BBM for Android has received an update bringing a continuation of a new look and feel with new number badges, a more efficient webview UI and more.
After the London terrorist attack this week, where Khalid Masood killed four people in Westminster, the home secretary has said that intelligence services must have access to encrypted messaging services.
BBM for Android has received an update bringing improved Android N Quick Reply Support, a UI refresh and more. Anybody who still uses BBM will know that the app has become seriously spam-riddled and taking that into account, this update improves infrastructure features to reduce spam invites.
Open Whisper has released a new update to both the Android and iOS versions of Signal, bringing encrypted video calling. The feature was previously only available to beta testers, but has now been rolled out to all users.
BlackBerry have released an update to the BlackBerry Hub app for Android, bringing dual SIM phone support, Android Wear notifications and more.
BlackBerry have released an update to BBM for iOS, bringing the ability for Channel Owners to designate a human or bot channel representative to provide real time responses, spam reporting and more.
Google has rebranded their Messenger app to Android Messages, bringing a push to Rich Communications Services (RCS). The app will now be installed on default on handsets from over 20 phone makers and with RCS gaining adoption by several carriers around the world,
Earlier this month, we reported how BlackBerry had entered the Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) market with the introduction of its BBM Enterprise SDK, enabling developers to integrate secure messaging, voice and video.
Armour Communications has announced its integration with Skype for Business. Armour Mobile is now able to connect to Skype for Business using standard Cisco SIP-based technology.
Open Whisper has released a new Android and iOS beta of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app that is a favorite of privacy-advocate Edward Snowden.
At the beginning of this month BlackBerry released a beta to BBM for Android, which finally brought the ability to sign up and use BBM via phone numbers.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced Amazon Chime, a new unified communications service that makes meetings easier and more efficient than ever before.
