A new contender has entered the "anonymish" app space. Rumr, an anonymous group chat app, officially was released Tuesday for iOS and Android. But much like the buzzy anonymous social network Secret, ...

Anonymous chat apps may not be as protective of users’ identities as we’d like to think. Would you like to vent about your annoying coworkers without anyone finding out who you are? Do you have a ...

From sexual harassment to cryptocurrency, tech workers have plenty to talk about this year. And thousands of techies, including some from Microsoft, Google and Facebook, are getting the inside scoop ...

Internet Relay Chat has been on the decline since 1999, but a new generation of teens around the world seem to be discovering the joys of anonymous chat rooms thanks to Turkish startup Connected2Me.

Offering a different spin on anonymous mobile chatting, Seattle-based Reveal Chat is debuting an app today that lets its users share more with the other party as they become more comfortable with the ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Apr 28, 2015 at 1:00 ...

When the anonymous social media app YOLO was launched in May 2019, it topped the iTunes downloads chart after just one week, despite the lack of a major marketing campaign. Designed to be used with ...

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Secret was one of the hottest apps of the first half of the year. The ability to send anonymous messages to your friends was delicious at first, leading to a spate of wholly false acquisition rumors, ...

The developers of the revived Yik Yak seem aware of the problem. Along with mental health resources and guidance on staying safe, the app's website lays out extensive "community guardrails." Yik Yak ...