TextMe Launches FreeTone on Android and iOS, Providing Free Calls and Text Messages to Any U.S. Number
TextMe launched FreeTone this week, an application that sidesteps traditional carriers and offers unlimited free calls and unlimited free text messages to any phone number in the United States. Once…
Kik Announces $38.3 Million Series C Funding, Acquisition of GIF Messenger Relay
Kik has just announced that it has acquired Relay, a leading GIF messenger, and raised a $38.3 million Series C round of funding. The addition of Relay is Kik’s first…
Over 15 Billion Free Calls Have Been Made Over the LINE Messaging App Since 2011
LINE has just announced that over 15 billion free calls have been made using LINE free-call since its launch in October 2011. The service is built into the messaging app…
WeChat, BuzzFeed Announce Partnership to Bring News, Entertainment to WeChat Users
BuzzFeed has just announced a partnership with WeChat to bring news and entertainment content beyond BuzzFeed’s 175 million users globally to the 468.1 million users of Tencent’s popular messaing app.…
WhatsApp Deploys End-to-End Encryption to Millions of Users With Textsecure
WhatsApp has announced that it’s implementing end-to-end encryption on its messaging service, which will make it difficult for anyone to read user messages, particularly nosy governments. In fact, even WhatsApp…
Viber for Windows Phone Gets New and Improved Design With Version 4.3
Viber is one of our favorite apps and has been covered on TruTower for a very long time, much longer than the app has even been on Windows Phone. The…
Juniper Research: Focusing on Data Could Help Carriers Compete With VoIP and Messaging Apps
There’s no question that we’re in an evolving mobile market when it comes to VoIP and messaging apps and phone carriers, and a new report from Juniper Research has found…