As you go through life, you'll encounter people, places and things that affect you on a deeper level than merely liking them. There's a word for that: no, not love, but Big Like!
In its latest update, Facebook Messenger will allow you to mark your enjoyment of a message or post even more emphatically by pressing and holding the 'Like' button. The new 'Big Like' option is like a 'Like', only, like, bigger.
Facebook Messenger version 6.0 for iOS also adds in-line video clips, so you can record a moving-picture message without leaving the app.
The world of instant messaging is becoming increasingly important as IM apps replace SMS text messages. Not only are IM apps more versatile -- you can send pictures, emoticons and now videos, rather than just words -- they're also cheaper, as unlike SMS, which charges for each message, the only cost for instant messages is the price of your data allowance. Even better, if you're connected to Wi-Fi, every message is free.
Facebook has shown how seriously it takes messages by paying $19bn for the biggest and best-known IM app, WhatsApp -- the largest acquisition in Facebook's history. Other messaging apps include Viber, Skype and WeChat, and apps built into new phones like Apple's iMessage and Samsung's ChatOn.
In the new Facebook Messenger update, available now, opt to send a video to a friend fires up your phone's front-facing camera to capture your video clip. Previously, you could send pictures and videos that you'd already taken with your phone's camera, selecting them from your photo gallery. Now you can actually record the video as soon as you decide you want to send a message, without having to go to your camera app, record it, and then go back to the Facebook app.
With a limit of 15-seconds on these in-line videos, they're the same length as Instagram videos. Apple's iMessage service will add video and audio messages in Autumn when the iPhone and iPad's iOS software updates to iOS 8.
Other messaging services also support videos, but length varies: Twitter's Vine videos are just 6 seconds long.
Can you feel the power of Big Like tonight? And will you still Big Like me tomorrow?
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