Apple’s iOS devices have always been popular, no question about that. Exactly how popular was demonstrated today when Apple announced that it had achieved 50 billion total downloads in its App Store, making up iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch downloads. Apple had 40 billion only 18 weeks ago, then grew…
As the premiere tech news site for all things mobile VoIP and messaging (among other things), one of the key things we were waiting for during Google’s I/O 2013 event was the launch of Babel, its unified mobile messaging application. That launch is now here. The service is launching as…
It’s no secret that South Korea-based KakaoTalk is growing in popularity. The app recently started creeping up on the 90 million user mark and has over 30 million users visiting the platform every day across Android, Windows Phone,
Vox Mobile VoIP may be currently exclusive to Android devices, but the company tells TruTower that it is planning to launch versions for other platforms in the near or far future. The next platform that will receive the mobile VoIP application is, of course, iOS. Vox says that a “likely”…
Okay, so it’s no WhatsApp or Kik, but BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is still used quite a bit in a few markets around the world, which makes the news that the company is bringing its messaging app to iOS and Android later this summer at the very least interesting. CEO Thorstein…
South Korea based company NHN’s LINE application has proven itself to be one of the most popular VoIP and messaging apps, nipping at the heals of its biggest competitors Skype and Viber. Like the aforementioned apps, LINE features not only mobile versions, but a PC version as well. The app…
Version 3.6.0 of KakaoTalk for Apple devices brings quite the big list of improvements. There’s a lot to go through here, so let’s get right to it. The emoticon size has been increased when a basic emoticon is sent alone. This makes Kakao’s app arguably more visually appealing. Status bar…
Messaging apps are always looking for new ways to monetize their services. WhatsApp charges a small subscription fee (and abhors advertising within its app), WeChat and LINE have in-app content available for purchase. Even Skype monetizes its service through advertisements shown to the user on Windows 7 and Windows 8….
