Hash Livens Up Text Messaging With Ephemeral Video Loops
Finding new ways for people to message and engage their friends with technology is a constant theme in the world of mobile tech startups. Companies like Snapchat have turned unique ideas such as ephemeral messaging into massive success stories. One cool product in technology that is innovating further in this area is Hash. Hash is a mobile app that combines several different concepts from other messaging and social media products to come up with something new. Hash takes the concept of ephemeral messaging from Snapchat, but combines it with the popular trend of short, looping videos found on social media sites like Vine and Instagram. With Hash, users can send looping videos with that have their text messages superimposed over them. Each Hash video lasts 7 seconds and deletes itself after a recipient has viewed it. By combining several popular concepts and presenting them in a new and unique way to people, this cool product wants to make multimedia messaging the norm for smartphone users. Anyone who has trouble recording videos to send to others using Hash might have an issue with his or her phone that requires tech support service to fix. Read more »
