Software : Twitter's Direct Messaging is about to get slightly less maddening on mobile |
| Twitter's Direct Messaging is about to get slightly less maddening on mobile Posted:  Twitter has announced a much-needed pair of improvements to the direct messaging portion of its service, which will roll out over the next few weeks. On its Twitter Support account, the firm announced mobile users will soon be able to see their entire DM history on their mobile phones, rather than just the last few conversations. In a second tweet, the firm announced it is working on changes that will syncronise deleted messages across all of a user's devices. As of now, users can delete a conversation on their smartphone, yet still see it on their tablet or in the web browser at Twitter.com. Taking on WhatsApp?Twitter has started to make strides to make its DM feature less of an afterthought. As Mashable points out, the firm introduced pop-up notifications on the web in April, added photos last December, tested out messaging options that didn't require users to follow each other. It is also rumoured the firm is interested in rolling out group messaging, or even a standalone messaging app. Direct Messaging remains somewhat of an untapped resource within Twitter. Making it more prominent could allow it to rival the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. At a recent earnings call CEO Dick Costolo said: "When you think about the best international opportunity, there's a real opportunity for us when we think about our private messaging to strengthen the core of our Twitter product by making it easier for users to move more fluidly between the public conversation that happens everywhere on Twitter and the private conversation between you and a friend or you and a few friends." |
| Nokia MixRadio set to go it alone with a remix for iOS and Android devices Posted:  It's all change at Microsoft with 18,000 job cuts announced this week, but one part of the business which won't fall on the sword is the Nokia MixRadio music streaming app. Plans are afoot to spin-off the Lumia-based music app into a separate, yet-to-be determined, third-party-owned company, away from Microsoft's watch. The plans are to eventually offer the service on iOS and Android devices while still being built into all Microsoft phones as standard. "I don't believe any digital music service can succeed in the long-term if it doesn't have a pretty ubiquitous experience because that's what consumers and listeners around the world expect," Jyrki Rosenberg, VP and head of Nokia Entertainment told Billboard. Highly personalised"Our strategy is unchanged," he added. "The focus remains on being the most personal listening experience, that's really simple to use but highly personalized. Hopefully with this change, the other services will expand and create additional opportunities." Nokia MixRadio (originally Nokia Music) has hardly set the world on fire since its relaunch last November, but it does bring a library of 32 million songs and more than 10,000 curated playlists to the table. It is also available in 31 countries, a reach that blows away services like Beats Radio, Pandora and iHeart Radio. It is particularly popular in India and China, according to Rosenberg. The VP refused to comment on how the Microsoft cutbacks will affect Nokia Music employees, but said he was in talks with investors over taking the company out of Microsoft's hands. |
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