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The Federal Reserve has committed to beefing up its asset purchases until “substantial further progress” is made on the economic rebound. But Fed officials this week are sending mixed messages on whether or not the next move will be ramping up or winding down its quantitative easing program. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Monday that the central bank will likely maintain its $120-billion-a-month pace of buying mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasuries “for a while.” But… Source link

Enlarge / Security padlock in circuit-board background. Google has begun rolling out end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Service, the text-messaging standard the industry giant is pushing as an alternative to SMS. Abbreviated as RCS, Rich Communication Service provides a… well, richer user experience than the ancient SMS standard. Typing indicators, presence information, location sharing, longer messages, and better media support… Source link

For the past year and a half, Google has been rolling out its next-generation messaging to Android users to replace the old, clunky, and insecure SMS text messaging. Now the company says that rollout is complete, and plans to bring end-to-end encryption to Android messages next year. Google’s Rich Communications Services is Android’s answer to Apple’s iMessage, and brings typing indicators, read receipts, and you’d expect from most messaging apps these days. In a blog post… Source link

After two long, complicated years, every Android user worldwide (outside China and Russia) now has access to the next-gen texting standard that is replacing SMS. Google is directly offering RCS chat services through its Android Messages app to anybody who installs it and uses it as their default texting app, which partly bypasses a carrier rollout that, at times, has ranged from sluggish to incoherent to broken. Just as importantly, Google has announced that it’s finally beginning to… Source link

? nobodys using this and google is trying to force it on most of the phone manifacturers like xiaomi. they removed they super cool mi messaging app most likely because google paid them to. and nobody was happy they replaced it with this crap O7724 I use SMS Organizer by Microsoft. Apart from features Google can’t even think off, It also has this text scheduling feature. H Demongornot, 3 hours agoTextra and Mood SMS (at least, before it… Source link

If you have a Google account, you have access to an instant messaging app that doesn’t require a screen name: Google Chat. You don’t even need to go far to find it — Google Chat is built right into your Gmail inbox. Here’s how to use Google Chat in any internet browser on your Mac or PC. Check out the products mentioned in this article: Apple Macbook Pro (From $1,299.00 at Apple) Acer Chromebook 15 (From $179.99 at Walmart) How to use Google Chat First, you need to… Source link

Google is adding a number of new features to its Messages app for Android, including the ability to reply to messages with emoji reactions, something that’s long been available in other messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and iOS’s built-in Messages app. The feature was first spotted in testing in May, but Google has now officially rolled it out as part of the latest version of its Messages app. To use an emoji reaction, just tap and hold the message you want to react to and a… Source link

Messages’ long trek to feature parity with other chat apps continues got a boost this week with the addition of emoji reactions. Google has been testing the feature since at least the start of March, but the company is now rolling it out to the broader Messages userbase on Android.   You can react to a message someone sends you by long pressing on it. Currently, there are seven animated emoji to choose from: like, love, laughter, surprise, sadness, anger and dislike. You’ll need to have… Source link

Ahead of its debut on July 21st OnePlus released an Instagram video indicating its Nord phone will come with Google’s Messages and Phone apps installed instead of its own SMS and dialer, 9to5Google reported. The device also will have Google’s Duo video chat app pre-installed, according to the video. Why OnePlus decided to roll with Google’s apps isn’t clear, but it’s apparently in pursuit of the “smoothest-est” Android experience, according to the video. As 9to5Google notes,… Source link

In “Yandex.Zen” came the messenger, intended for the exchange of personal communications with the authors of the publications. This is a very important feature for bloggers and for readers. A new option will become available in the near future. In a press-service “Yandex.Zen” reported that the icon of the messenger for the exchange of information will appear in the Zen of the author and in the header of the publication. Such communication will allow bloggers to interact more… Source link