Messenger
Facebook is building a new faster, smaller Messenger app for Windows and MacOS
Project LightSpeed represents Facebook's efforts to provide a drastically reduced Messenger App footprint
Facebook begins blocking use of Messenger from Windows Phone 8.x
The social networking website is now blocking the use of Messenger from Windows Phone 8.x.
Facebook ends support for Messenger and Facebook on older Windows Phone and Windows devices
Facebook has announced that it is ending support for Facebook and Messenger on older Windows Phone and Windows devices.
Windows 10 Mobile news recap: Microsoft starts recruiting, Mentions in Messenger and more
Check out our weekly Windows 10 Mobile news recap series, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s mobile operating system.
Facebook Messenger app update adds fun emoji reactions and mentions
The changes are rolling out right now, and should be available for the Messenger app soon.
Windows 10 news recap: Creators Update, enormous bugfix list for Insiders, 3D and more
This is our weekly “Windows 10 news recap” series where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s latest operating system. This recap is especially exciting because of all the announcements surrounding Windows 10 and its Creators Update as well as multiple application updates.
Minimum RAM requirement for Facebook and Messenger now up to 2GB
Facebook recently set a "Minimum requirement" for the available system RAM memory for its app on Windows 10 Mobile. The store page now shows that you need 2GB of RAM for the apps to run properly.
Facebook's Messenger beta app for Windows 10 PC gains calling option
Today, the Beta release of Messenger for PC finally enables the long-awaited calling option
Messenger for Windows 10 PC updated to reduce loading time
Facebook has released an update to its Messenger app on Windows 10 that brings an all-important improvement to users of the app.
3rd party Instagram client InstaPic for Windows 10 updated with 'Stories' feature
Fortunately, Windows 10 users won’t have to wait until Instagram gets around to porting its new Stories feature (if it ever does) before users can give a whirl. 3rd party Instagram client Instapic has been recently updated to include the Snapchat like feature of Stories to its app.
Facebook Messenger getting end-to-end encryption via Secret Conversations feature
Facebook is rolling out end-to-end encryption in its Messenger client via new "Secret Conversations" function.
Here's how to download the new Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram apps for Windows 10
The new Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram apps are now available for download on Windows 10. Here's how to get them.
Microsoft offers short tutorial on how to migrate from Live Messenger to Skype
Its finally that time. The time Live Messenger is phased out for Skype. If you are a Live Messenger user, here is a tutorual put together by Microsoft to help you make the transition with ease.
Messenger now powering over 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook chat
Piero Sierra: We’re excited to announce today that Facebook chat is now available to over 75 million more Messenger customers worldwide, wherever Facebook is available.
In November, we gave an update on Messenger powering over 1.5 billion minutes of Facebook chat. Since then, the number of Messenger customers who have connected Messenger to Facebook has grown over 75% to nearly 18 million people. The addition of these new connections has nearly doubled the number of chat sessions between Messenger and Facebook to about 440 million, powering more than 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook chat. We expect even more progress with the availability of Facebook chat from Messenger to the remaining countries we’re releasing this feature to today.
Messenger for Mac 8 with Video Chat now available
For those that use Messenger for Mac, a new version came out of beta today.
Microsoft Messenger
Windows Phone 7 to get Live Messenger, but not from Microsoft?
At the end of September, MobileTechWorld.com reported that Windows Live Messenger (WLM) was coming t