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Messaging app Gems unveils secure network for encrypted chat that will use cryptocurrency

Posted on November 8, 2014 by

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Tel Aviv, Israel, November 7, 2014, PRNewswire: Gems, the messaging app, has unveiled a secure network for encrypted chat that will use cryptocurrency for in-app purchases and allow users to send coins between users.

Led by Daniel Peled, the Gems Development team is excited to release its Beta version ahead of its initial coin launch for the in-app token, gems starting November 15 which will include a wallet for accepting cryptocurrency from any users across the network.

The announcement of the Gems app arrives just in time amid growing concerns about privacy and database hacks after “private information was leaked, technology users have become much more concerned about the security of their data,” according to Founder, Daniel Peled.

“WhatsApp, for example, stores and does not encrypt its users’ communications, messages, pictures or videos. In comparison, user data is not stored by Gems, which has no way to access messages, and therefore messages and data are truly private.

Gems is a social-messenger app that comes integrated with next-generation bitcoin technology, and offers a mixture of RSA 2048 and AES with 256-bit keys. Encryption is performed client to client, making secure messages indecipherable by the Gems infrastructure. This is the only real way to achieve 100% privacy because it does not entrust any third parties.”

Social media companies such as Snapchat and Telegram have thrived by offering services that put a premium on security by featuring private messages. Gems takes it a step further by authenticating users through an encrypted passphrase but doesn’t require a mobile number to be able to communicate between users.

The in-app token for Gems is created by the Counterparty protocol and will be available starting November 15 – users who are participating in the Beta release (and those lucky few invited) will be able to use gems tokens to unlock in-app features, which includes earning additional Gem tokens by referring friends to download the app.

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Microsoft’s Skype Qik – new entrant in the messaging app space

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

The old Qik died some months ago, welcome to its re-birth. Microsoft has just released messaging app, Skype Qik, in a move to garner whatever little space is left in the increasingly crowded messaging space.

It was created from the technology Skype Technologies acquired through the purchase of Qik in 2011. The ne service allows users to exchange video messages between individuals or within a group. The earlier Qik app offered a mobile-based live video-sharing Website & 2-way video conferencing that allowed users to stream live video from their cell phones to the internet.

new video messaging appSo does Snapchat need worry about Skype Qik? Online reports suggest that this is still a “watered down” version of the former, though there are a couple of features in Microsoft’s latest baby that may give it a slight edge. One of them is the ability to send pre-recorded videos. Now, that’s something that many messaging app lack. The other plus point to Skype Qik is the neat manner in which it organizes the Contacts.

Setting up Skype Qik is easy. You need to key in your mobile number so it can pull from your contacts. To record a video clip, you just tap the neon pink button once to start & again to stop, & then send it to your friends. You may choose to do this manually, to a single friend or a group, or use your Contacts page for mass forwards. Not only can users create groups easily from the contacts on their phones, & send messages to them privately.

Another feature that could propel this new messaging app up the ladder of popularity is the fact that it allows you to keep your chats in shape by deleting messages whenever you want – they’ll be removed from everyone else’s phone too. Once a message is 2 weeks old, it disappears.

Skype Qik has the ability to record 42 seconds videos or if you are not in the mood, even a 5 sec one. These Qik Fliks has been described by Skype as “GIFs you record yourself”. Like GIFs, stickers & memes, the idea is that you’ll store these in order to send them quickly, whenever required.

You may click here to download Skype Qik on your Android device.

You may click here to download Skype Qik on your Windows device.

You may click here to download Skype Qik on your iOS device.

 

Image Credit: Skype Qik

 

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