Facebook has been busy beefing up Messenger this year, with a near constant stream of updates, tweaks, and (generally speaking), improvements. Turns out its efforts have not been in vain. Messenger has just joined the 1 billion club, bringing Messenger into the hallowed company of Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp. Billion Dollar Baby Back in 2014 …
Since its revival in recent years the almighty GIF has not lost any momentum. With Twitter's latest update, it might just continue to build on its success. Express yourself Native GIFs were first introduced to Twitter in June 2014, where previously GIFs only made appearances through the likes of Twitpic and Imgur links. There were …
We've known Snapchat was popular with the kids (and increasingly, the oldies) for some time now, but the latest stats reveal just how hot the ephemeral messaging service is. Oh Snap An infographic from GlobalWebIndex reveals that around half of 16 – 24 year olds in the US, UK and Canada are now on Snapchat. …
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With the latest update to their core iOS app, Google gives iPhone and iPad users the ability to go incognito with their searches and lock them using Touch ID. Hide your searches from prying eyes Many users will already be familiar with Google Chrome’s incognito mode. Activating the popular feature allows you to wander the …
Dropbox has just released some new tools aimed at making working in the cloud easier for businesses. Badge of honour The Dropbox Badge for desktop lets you see when colleagues are working on the same Office file on their own computer. This aims to help you avoid saving over each other's work. Imagination Previewing images …
Love 'em or loathe 'em: emoji don't look like going anywhere soon. Case in point: Twitter has just taken delivery of another 72 emoji, just in case you didn't have enough already. Face time The new options were released to coincide with World Emoji Day, and include an avocado, a slightly unnerving clown, selfie, pregnant …
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