A new WhatsApp message threads feature appears to be on the way, after it was discovered in an app beta. Once a user replies to a quoted message, the thread will remain connected to the original ...

The in-development feature should help users navigate messy conversations. The in-development feature should help users navigate messy conversations. is a news writer focused on creative industries, ...

Meta’s Threads has proven itself to be a worthy competitor to Twitter, but the platform has long been missing support for private messages. Now, though, Threads is testing a “Message” button that ...

Threads users who want a direct messaging feature might be getting one they didn't exactly ask for. Meta is testing a sort of DM feature in which users can send messages, but only to Instagram users.

When Samsung pulled the plug on its Messages app for U.S. Galaxy owners earlier this year, the company offered a simple ...

As Threads has grown to more than 130 million users, one of the major remaining “missing” features users often complain about is the lack of direct messaging abilities. But those missing out on DMs ...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has exceptional manners. And he expects the same from his bureau directors. Shea Flaherty Betin, executive director of Prosper Portland, was already on thin ice with the ...

I use group messages on my iPhone every single day. Between different friend groups, family messages, and hockey teams, I can barely go an hour without receiving some kind of group message — sometimes ...

Another day, another new app promising to replace Twitter. The hierarchy of text-based social media platforms started looking shaky as soon as Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, and it's only ...

A Slack outage was breaking notifications and making messages buried in threads harder to find, but it appears to be fixed now. A Slack outage was breaking notifications and making messages buried in ...

So, how do the two apps now compare in 2024? We’ll explore this, based on five criteria: user interface, compatibility, useful features, fun factor, and privacy and security. Without a doubt, Apple’s ...

A few days ago, iMessage started doing some really weird things. Not Republican weird, tech weird. I'm in a group chat with my brother and sister. The normal behavior is that their two names are the ...