Facebook App Allows Users To Avoid Texting Charges

from National Public Radio

Facebook recently launched a new app called "Messenger." It allows users with smartphones to send and receive messages directly from their mobile devices — all while avoiding texting charges from service providers. Robert Siegel talks to Brian Cooley, editor-at-large at the online magazine CNET, who explains how it works.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, August 15, 2011