Competition is definitely heating up in the Instant messaging apps space and the latest entrant to it is PlusTxt. The app will be available on Android and iPhone, shortly. Update: The app is now available as a free download on iTunes App Store and Google Play Store. Features: Plustxt plans to differentiate itself from other messaging apps by offering more privacy controls while sending messages. For instance, one can share pictures with their friends and specify if the receiver should be allowed to download that picture or forward the message. One can also send time-limited messages, which auto-delete from the receiver's inbox after a certain time period. In addition, one can also delete sent messages remotely from the receiver's inbox. Our Take: We tried the app on a Galaxy Nexus and found that the app worked as promised. We were able to send and receive time-limited messages and observed that the received time-limited messages got auto-deleted from our inbox after a certain time period. We also observed that we were unable to forward messages where forwarding was disabled. The app allows one to sign up for the service either through Facebook Connect or by filling up a form with their name, email address and phone number. After registration, the app creates a random six-character alphanumeric Plustxt ID, which one can share with their friends to add them on Plustxt. We were quite disappointed that there is currently no option to create a custom ID, since it would be quite difficult for users to remember…
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Updated: Plustxt To Launch Instant Messaging App With Indic Support, Privacy Controls
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