Facebook building a video chat app to rival Snapchat: reportMay 19, 2014 - 13:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook is reportedly building a video chat app to rival Snapchat, which could be available in as little as a month. As Digital Spy reported citing the Financial Times, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is overseeing the project, known internally as 'Slingshot'. The move comes after it emerged that the social networking leader failed to win over Snapchat with an acquisition bid worth $3 billion last November. Although specific details about the app are thin, 'Slingshot' will apparently work in a similar way to its main competitor with a "simple and speedy user interface" that will enable users to send short video messages. It is also claimed that this new app will not be integrated with the existing Facebook Messenger app. Facebook previously attempted to take on Snapchat with the launch of a service called Poke in December 2012, however the app failed to gain ground over rivals and was eventually pulled last week. Photo: AP Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |