In the world of Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, we typically find someone by their username. On messenger apps, however, we still largely find and save a new contact with a ...

Signal Messenger will soon let customers share usernames instead of phone numbers on the platform, centering more on their commitment to being the top encrypted messaging platform in the world. Soon, ...

Signal Messenger rolled out a new feature on its app, and it does not require a person to retain their old phone numbers to keep a conversation on one's account. Users can change phone numbers now and ...

Facebook wants to be your one and only messaging app, so it’s asking for your phone number. Today it starts testing a version of Messenger for Android that lets you message non-friends by phone number ...

Facebook on Wednesday rolled out an update to its iOS messaging platform and app with a new design in line with Apple's iOS 7, as well as a new feature that offers users the ability to locate people ...

Phone numbers are dumb. Once someone has yours, you can’t stop them from contacting you. Someone might want you to call them, but if you don’t have their random string of digits, you can’t. And you ...

First, Facebook kicked Messenger out of its main app. Next, it gave Messenger its own home on the web. Now, the final cleaving: As of today, you no longer need a Facebook account to sign up for ...

Our phones have evolved drastically over the past decade. They’ve gone from devices meant for simple texting and calling to full-blown computers that fit in our pockets That’s why David Marcus, ...