Vonage Announces Seven New Patents, Some of Which May Be Used on Its Mobile App
Vonage Holdings Corp., a provider of cloud communications services for consumers and businesses across connected devices as well as the company behind the Vonage Mobile app, today announced it was…
Facebook’s WhatsApp Messenger App Hits 700 Million Total Monthly Users
WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service acquired by Facebook for $22 billion, announced Tuesday it has grown to 700 million monthly active users, up from the 600 million users it had…
Could We See Voice Recognition via Wit Become an Integral Part of Facebook Messenger in the Future?
Facebook has just purchased Wit.ai, a voice recognition service that could see the social network launch a feature for its Facebook Messenger app akin to Apple’s Siri or Microsoft’s Cortana.…
LINE Taxi Launches in Japan, With Expansion Plans Already in the Works for the Future
As part of its continued initiatives surrounding the theme of “Life”, LINE has just launched its LINE Taxi service in Japan, a service that we first saw mentioned back in…
Snapchat Raises an Additional $486.5 Million, Still Shuns Windows Phone Users
After closing an investment in October and a summmer full of investment talk, Snapchat ended 2014 with another $486.5 million investment from a whopping 23 investors according to Bloomberg. The…
Year in Review: The Most Popular Messaging, VoIP, and Social Topics of 2014
Here on TruTower, we’re very specific in our coverage goals. We strive to provide the best and most in-depth coverage of calling and messaging apps (as well as global roaming…
BlackBerry’s BBM Updated, Now “More at Home on iOS 8” With Improved Layout for iPhone 6 Devices and More
If you’re running BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on iOS 8, you’ll be happy to know that BlackBerry has released an update (version 2.6.1.31) for the platform that gives the app a…