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<title>Briefly: Facebook VoIP for Android, Google Hangouts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/19/facebook.adds.voip.calling.to.android.app.in.us/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363647202_Facebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook has enabled its free voice calling feature in Facebook Messenger to Android users in the United States and around the world, months after the iOS version. After an initial roll-out in Canada and the UK, the Android version of Facebook Messenger allows users to tap the 'i' button on a contact, and then offers the Free Call option. The sudden release of the feature in the US follows the lau...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook Messenger Android update adds Chat Heads</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/messaging.system.from.facebook.home.included.without.launcher/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365784386_facebookhomechatheadearlythumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook has rolled out part of its upcoming Facebook Home launcher in an Android app update, before the company released its new phone software initiative. Facebook Messenger (Google Play) now has the option to enable the Chat Heads pop-up contacts onto phones and tablets, without the need to install the complete Facebook Home suite itself....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook rolls out VoIP services to Messenger iOS app in UK</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/25/free.voice.calls.via.facebook.lands.in.europe/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363647202_Facebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook has enabled Voice Over IP (VoIP) in its messaging app for users in the United Kingdom, and possibly other areas of Europe. After being launched in Canada in January before rolling out to the United States, the iOS version of Facebook Messenger allows users to call each other through the service instead of passing voice messages to each other as previously offered....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook to let users pay to message users they don't know</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/20/facebook.tests.measure.meant.to.cut.down.on.spam/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1356047949_ScreenShot2012-12-20at4.50.19PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The world's largest social network has spent the past several months tweaking and honing its messaging service, and now Facebook is testing a feature that would allow users to directly message users to whom they are not connected, so long as they pay a fee. In a blog post announcing new inbox filtering features, Facebook also tipped that it was conducting a small experiment to "test the usefulne...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Facebook Messenger, Vizibility, Zensorium</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/04/messenger.app.drops.account.requirement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354648552_ScreenShot2012-12-04at12.03.43PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook announced today that it had altered its Facebook Messenger app to allow users to create Messenger accounts with only a name and a phone number. The alteration brings Facebook Messenger into the company of other SMS-replacement apps such as WhatsApp and Handcent, as users can now message contacts with just a phone number, as well as share photos with them. The social network rolled out the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook Messenger hits version 1.9</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/24/update.now.available.for.ios.and.android/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345847479_ScreenShot2012-08-24at6.26.45PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook today began rolling out an update to its Messenger app, bringing the app to version 1.9. The new update includes a number of user interface alterations, as well as a few new capabilities. It also brings the app into direct integration with Facebook's main app for the first time....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook Messenger app coming to iPad</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/01/native.version.of.existing.iphone.app/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/Facebook-Messanger-iPad-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An iPad-native version of Facebook Messenger is currently in early beta development, according to a report from 9to5Mac. The app, which functions as a broken-out chat service separate from the main Facebook iOS app, features Notification Center support and is currently an upscaled version of the iPhone app, which has been available since last summer. The app offers an iMessage-like data-based chat...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook updates Messenger for Android for chat UI, 4.0</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/facebookmessenger-android.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook on Thursday posted a tangible update to Facebook Messenger on Android (Google Play).  The new app significantly speeds up starting a conversation with individuals or groups, needing just a tap of the + button and the contact or the group option to get started.  Android 4.0 owners also get better support, although what's changed isn't conspicuous in a brief test....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook launches Messenger for Windows, plans Mac app</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/facebookmessenger-windows.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook brought out its first proper desktop app Monday by posting Messenger for Windows.  The minimalist title lets PC users keep track of conversations without having to keep a browser tab open and risk missing notifications.  When not immediately involved in chat, it provides a light version of the Facebook ticker's stream of updates....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM CEO: we're looking into BBM on other platforms</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/27/rim.ceo.hints.bbm.may.be.open.to.ios.and.android/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/blackberrybold9900-handson4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins has continued his interviewing with hints the company might not be as closed to the possibility of BlackBerry Messenger on other mobile platforms as once thought.  He told CrackBerry that he was still committed to the core BlackBerry platform and there weren't immediate plans, but that the company "should never rule this [possibility] out."  The company did have staff ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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