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Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp monetization plan announced!

WILL MARK ZUCKERBERG MONETIZE WHATSAPP AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER?

Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp monetization plan announced! WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are the two giants among messaging apps. Each has a great user base. Therefore, it would be bizarre if the investors would not ask Mark Zuckerberg to define and implement a monetization strategy. However, after the 2015 Q2 earnings call was published, Zuckerberg stated…

Google Chrome expansion from LINE

Google Chrome extension from LINE

Google Chrome welcomes web-LINE Popular Japanese communication platform LINE is continuing to top up its user base. Today, on 30 July, the firm released the expansion LINE for Google Chrome 1.0.0, thereby making the messenger available for anyone with a computer, Internet and Chrome. Why would LINE need a web version? The fact that LINE rolled…

Threema rolls out iOS update

Threema rolls out iOS update

Threema 2.4.0 iOS version – released! Threema messaging app, focused on security and widely popular in Germany and Switzerland has rolled out an update for iOS. As of 29.07, Threema 2.4.0 is available in iTunes. We have already written that in mid-July Threema released an Android update that enables the messenger users to share files…

Android v 3.1 out for HipChat

Android v 3.1 out for HipChat

HipChat available for Android Wear! HipChat has presented a new version of its app for Android 3.1. Now the application is even deeper integrated for Android Wear. The latest update gives smart watch users the liberty to receive and reply to messages using voice command or by posting a thumbs up, thumbs down or a…

Verizon launches original video service

Verizon launches original video service

Verizon’s video service to be called Go90 Verizon – the largest U.S. wireless communications service provider and developer of Verizon Messages – has officially announced its plans to launch its very own video service for Internet users. Go90 is the name that this video service ended up having. In preparation of the launch, Verizon partnered…

Viber acquires Nextpeer

Viber acquires Nextpeer

Buying Nextpeer will let Viber add new functionalities to its gaming portal Viber, which was bought by Rakuten for $900 M last year, is making its first purchase. It is acquiring a social gaming startup called Nextpeer. The deal’s worth is be $9 M. Nextpeer is an Israel-based company, consisting of 12 people that offer…

Google Now upgrade lets you record messages for Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat

Google Now upgrade lets you record messages for Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat

Now you can record messages for chat apps in Google Now The Google Now update has enabled users of Android smartphones and tablets to send voice messages to apps of third-party developers. The way it used to be, when a user asked the service to send a message to a friend, Google Now did it…

Rumors proved to be true Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Rumors proved to be true: Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Discover switch no joke! Last week we covered Snapchat’s plans to make drastic changes to the lineup represented in the Discover tab. Rumor has it that the company was planning to drop its partnership with Warner Music and sign a deal with Buzzfeed and Vox. None of the mentioned companies have officially commented on the…

WhatsApp to be offered in Urdu

WhatsApp to be offered in Urdu

Soon WhatsApp will present its version in Urdu On Monday, WhatsApp reported that it is currently working on an Urdu version of the application. Android owners will soon be able to be the first to use the app in the new language. The manager of translating projects, Ahsan Saeed, confirmed the information. The process of…

Teamchat is a new enterprise messenger

Teamchat is a new enterprise messenger

New ambitious IM app for business – Teamchat People are widely using messaging apps for personal communications. It’s hard to imagine staying in touch with friends without texting or speaking to them through a video call. So many companies are producing messaging apps. To satisfy the demand, the current IM market can offer you messengers…