After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization. Rubin previously founded Meerkat and Houseparty — apps that pioneered ...

Google Chat, the service formerly known as Hangouts Chat, has a new app that works on any PC with Chrome. The messaging service has long had a desktop application, but this Progressive Web App version ...

Google Chat, the company’s alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams — not to be confused with the web app for its RCS and SMS messaging app on Android — is rolling out an overdue feature to its web ...

In Part 1, I covered how to use the SignalR persistent connection API to create a simple real-time chat Web application. This installment will cover how to use the Signal R Hub API in concert with ...

Google has announced that starting today, people who are still using Hangouts on mobile will see an in-app prompt asking them to move to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. The company says the new prompt ...

WhatsApp introduces Chat Lock feature on its web version, providing an extra layer of security for private conversations. Users can now lock individual chats and store them in a designated folder, ...

It's time to talk about Google messaging again. The company's latest blog lays out future plans for its suite of messaging services, which includes stripping features out of Google Hangouts as we head ...

In Part 1, I covered how to use the SignalR persistent connection API to create a simple real-time chat Web application. This installment will cover how to use the Signal R Hub API in concert with ...