Instead of buying WhatsApp as previously rumored, Facebook apparently had other plans. Corporate social networking site recently updated the Facebook Messenger for Android service.
Quoted from Venture Beat, starting today, Facebook Messenger for Android users no longer are required to have a Facebook account to be able to use the application.
The move is expected to attract more people to use Messenger app made by Facebook to chat.
It also means Facebook not only wants to be the top choice of users in terms of messaging, but also take a portion of conventional text services (SMS).
For Facebook itself, is expected Messenger will bring many new users to the social networking site's ecosystem. Once someone put Messenger on your phone, it a step closer to Facebook users.
So far, the service model updates Facebook Messenger is a new force in India, Indonesia, Venezuela, Australia, and South Africa.
Meanwhile, although the main goal is WhatsApp and Facebook is expected to SMS services, others also can suffer the consequences of a step up it is RIM's popular instant messaging service BlackBerry Messenger.
Success messaging platform "new" Facebook is against WhatsApp and BBM remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, the more SMS glory fading as the growing instant messaging services.
Quoted from Venture Beat, starting today, Facebook Messenger for Android users no longer are required to have a Facebook account to be able to use the application.
The move is expected to attract more people to use Messenger app made by Facebook to chat.
It also means Facebook not only wants to be the top choice of users in terms of messaging, but also take a portion of conventional text services (SMS).
For Facebook itself, is expected Messenger will bring many new users to the social networking site's ecosystem. Once someone put Messenger on your phone, it a step closer to Facebook users.
So far, the service model updates Facebook Messenger is a new force in India, Indonesia, Venezuela, Australia, and South Africa.
Meanwhile, although the main goal is WhatsApp and Facebook is expected to SMS services, others also can suffer the consequences of a step up it is RIM's popular instant messaging service BlackBerry Messenger.
Success messaging platform "new" Facebook is against WhatsApp and BBM remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, the more SMS glory fading as the growing instant messaging services.
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