Instant messaging clients

Mobile chat messaging and VoIP service company Viber has announced it is opening a representation office for Central and Eastern Europe in Sofia as part of plans to affirm and increase its footprint in the region, dnevnik.bg reported on Monday.

When Wael and his relatives from Syria climbed into an inflatable boat in the dead of night to cross the sea from Turkey to Greece, they abandoned all their belongings -- except their smartphones.
 

The Free Facebook Messenger Video Chat is already available in Bulgaria. The social network management has announced that the service still needs to be refined but is currently available in almost any country around the world. 

Users that would like to use the video chat need to update their Messenger apps. The service is now available for both Android and iOS and is free of charge. 

High government officials are using chat programs for communication

High government officials are using chat programs for communication rather then SMS messages. President Tomislav Nikolic is using WhatsApp, as well as the Minister of foreign affairs Ivica Dacic.

Facebook Inc said it is adding a new feature to its messaging app that allows friends to send and receive money through it.

Users can tap or click a dollar icon in a new chat window to send money to their friends, after they link a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a U.S. bank to their accounts.

Migrants dreaming of Europe have their pick of social media sites that work like an online travel agent, advertising fares and offering tips on secure payments, while criminal gangs from Turkey are homing in on a share of the profits.

That's the picture of an increasingly sophisticated business in migrant smuggling painted by European officials and an EU document.