is shutting down Tuned on September 19th, and that sign-up attempts for the couple-oriented app now produce errors. The company wasn't shy about its reasons for the move. In a statement to Engadget, a spokesperson said Meta's New Product Experimentation team winds down apps if they "aren’t sticking." Meta's (then Facebook's) NPE Team launched Tuned in April 2020 to give partners a "private space" where…

Popular messaging app JusTalk, which advertises itself as secure and encrypted, has reportedly suffered a security lapse, and that revealed it was neither secure nor encrypted after a huge online cache of users' unencrypted private messages was found online.According to TechCrunch, the messaging app is widely used across Asia and has a booming international audience with 20 million users globally. Google Play lists JusTalk Kids, billed as its child-friendly and compatible version of its messaging app, as having more than…