Looking for a cross platform messaging servuce? want it on ubuntu desktop and phone? well you need telegram – has file and photo send and also can do private messages and emojis! on ubuntu touch it just installed just verify your number – on ubuntu run the following commands in a terminal
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram
then for some reason it doesnt install the runner in the unity search so head to its install directory
cd /opt/telegram/
and run telegram like this
./Telegram
then verify your mobile number and then i right click and pin it to the unity launcher – enjoy 🙂