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Signal

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193 articles decelerating

Signal has appeared in 193 articles since 2015-11. Coverage peaked in 2025Q1 with 14 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, Apple.

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193
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Acceleration
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Coverage Timeline

2026-01-14
Ars Technica 8 related

A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project from Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike that is designed to provide end-to-end encryption for AI chats

Moxie Marlinspike—the pseudonym of an engineer who set a new standard for private messaging with the creation of the Signal Messenger …

2026-01-13
Ars Technica 8 related

A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project from Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike that is designed to provide end-to-end encryption for AI chats

Moxie Marlinspike—the pseudonym of an engineer who set a new standard for private messaging with the creation of the Signal Messenger …

2025-09-09
TechCrunch 15 related

Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the past 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month

Location of your choosing is coming later.  As well as cross-platform support.  —  signal.org/blog/introdu... Meredith Whittaker / @meredithmeredith : *For Android beta users.  Soon, for everyone ❤️ F...

2025-06-17
New York Times 57 related

WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats

here's where you'll see them (and where you won't) Capital Brief : Meta to roll out ads on WhatsApp and offer paid subscriptions Katie Hicks / Marketing Brew : Ads are coming to WhatsApp Colin Kirklan...

2025-03-01
TechCrunch 93 related

Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023

Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...

2024-11-12
The Verge 13 related

Signal rolls out new call features, including the ability to share a link to a call, emoji reactions, a “raise hand” button, and a dedicated calls history tab

Signal is making a bunch of improvements to calls so they are more competitive with Zoom and Google Meet, including the ability to share a link to a call.

2024-09-08
TechCrunch 21 related

Meta details its plans for WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability with third-party apps in the EU, with group chats in 2025 and voice and video calling in 2027

here's how it will look Ians / Latest Odisha News, Breaking News Today : WhatsApp, Messenger to allow messages from 3rd-party services in EU: Meta Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : WhatsApp will soon allow ...

2024-06-22
Reuters 27 related

Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa”

Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 Monthly Price Tag for New Alexa Service Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Alexa is getting a major upgrade - but you might have to pay for it Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : Report: Amazo...

2024-06-17
TechCrunch 2 related

Swiss privacy-focused app developer Proton establishes the Proton Foundation to transition to a nonprofit foundation model, similar to Signal and Mozilla

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :

2024-05-23
The Verge 10 related

Bluesky now lets users send DMs and says the service is working on adding support for messages with images and end-to-end encryption

Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs … Carrie Marshall / T3 : Bluesky just gave you a great reason to finally quit Twitter Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Bluesky fin...

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Signal has appeared in 190 Techmeme articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the... and Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a.... Frequently covered alongside WhatsApp, Telegram, Meredith Whittaker, Android, and Facebook. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from regulation, safety.

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2024Q2safety +18pts; developer +9pts; consumer -14pts
2024Q3safety -18pts; developer -9pts; consumer +21pts
2024Q4enterprise +33pts; consumer -33pts; regulation -33pts

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