In our Apps of the Year series, The Next Web team shares personal recommendations for gifts to give this holiday season. This time, it’s apps. Back in my day, there were only two messaging apps people used: AIM and MSN Messenger. Today’s mobile-centric world is different, where aside from SMS, the market is saturated with apps like WhatsApp, Line, Facebook Messenger and Hangouts, most of which are slight variations on a the same theme. Wire, which launched only a couple of weeks ago, is the first new messaging platform in a long time to catch my eye. Literally. I started using WhatsApp and…
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