Articles about messaging

This startup aims to improve workplace conversations with ’empathy-as-a-service’ software

Most of us have had the experience of sending a text or email that came across sounding insensitive or angry,… Read More

LivePerson opening tech center in Seattle for messaging business; Amazon Alexa vet on board

LivePerson, a company whose messaging platform helps businesses communicate with customers, has a message for Seattle: they’re setting up shop… Read More

Geek of the Week: Entrepreneur and ex-poker pro Phil Gordon places his latest bet on Chatbox

After his first startup, Phil Gordon spent about 10 years as a professional poker player. Four more startups later, it’s… Read More

Seattle startup ReplyYes joins Disney Accelerator to grow retail chatbot service

ReplyYes has been accepted into the Disney Accelerator’s 2017 class to continue building out its chat commerce platform that allows… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

John deVadoss, Peng Huang, and David Hill have known that they wanted to go into business together for years. They… Read More

Inside look: How Slack, Google Hangouts, and Microsoft Teams stack up in enterprise messaging

[Editor’s Note: Samir Diwan is the CEO of Seattle startup Polly, which makes a bot that runs polls and surveys in Slack,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send… Read More

Former top Amazon and aQuantive exec vows to revolutionize messaging with new cloud startup

Scott Lipsky has a long history in Seattle as an entrepreneur and investor who has led a number of startups… Read More

Report: Snapchat parent Snap Inc. quietly files for IPO

Snap Inc., the company that operates blockbuster messaging app Snapchat, is in the process of filing for an initial public… Read More

Google’s new Allo messaging app tries to outsmart the competition with learned replies, help of Assistant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEkoXgb4bI In the crowded world of messaging apps, Google has released Allo, a new player that promises to learn how you… Read More

Twitter launches group Direct Messages, expanding private chat features

Twitter users will be able to communicate privately with groups of people on the social network under a new feature announced… Read More

Skype co-founder backs Wire, a new messaging app for iOS and Android

Janus Friis already changed the messaging game when he co-founded Skype. Now the entrepreneur are trying to do it again — this… Read More

Facebook poaches PayPal boss David Marcus to head up messaging

PayPal President David Marcus has just been hired away by Facebook to head up the social network’s messaging division. The announcement… Read More

Glympse adds Foursquare-like location sharing to Samsung messaging app

Seattle-based Glympse has partnered with ChatON to enable its users to share their location with a friend through the Samsung-owned… Read More

Skype revamps Android app after 100M installs

Skype today announced a new milestone for its Android app, and with it came a big update. There have now… Read More