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WhatsApp is rolling out new group chat features including an @all mention that overrides mute settings, poll enhancements like voting deadlines and anonymous polls, and easier group creation from existing chats, with usernames coming later this year.
Signal now lets users link multiple Android phones and iPhones to a single account, with optional encrypted message history transfer, rolling out in version 8.20 on Android and 8.22 on iOS.
A developer advocate shows how to distribute AI agents across Slack, Teams, Discord, WhatsApp, and Telegram using CopilotKit's Channels SDK, which handles platform-specific integrations and native UI rendering.
Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store over CSAM violations, restoring it after Telegram removed the content and banned the responsible user. Telegram criticized the takedown, citing its moderation efforts and pointing to Apple's inconsistent enforcement.
Meta is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads' DMs, allowing users to chat privately with the AI assistant, share posts, images, links, and videos, aiming to keep users within its ecosystem and discourage use of third-party assistants. Rollout begins globally from Monday.
Comms enables users to launch AI agents directly inside iMessage in seconds, as showcased on Product Hunt.
An essay arguing that the true essence of object-oriented programming is messaging, not classes, and introducing the Abject project and Ask protocol as a revival of this idea adapted for AI.
Mem Agent now integrates with iMessage, WhatsApp, Email, and Slack, proactively reaching out to users to follow up on context and unfinished tasks.
Twitch introduces parental controls that let guardians block teens from livestreaming, restrict private messaging, set daily time limits, and filter content by classification labels.
The feature allows users to create separate Sender Profiles for each client, giving each their own number, templates, history, analytics, and billing, simplifying client management and data isolation.
A thought experiment exploring the catastrophic consequences of a permanent WhatsApp shutdown, highlighting its critical role as infrastructure in the global south.
A developer replaced Twilio with a single API that routes messages to SMS, WhatsApp, or RCS based on user response, cutting messaging costs by 40% in the first week.
A guide offering nine tips to enhance productivity and organization in Google Chat, including creating Spaces, threading messages, pinning chats, and scheduling messages.
The article explores the challenges of implementing group chats in fully decentralized P2P systems, comparing approaches like Signal, Matrix, MLS, leaderless membership, and fixed groups, while describing tradeoffs made in the author's Kiyeovo messenger app.
Toyo is an AI executive assistant that lives in iMessage and Telegram, connecting to email, calendar, Slack, and other tools to handle context gathering, scheduled checks, drafts, and approvals, aiming to reduce overwhelm from busywork.
Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 2 (version 2.96.0) has been released, continuing development of the open-source instant messaging client.
WhatsApp is rolling out usernames as an optional privacy feature, allowing users to connect without sharing phone numbers; reservations open this week.
WhatsApp is introducing usernames to let users connect without sharing phone numbers, with reservations opening this week and a gradual rollout later this year.
Autocrypt v2 introduces post-quantum encryption and reliable deletion for decentralized messaging, using hybrid ML-KEM-768 and X25519 keys with automatic key rotation and destruction.
Reproduced emails from Alan Kay in 2003 clarify the original meaning of "object-oriented programming" — centered on messaging, data hiding, and a biological/cell metaphor, with inheritance intentionally omitted initially.