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Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by NAVYdogg: 8:35pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
YAHOO has released a new cross-platform messaging app with a bizarre gimmick. Imagine making a video call without other people being able to listen in. That's the unbelievable unique selling proposition for a new messaging app from Yahoo. The US internet firm this week released a new app called Livetext which seeks to make video calling as private as texting. Yahoo says video calls can be better than texts for expressing emotions, but their audio component makes private conversations public. With Livetext, you simply message friends by typing – just like texting – but you see video of friends without the audio. It's the latest example of Yahoo trying to catch up in mobile services since Marissa Mayer became the company's CEO three years ago. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype and other services already deliver video calls. Yahoo's twist is silencing the audio. However it's not clear how much – if any – traction this new app will get. Friends will also need to be using Livetext, and for now, the pool of users is much, much smaller than those with established rivals. Yahoo says it didn't want to tap its existing network of millions of users, in an effort to keep the Livetext experience more intimate. To use Livetext, users create a separate ID and make friend requests using the address book in their smartphone. Following tests in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Ireland, as well as someUS college campuses, the app was released this week on Android and iOS. SOURCE: www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/595274/WhatsApp-Messenger-App-Yahoo-LiveText-Video-Call-FaceTime |
Re: Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by born2lead01: 8:40pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Great |
Re: Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by Nobody: 8:51pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Am totally in. |
Re: Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by Nobody: 8:59pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Let Me Try It With My 3310 To Download It |
Re: Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by paranorman(m): 12:41pm On Aug 02, 2015 |
I had to read this writeup twice to really get it. Okay, 'videos are better at showing emotions than audio'. I send a vid of me frowing to my friend, he sends a vid of him laughing hard.., no auds, just acts. It's interesting in a different way. |
Re: Whatsapp & Facebook Already Shaking As Yahoo Introduces Its New Messaging App. by kennyman2000(m): 10:46pm On Aug 03, 2015 |
Hmmmmm.. |
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