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LINE Continues Its Expansion Through 2015, Now Has Over 205 Million Users
Many of us are familiar with LINE, the messaging app out of Japan that, since its release on June 23, 2011, has become one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. Recently the company reported...
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Tencent: WeChat Grows to 549 Million Monthly Active Users
In its quarterly earnings report released this week, Tencent says its popular messaging app WeChat has amassed 549 million monthly active users (MAUs). That figure is up 39 percent at the end of 2014,...
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You Could Be Playing Mobile Games on Facebook Messenger Soon
If you’re a big fan of mobile messaging games, you could soon find yourself playing them through Facebook Messenger. That’s according to recent reports in which Facebook has confirmed that it’s...
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Kik Hires Former Advertising CEO Josh Jacobs to Build Los Angeles-Based Presence
Kik Messenger is one of the most popular messaging apps around with more than 200 million registered users, but that’s not enough for the Waterloo-based company. Kik Interactive, Inc has hired former...
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Limited Time LINE Stickers Featuring NBA Favorites LeBron James and Steph...
If you’re a big basketball fan, then you probably know who LeBron James and Steph Curry are. The two basketball favorites, along with a number of others, are featured in the latest LINE sticker set...
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GENBAND’s fring to Power PLDT Global’s JuanaChat Mobile App
Real-time communications provider GENBAND today announced that PLDT Global Corporation has selected GENBAND fring as a partner to support the launch of its JuanaChat app, aimed at helping the millions...
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Facebook Messenger Video Calling Feature Now Available “Globally”
If you’re using Facebook’s Messenger to keep in touch with friends, you can now do it through video no matter where in the world you are according to David Marcus, Vice President of Messaging Products...
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Snapchat Not Interested in Acquisition, Looks to Future Initial Public Offering
Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said this week that he is not looking to be bought out by another company like messaging competitors Viber and WhatsApp have done. Instead, the 24=year-old exec...
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WeChat Version 6.2 for iOS and Android Brings Moments Translation, Chat Log...
WeChat has just updated its iOS and Android apps to version 6.2, which brings a number of notable new features with it. The update brings translation for Moments, a “simplified” chat history migration...
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UNICEF HK To Seek Fundraising Via WeChat Payment Platform
Social platform WeChat has announced that the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK) brings in a new payment channel to support world emergency relief work via WeChat’s advanced Payment Platform,...
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Standing Out from the Crowd in Today’s Massive Mobile Messaging Space Through...
Here at TruTower we have quite possibly the most in-depth list of messaging apps available on the internet today. There are hundreds of these types of services, all vying for a piece of the social pie....
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Kik Bots: More than 350 million Promoted Chat messages have been sent and...
Kik bots have their place. There’s a number of really great Kik bots to chat with 24/7/365. For instance, you can chat with Funny or Die and receive your daily giggle. You can chat with TruTower and...
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WeChat Partners with Picup Delivery Service to Improve Courier Experiences
Tencent’s WeChat has partnered with Picup, a new on-demand goods collection and delivery service to bring social experiences to courier services. The exclusive partnership was announced at a media...
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Daum Kakao Acquiring Path Messaging App as it fights to stay relevant in...
While it is the most popular app in South Korea, outside of its home turf, KakaoTalk has been struggling to acquire users against global messaging conglomerates like Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger...
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With “WeReward” Campaign in the Philippines, WeChat Rewards Loyal Users
If you happen to live in the Philippines and you’re also a WeChat app user, be prepared to be rewarded for your loyalty to the popular messaging app. That’s because WeChat, a messaging app powered by...
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You can now send previously recorded videos in Kik Messenger for Android and iOS
Not too long ago, back in early March, Kik introduced native video to its core messaging app features, solving one of the most prominent pain points in the user experience. Today, the Canadian company...
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Skype 5.13 for iOS Adds Link Preview Feature, Makes Apple Watch Enhancements
Skype is far and away one of the most popular calling and messaging apps on the face of the planet and it’s freely accessible on virtually every operating and screen you can find. Today, the iOS app’s...
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Juniper Research: Mobile Messaging Revenues to Decline as Traffic Increases
New data from Juniper Research, which provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, has shown that the messaging market will decline from $113.5bn in 2014 to...
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LINE Music Makes its Debut on iOS, Android in Japan With 1.5 Million Tracks
LINE users in Japan were pleased to discover a brand new music service tailored just for them launching in Japan. With LINE Music, you can look forward to over 1.5 million tracks from Japanese and...
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Telegram with Aniways seeks to take your Telegram Messaging experience to a...
As fans of Telegram Messenger will know, the app is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed, letting you create group chats with up to 200 people, share videos...
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