Building Dice’s Instant Messaging Feature Meant Facing Down Complexity Dice Staff, November 18, 2020 6 min read Layla, a software engineer, has been searching for a new job since April. During that time, she’s managed to connect...
How Symphony, Fintech App Maker, Thrives During COVID-19 Crisis Sarah Butcher, April 1, 2020 5 min read These are slightly awkward times for Scott Slipy, chief human resources officer at Symphony, the secure messaging...
Is Amazon Entering the Messaging-App Game? Nick Kolakowski, July 18, 2017 3 min read According to new rumors, Amazon is hard at work on a messaging app that would compete directly against Facebook...
Building the Next Great Chat App Nathan Eddy, January 17, 2017 8 min read The latest generation of chat software (think Slack and its ilk) binds together a variety of technologies,...
Developers: Consider Building Messaging Apps Nick Kolakowski, November 24, 2015 2 min read Although social networks are huge (and getting bigger), messaging services have already eclipsed their reach,...
Are Disappearing Messages a Permanent Business? Boonsri Dickinson Srinivasan, February 24, 2014 11 min read Our lives online come with perils, whether from the NSA checking up on our digital communications, or the...
Facebook’s WhatsApp Buy: Are We In a Bubble Yet? Nick Kolakowski, February 20, 2014 4 min read Facebook will spend $16 billion in cash and stock to acquire messaging service WhatsApp, a mind-boggling sticker...
Snapchat Finally Says ‘Sorry’ Nick Kolakowski, January 9, 2014 3 min read New and improved... or at least fixed. More than a week after attackers raided personal information on 4.6 million...
Five Snapchat Alternatives Nick Kolakowski, January 2, 2014 4 min read Silent Circle's vaporizing messages. Snapchat isn’t having the best 2014: less than a week after a cyber-security...
Snapchat’s Future Revenue Conundrum Nick Kolakowski, December 23, 2013 3 min read Snapchat's distinctive ghost logo. Snapchat managed to attract a lot of buzz in 2013—perhaps more than any other...
