Microsoft Rebranding Its Lync Enterprise Software to Skype for Business in First Half of 2015
Microsoft today announced that they will be rebranding Lync as Skype for Business in the first half of 2015. The next version of the enterprise communication platform will not only…
LINE for Windows Phone Gains Brazilian Portuguese Language Support
Almost a month and a half ago, LINE gained Vietnamese language support for Windows Phone and now a new language has been added to that list. With version 3.8.2, LINE…
WhichApp for iOS and Android Encrypts Your Instant Messages, Keeps them Private
There are a lot of apps that are vying to keep your instant messages private (you can find many right here), WhichApp lets you chat with your friends using one…
Microsoft Offering Skype With Xbox Live, Xbox Music, and Office 365 in a $199 Bundle
Microsoft‘s Skype app may be largely free, with the only cost coming from plans for outgoing calls to landlines or mobile phones, but most of the Redmond company’s other services…
Facebook Claims 500 Million Users on Its Standalone Messenger Application
It’s no secret that Facebook’s division of Messenger from its main social networking app caused quite a stir among the Internet community. Just last week, the social network’s CEO explained…
WhatsApp Leads Messaging in Africa While Viber Leads in VoIP
As it did back in September, WhatsApp Messenger continues to dominate the African messaging landscape. With 7 percent of total traffic on Africa’s mobile networks, WhatsApp is the leading third-party…
Kakao Games Make Up the Largest Profit Margins of Newly Combined Daum-Kakao
Earlier today, Daum and Kakao, which merged into one company on October 1, shared their third quarter earnings reports. The two segments are still operating separately for now, so we’ll…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Why Facebook Forced Users to Install Messenger Separately
The company has just recently conducted its first public town hall Q&A, with Mark Zuckerberg front and center. The first question he was hit with is why Messenger was separated…