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Business News

WhatsApp Becomes First Messaging App With 1 Billion Users

Its user base has more than doubled since Facebook bought it back in 2014.

Social Media

WhatsApp Scraps Subscription Fee, Announces New Communication Tools for Businesses

While the service has long vowed to remain free of third-party apps and spam, its latest pivot could pave the way for a Facebook-like monetization model.

Marketing

10 Tips for Creating Marketing Messages that Work

Add these tools to your marketing utility belt.

Technology

The Messaging Bellwether

Rajdip Gupta, an early mobile application development and telecom enthusiast, foresaw the mobile-led disruption in telecom industry.

Marketing

Being All Things to All People Is a Marketing Dead End

There are universal problems but customers are skeptical when you promise a universal solution.

Social Media

Soon, You Could Receive a Facebook Message That Disappears Before You Read It

Facebook is testing a strange, new ephemeral feature in France.

Business News

Facebook Is Working on a New Ad-Type Called 'Click to Message'

This feature will play a huge role around Pages and could provide vital consumer feedback for businesses.

Business News

LinkedIn Just Completely Revamped Its Messaging Tool

The professional networking service is more chat-like, complete with emoji and GIFs.

Business News

Twitter Adds Desktop Notifications for Direct Messages

The notifications will be available for all by the end of the week.

Business News

Human + A.I. = Your Business Future

A wave of startups are part of a new trend that promises to radically simplify our lives by making it harder to determine whether we're communicating with a person or computer code.

Social Media

Why Twitter's New DM Character Limit Could Be a Game Changer for Business Users

The social networking site just amped up its utility as a real-time customer service center.

Business News

How Famed Tech Analyst Mary Meeker Foresees the Future of the Internet

Keep an eye on user-generated content, messaging apps and drones, according to the 20th annual Internet Trends report.

Business News

The Future of Social Is Messaging Apps, But How Do Brands Fit In?

The explosion of mobile computing has led to one particularly important outcome for our discussion – chat apps have grown at an even faster pace than mobile.

Business News

Microsoft is Giving People the Finger. Literally.

Don't take it personally.

Marketing

How to Engage Your Email Subscribers From the Moment They Sign Up (Infographic)

First impressions are a one-shot deal. For email marketers, they only come once in an inbox. Here's how not to blow that all-important initial email contact with fresh subs.