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Google wishes SMS happy birthday and farewell, further backing RCS through Google Messages
It's nearly 30 years since SMS was first introduced -- Am I that old? -- and Google has again upped the ante on messaging standards. In a blog post a short time ago, several...
Telegram Premium officially launched and has some new features but probably isn’t worth the...
When we first became aware that Telegram was likely to offer a premium features package, there was some excitement. Telegram Premium has rolled out and for what you're getting, it just doesn't seem worth...
Telegram ready to drop the “free forever” mantra
Telegram is our messaging weapon of choice at Ausdroid and with good reason, it's fast, cross-platform, flexible and reliable. The fact it's free is certainly a bonus though. If the code change spotted by...
Is Telegram premium coming?
Telegram is one of the strongest competitors in the messaging game at present. A continual stream of new features has forced other big players to up their game. An interesting mention of "Premium" services...
How to: Stop the spam in Telegram
Once off, you can ignore it but when it becomes multiple times a day issue: Getting added to spam groups in Telegram is really annoying. Luckily there is an easy fix to this, it's...
Telegram blazes through 1 billion installs on the Play Store
For some time, Telegram has been steadily gathering momentum but the recent Facbook, Instagram and Whatsapp outage provided a huge boost. In fact that boost was so significant that during the outage, Telegram...
The winner from the Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook outage was Telegram
Believe it or not, when the biggest social media and messaging provider goes down there can be a winner. Clearly, it's not their users since critical services are offline. But when that...
Signal can now be used for announcement groups
Signal is one of the messaging apps that has seen a huge increase in userbase during the messaging wars of 2020 and 2021. As part of this upturn in userbase, their developers have...
Shots fired: Telegram and WhatsApp take their war to Twitter
When the messaging war began, who knew we would end up with over a dozen viable options? The issue that most people face is that not everyone you want to message is on...
Facebook Messenger hits 5 billion installs
If there was ever any doubt that Facebook has a stranglehold on the messaging market, they've hit 5 billion installs on another messaging app. Following -- Facebook-owned -- WhatsApp hitting the marker in...
WhatsApp stands firm on its T&C ultimatum, opening the door for competition to grab...
We’ve seen a fairly significant response to the recent changes to Whatsapp terms and conditions. Now while very little has actually changed, the data sharing between Whatsapp and Facebook has been spelled out...
Telegram is shutting down public calls for violence, while walking a fine privacy line
There is an expectation from users on any messaging platform that their privacy will be respected. But when public channels had clear calls for violence or that which could be classed as terrorism,...
Telegram has 500 million downloads, but still pales in comparison to the big players
Telegram is one of the many messaging options available in the current market. Its true cross-platform capability makes it very attractive to users like myself who use Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and even occasionally......
Telegram update brings new features and better privacy
Telegram is our messaging service of choice at Ausdroid, and we're part of a 100 million strong install base for the app. Telegram needs to stay sharp when it comes to functionality, and with...
New Telegram update brings custom languages and more to v5.0
There are a vast number of messaging apps available to the user but our favourite here at Ausdroid is Telegram. Today the folks have updated Telegram to v5.0 bringing a heap of new...