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…
WeChat Crosses the 100 Million Downloads Threshold on Google Play
After being named the fastest growing social application by GlobalWebIndex, Tencent’s popular WeChat has another winning milestone to be proud of: the social app has crossed the 100 million download…
WorldSIM Launches Android 4.2.2 Powered Dual SIM Smartphone with Free International Roaming
International carrier WorldSIM wants to do more to live up to their title of “international roaming specialists.” To that end, the company has just announced the release of a brand…
Viber Coming Pre-Installed on Nokia’s New X and X+ Smartphones
If the announcement of BBM coming to Windows Phone wasn’t enough to get you excited, the company had a little more to offer its fans, specifically those who are interested…
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…
Nokia at Mobile World Congress: BlackBerry Messenger on Its Way to Windows Phone
BlackBerry Messenger has been on the high-demand list of Windows Phone features for some time — nearing 50,000 votes as of this writing — but the company said last month…
Glympse Partners With Samsung’s ChatON to Provide Location Services to 180 Million Users Worldwide
Just a few days ago, ChatON received a new update that gave it some new notifications and sync abilities, and now Samsung’s app is partnering with leading location sharing provider…
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…