The new private messaging feature is not prominently visible on the Path stream.

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It also offered a private messaging facility which it said was "much more private and secure than email or instant messenger services".

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All these new features are only available in private messaging mode.

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Twitter has a private messaging function which Talia is now aware of, and she has also taken down some of her previous posts from public places.

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And in those times the private messaging comes in handy.

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While Moshi Monsters, another child-friendly social network, bans private messaging.

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The old businesses have been re-launched as two private companies, Openwave Mobility and Openwave Messaging.

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The fast-growing Internet messaging service is currently in discussions to raise a new round of private financing, said people familiar with the matter .

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He described it as a hybrid turret with slightly reduced functionality but capabilities such as private wire, ability to set up and join intercoms, monitor and drive speakers and do instant messaging to portfolio managers and compliance.

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