Beluga Messenger and Twitter are both social networking applications. Facebook, the social networking giant, acquired Beluga in Q1, 2011. Despite having its own messenger application and status update feature, which is almost equivalent to what Beluga and Twitter use, Facebook purchased Beluga due to its excellent features. Now, Beluga will be used with Facebook login credentials to sign in. Apart from Beluga, Twitter, and Facebook, many other messaging applications exist, such as GroupMe, Yahoo Messenger, Hotmail Messenger, Skype, Google Talk, Ping Chat, and Blackberry Messenger (BBM). In this article, we will discuss why Beluga is so significant and popular. Beluga was launched in July 2010 by Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang, and Jonathan Perlow and was recently acquired by Facebook.
Twitter is a web-based application that offers social networking and microblogging services, enabling users to broadcast and read messages and updates called tweets. Users can create a Twitter account and update it with their news, status, or other information, which goes public. Although the default status update is public, users can set it to show only to their followers. It functions similarly to SMS on mobile devices, but while SMS is person-to-person, Twitter is a messaging system that broadcasts messages to everyone. It can be categorized as a group messaging system.
Users can send and receive tweets through the Twitter web, a smartphone application, or via SMS in certain countries. For example, if you follow tweets from CNN, you will receive updates or tweets when they update instantly. Twitter is based in San Francisco and was founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone in July 2006.
Beluga
Beluga is also an application like Twitter, but in Beluga, you can create a group or pod and send messages to them only. It is essentially a mix between an SMS-type single point-to-point messaging system and a Twitter-like broadcasting system. The main differences between group chat in Skype or other messenger applications and Beluga are that users do not have to be online to receive chat messages in Twitter and Beluga. Beluga pods are entirely private and allow for multi-way communication.
Beluga is an excellent cross-platform messaging application for groups, even if the group consists of just two individuals. It caters to both single-to-single communication and single-to-multiple communications. With Beluga, users can create private groups or pods to communicate with friends, share plans, and share status updates. Beluga supports sending and receiving instant updates, location information, and photos via push notifications for free. Beluga is perfect for staying in touch with family and friends to plan events and keep each other updated.
Key Takeaways
- Beluga is a group messaging system, while Twitter is public by default.
- Beluga can share photos and locations, while Twitter only shares tweets.
- Beluga is similar to group chat, but Twitter is a real message broadcasting system.
