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# XMPP Radar Newsletter #10
- URL: https://www.process-one.net/blog/xmpp-radar-newsletter-10/
- Published: 2016-05-08T22:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-19T13:06:09.000Z
- Author: ProcessOne

Welcome to the 10th issue of our newsletter. April will be remembered by the renaissance of the chat bubble, the rise of the bots, and the end-to-end encryption for the masses. You can [subscribe to the XMPP Radar newsletter](https://www.process-one.net/en/xmpp%5Fradar) and receive it in your inbox at the end of each month. Here are the links we found interesting in April:

## [ejabberd 16.04 released](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-16-04/)

This new ejabberd release includes bugfixes, and also two major source code refactorings: one for ejabberd commands, and other for database specific code in many modules. This version is doing lot of under the scene changes to prepare further improvements and refactoring.

## [ejabberd ARM64 support](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-arm64-support/)

ARMv8 represents a fundamental change to the ARM architecture. It adds a 64-bit architecture instruction set, named “AArch64”, or ARM64\. ProcessOne has been playing with ARM64 ejabberd servers for few months already, but with recent availability of many low cost 64-bit ARM development platforms, we decided to announce official ARM64 support.

## [Messenger and WhatsApp process 60 billion messages a day, three times more than SMS](https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/12/11415198/facebook-messenger-whatsapp-number-messages-vs-sms-f8-2016?ref=process-one.net)

Facebook’s Messenger app was the company’s fastest-growing platform in 2015, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said at the annual F8 developers conference, and is the second most popular app on iOS globally, just behind Facebook.

## [WhatsApp switched on encryption for a billion people](https://www.wired.com/2016/04/forget-apple-vs-fbi-whatsapp-just-switched-encryption-billion-people/?ref=process-one.net)

For most of the past six weeks, the biggest story out of Silicon Valley was Apple’s battle with the FBI over a federal order to unlock the iPhone of a mass shooter. The company’s refusal touched off a searing debate over privacy and security in the digital age.

## [Messaging app Kik launched a bot store](https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/5/11370850/kik-messenger-bot-store-ai-chat-app?ref=process-one.net)

Messaging app Kik announced a new bot store to urge users and developers alike to embrace the trendy new form of artificial intelligence-powered software. The company has offered bots in its chat app in the past, which you can converse with over text and use to perform basic web tasks.

## [Use instant messaging to provide top-notch customer experience](https://tourismintelligence.ca/2016/03/23/use-instant-messaging-to-provide-top-notch-customer-experience/?ref=process-one.net)

Instant messaging is quickly becoming one of the most important channels for brands to communicate with consumers. The tourism industry is following suit, using it as a customer relationship management tool.

## [Sorry to burst your (chat) bubble](https://medium.com/chris-messina/sorry-to-burst-your-chat-bubble-ae4dc6952447?ref=process-one.net)

Conversational software, limited to the conventional chat bubble-based SMS form-factor, isn’t the future. It’s the past. Or perhaps it’s the HTML 3.2 to today’s HTML 5, the latter leading to an explosion in performant, designer-driven apps and experiences. But the bubble is just the beginning, not the end.