Facebook simplifies Messenger app

as informed in As a parting shot, though, Facebook announced a security breach that affected at least 50 million people—and possibly as many as 90 million. Security researchers at ESET caught Russian hackers using a clever technique called a UEFI rootkit, which not even swapping in a new hard drive will fix. Over the last several weeks, Facebook has been fighting the US government in court over whether it has to wiretap an alleged gang member's Messenger account. Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill confirmed this week that Facebook accesses "shadow contact information" to target ads at people. By using only this shadow data, Hill was able to target a single security researcher with an ad for his eyes only.

Facebook simplifies Messenger app

MANILA, Philippines — Social media company Facebook will roll out a new and simplified version of its Messenger application. To address this, Chudnovsky said the new Messenger will only have three tabs instead of nine: chats, people and discover. "Once you tap into Messenger 4's People tab, you can find friends, catch up on people's stories and see everyone who is active right now. "Messenger 4 has another way to personalize your conversations with a small but delightful update to chat customizations called color gradients. The company said it will retain many of the current Messenger features, including polls, sharing of live locations, in-app games and group video chat.

Facebook is rolling out a redesigned Messenger focused on simplicity

as declared in Facebook is releasing a redesigned version of Messenger today that attempts to put the focus back on your chats. Messenger was born as a simple way for Facebook users to send messages to one another while they browsed it on the desktop. The new Messenger, which Facebook previewed in May at its developer conference, consolidates what once occupied nine tabs into three. Within the discover tab there's a secondary tab called "businesses" that features a directory of brands. I spent the past week using the redesigned Messenger, and I'm a fan of its pared-down look and feel.

Facebook Messenger internally tests voice commands for chat, calls

Facebook Messenger could soon let you use your voice to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls and create reminders. Messenger for Android's code reveals a new M assistant button atop the message thread screen that activates listening for voice commands for those functionalities. Facebook Messenger was previously spotted testing speech transcription as part of the Aloha voice assistant believed to be part of Facebook's upcoming Portal video chat screen device. When reached for comment, a Facebook Messenger spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that Facebook is internally testing the voice command feature. Facebook confirms this is now in testing with a small percentage of Messenger users.