Mobile messaging is big, but how are messaging apps changing the way we communicate? From Snapchat to Slingshot, Bolt and other up and comers, we're going from a static, text-first activity to a mobile, visual-first habit.

1. How messaging apps
are changing the way
we communicate

2. Once upon a time, the park bench
underwent a bit of a change.
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3. First, it took on the
form of a mobile
phone…
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4. Then it plugged itself
into the internet…
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5. Finally it emerged as
a single, always-on,
friend-powered
device.
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6. Today,
mobile
messaging
is BIG.
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64
billion
daily messages
on WhatsApp in
April 2014

7. And it’s getting more
complex as new
apps and tools
proliferate.
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8. But messaging is going beyond
just text.
It’s getting richer.
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9. It’s creating a
‘body language’ layer
to mobile conversations,
through pictures, symbols
and animations.
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The visual web is modelling the
subtlety of personal real-time
communications.

11. Snapchat is still
our favourite new
bench…
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12. But there are others
on the rise.
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13. Apps like Slingshot and Bolt are leading
the trend of photo-based messaging,
where what you show trumps what you
tell.
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14. Emojli opens the way to emoticon-only
conversations, the digital equivalent to a
universal sign language that crosses global
boundaries.
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15. Imoji gives you the tools to create your
own emoji and share them with your
friends across existing messaging apps.
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16. Ultratext is making it ridiculously simple
to create animated messages by typing
and uploading photos.
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17. Messaging is changing
digital conversations from
a static, text-first activity
to a mobile, visual-first
habit.
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18. What other apps are changing
the way you communicate?
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