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LINE revenues drop

LINE revenues drop

LINE has published its Q2 revenue report LINE’s Q2 financial report demonstrated a decrease in the company’s revenues. LINE revenues have been following a downward trend in each quarter, since the messaging company decided to make a global rollout and conquer new markets. Is the messenger really not so good and it cannot face a…

Hangouts voice message with Android Wear!

Hangouts: voice message with Android Wear!

Messaging apps and smart watches The IT crowd has not yet made up its mind on how it feel about smart watches. Some companies see a new way of interacting with clients and an incentive to develop their products. Others, however, are skeptical about the latest gadget. For example, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger aren’t rushing to…

Snapchat is finally making profit! Or does it only seem so

Snapchat is finally making profit! Or does it only seem so?

Snapchat: a messaging app that makes no profit Snapchat is the hyper popular young people’s messaging app that still has not made any profit and hasn’t event got the investors’ money back. Now we are watching the messenger’s attempts to make its Discover section bring revenue. Snapchat has been active in terminating old contracts and…

Yahoo Livetext officially out

Yahoo Livetext officially out

Now anyone can get Yahoo Livetext! In a recent article we told you about Yahoo’s plans to replace its messenger with a new app, whose aim is to give users the possibility to communicate with vivid emotions via “muted” videos. A test version of Yahoo Livetext was briefly available exclusively to residents of Hong Kong…

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…

Tinder Messenger

AppMess Video Review: Tinder Messenger

Last year, the app’s number of users crossed the 50 million mark, while the number of daily in-app swipes reached 1 billion. The current number of daily swipes has increased to 1.5 billion. Such levels of activity and an unusually high growth rate leave us with no other option, but to turn our head towards…

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…