LINE Adds 2 Million New Users in First 24 Hours After Major WhatsApp Outage
LINE has never been one to back down or fail to point out where the competition needs work after they’ve suffered an outage or two. Back in July, WeChat’s outage…
WhatsApp Embracing Voice Calling in Q2 2014, Achieves 465 Million Active Users
It turns out that Kik wasn’t the only messaging app exploring voice capability. WhatsApp had apparently been exploring it as well, and not just simply sending audio files. Full-blown VoIP…
Voxer on WhatsApp Acquisition, the Future of the Vast (and Growing) OTT Space
There’s no question that the announced acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook is going to be one of the top stories this year. With this acquisition, Facebook has a fighting chance…
WhatsApp Competitor Tango Weighs In on the Facebook Acquisition
Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for a whopping $16 billion has certainly made headlines all over the web. Even WhatsApp’s competitors have been looking at the deal, which comes less than…
Facebook Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire WhatsApp Messenger for $16 Billion
In a very surprising move, Facebook announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase WhatsApp Messenger, which has gained a very large following of users over the…
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Instant Messaging to Account for 75% of Mobile Messaging Traffic by 2018, Will Generate Only 2% of Revenues
A new report from Juniper Research highlights the growing disparity between traffic volumes and revenues in the mobile messaging market. It states that despite accounting for 75% of the traffic…
Viber Acquired by Japan’s Rakuten, Looks to Meet LINE Head-to-Head
There have been whispers of acquisition reaching our inbox in the past few days and as we sought confirmation of the validity behind these rumors, Viber was indeed being purchased…
WhatsApp for Windows Phone is Getting a New Media Auto-Download Feature
WhatsApp Messenger is recently surpassed 400 million active users — many of whom are using Microsoft’s mobile platform. Soon, these users will be getting a nice little something extra according…