Friendster is considered one of the original ... users became able to communicate privately over direct messages. By 2013, the company reached 65 million registered users and was seeing around ...

Users could send messages and post bulletin board items ... it is a not-for-profit entity and is generally well-loved. Friendster emerged in 2002. This Malaysian-built platform, now defunct ...

We’ve updated this story to clarify how messages are stored in backups. If you don’t want your text messages read by prying eyes, you should consider locking your phone with a passcode or ...

Samsung was thought to have abandoned its Messages app over the past few years, but the company seems to have a renewed interest in it, with RCS having been enabled last year, and some more new ...

Full-screen message effects are among the most fun-to-use features in iMessage, and now they're becoming a lot easier to use in Google Messages for Android, too. In the latest Google Messages beta ...

Google Messages is preparing to add new deletion capabilities for RCS chats. You will soon have an option to delete RCS chats for yourself or for everyone, including you and the recipient.

Google Messages looks to be getting an update to its group chat function that would allow you to add custom icons to your group chats. If the new feature, which has already been spotted by some ...

Despite earlier indications of phasing out Samsung Messages in favor of Google Messages, Samsung is actively developing new features for its native messaging app. Upcoming features in Samsung ...

Thus, any group chat that does not verify who has been added to the chat can potentially have their messages read.” The chance of someone exploiting this weakness to access a WhatsApp group for ...

Google is beginning to roll out the ability to personalize group chats in Messages for Android with custom icons. At the moment, the default group icon shows up to four circular profile pics that ...