messenger – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ Get the latest trusted reviews, breaking news and expert insights in consumer tech, cars, gadgets, and digital lifestyle. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:23:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://media.vernonchan.com/2018/05/cropped-Artboard-300px-1-32x32.png messenger – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ 32 32 Facebook is buying Giphy for USD400 million https://vernonchan.com/facebook-buys-giphy-usd400-million/ Sat, 16 May 2020 15:04:53 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=61689 It’s official. Facebook is buying Giphy, one of the largest GIF-making and sharing sites on the Internet, for a reported sum of USD400 million. The deal shouldn’t be a huge surprise, seeing that Facebook has used Giphy’s API in the Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp apps for years. In fact, Facebook revealed that 50 per […]

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]]> Facebook Messenger loses bloat, dumps Discover tab and bots https://vernonchan.com/facebook-messenger-redesign-discover-tab-removed/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:30:52 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=59050 The next time you fire up Facebook Messenger, it will be a cleaner, simpler experience. Gone will be the bot-littered Discover tab that was previously used to showcase businesses. The removal of the Discover tab was first noted by TechCrunch on Facebook’s Developers website. The reasoning behind the removal was to “simplify the experience” for […]

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