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Twitter Tweaks Direct Messages To Add Read Receipts, Typing Indicators

Twitter Tweaks Direct Messages To Add Read Receipts, Typing Indicators

In yet another example of the social media technology version of keeping up the with Joneses, Twitter announced today that it’s rolling out changes to Direct Messages that will make the platform a lot more like its competitors, including read receipts so you’ll know if your friend is deliberately ignoring you. [More]

T-Mobile Launches Advanced Messaging: Texts With iMessage Features

T-Mobile Launches Advanced Messaging: Texts With iMessage Features

Over the years, the creation of messaging apps and their plentiful features – read receipts, quick responses, the ability to send large photo and video files – have cut into the territory once occupied by traditional SMS texting. While standard texting isn’t exactly dead, its prospects aren’t looking super sunny as T-Mobile announced it would be revamping its messaging to offer more features.  [More]