Users of Facebook’s Messenger app will soon be able to do more than just chat with friends and send them emoticons. They’ll also be able to send money. Facebook is adding a payments feature to its ...

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Take this simple precaution to keep your chats private. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac Facebook Messenger’s new App Lock feature lets you add an extra layer of security to the popular chat app.

Both Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp have their individual strengths and weaknesses. If you have both apps downloaded on your phone, chances are you’re familiar with a few of them. You might even rely ...

Facebook announced the release of a new shared experience in its Messenger that lets users play games during video calls. The social media giant said in a blog post that the move helps people "deep ...

Facebook Tuesday introduced a mobile app that lets Android and iPhone users send instant messages to individuals and to groups. It's called Facebook Messenger. Messenger "is a separate app, so it only ...

Facebook Messenger by Crisp App combines two services that many of us hold near and dear: Facebook chat and VoiP. The app aims to one-up Facebook’s existing chat service by adding its own free VoiP ...

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The COVID crisis has kept people apart physically — and with social-distancing norms, a wave of services is pushing out “watch party” features, letting their users virtually stream video together with ...

It's a socially distant world, but that doesn't mean we can't be social. Video chatting apps exploded in popularity in 2020 as the world tries to sit the coronavirus pandemic out in the comfort of ...

In the early days of the internet, Facebook was a cool thing that many young people used to upload entire albums from a single night out. In recent times, it has evolved to become a great way to keep ...

Soon after everyone barricaded themselves at home in March, Cheryl Franklin’s Facebook started to ping. Again, again and again. She had begun allowing her son Jacob, 7, to use Messenger Kids, a ...