The popular international messaging app WhatsApp has unveiled a web browser-based version of its service. In a blog post, the company announced that millions of WhatsApp users will now be able to… Read more »
At some point in the future, you may be able to speak text in Facebook Messenger and watch the app transcribe your words. That’s according to Facebook’s vice president of messaging products, David… Read more »
Carrier’s SMS revenues are increasingly threatened by social messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. For the next few years, though, application-to-person (A2P) usage will provide a lifeline for the SMS… Read more »
Carriers are slowly turning on voice-over-LTE in their networks, but they’re not doing it for the benefit of consumers. Rather they’ve got enterprises services — and enterprise pocketbooks — in mind. Read more »
100 million isn’t quite the milestone it once was, but Kik’s recent growth spurt is elevating the messaging startup above the crowded mid-tier of OTT app providers. Read more »
WhatsApp and a handful of other over-the-top communications apps — including BBM — are cementing their dominance in social messaging across the world. People still love Facebook Messenger, just not as… Read more »
The beta release of Viber for BlackBerry 2.4 is the first to include Skype-rivalling VoIP functionality. However, this only applies to older versions of the BlackBerry platform, not the freshly-launched BB10. Read more »
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington wrote this week that he’s bored with the state of the mobile industry as we head into the new year. But there are plenty of reasons to… Read more »