In the interest of saving you time (and money) when you travel on apps that wonât help you get from point A to point B, weâve sounded out dozens of road warriors — including flight attendants, serial conference goers, travel…
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Viber launches new polished apps for iOS 7 and BlackBerry 10 1
April 23rd at 7:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsViber’s new look for iOS 7 isn’t just cosmetic. It’s added a handful of new features such as multi-photo messaging and block lists. It’s also finally supporting BlackBerry’s latest OS.
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20 social apps that got us talking in 2013 5
December 23rd at 12:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs we wind down the year, The Next Web compiled a list of some of the social apps that have made some significant moves in 2013. How did we qualify what a social app was? In our mind, it was a service that had a core functionality that enabled users to interact and engage with other people, either online or offline....
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Our Favorite Android, iOS and Windows Phone Apps of the Week 2
December 14th at 3:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsSFeel that holiday spirit in the air? It smells like pine trees and whatever toy parents are beating each other up over this year. Share the giving spirit and present your phone with some sweet new apps. Multi-Platform UpdatesViberSThis week's update brings the ability to make VoIP phone calls to any phone number, landline or mobile, for an allegedly low rate (calls to other app users are free). The app also displays your phone number on caller ID, so your far-flung friends need not know you're calling...
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Viber now sells you stickers via its mobile apps, as it rolls out push-to-talk for voice messages 0
November 12th at 3:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMore than a month after Viber announced that it would start selling stickers, the messaging app is rolling out an update today for iOS and Android which includes… yes, a sticker market....
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22 of the best mobile messaging apps to replace SMS on your smartphone 3
October 18th at 5:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe’ve known for sometime that SMS is becoming passe for many smartphone owners worldwide....
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6 messaging services with apps for desktop and mobile 2
September 14th at 7:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMobile messengers are all the rage now. That and stickers. But most of us still spend plenty of time at our computers, so being able to message across PC and mobile platforms is a feature that has been overlooked all too often by service providers....
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Localize this: A beginner’s guide to translating your mobile app 1
August 14th at 10:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAt its annual I/O conference back in May, Google teased the public with a number of significant announcements – such as a new Maps product for desktop, and a Samsung Galaxy S4 running stock Android....
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Skype Competitor Viber Hits 175 Million Users, Up From 140 Million+ In December 0
February 26th at 3:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMessaging startup Viber, which lets users of most smartphone platforms send free texts, calls and messages via its app, is continuing to ramp up its user-base. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona today, CEO Talmon Marco announced the startup now has 175 million users. Viber has been around since early 2011, but growing rapidly in the past 12 months. In December it…
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With 140M+ Users, Skype Competitor Viber Launches “Send Location” Feature For iPhone, Android 11
December 18th at 2:23pm / TechCrunch / 1 opinionsToday Viber has hit another huge milestone, announcing that there are now over 140 million users on the service, and that’s only the beginning. According to the company, an additional 400,000 users join the service every day. To celebrate, the company has launched version 3.2 of the popular calling and messaging app, with brand new features for iOS and Android users. In case you haven’t…
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Free Messaging And Calling App Viber Hits 140 Million Users 0
December 18th at 10:59am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsViber, the mobile messaging and voice calling application that lets iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphone owners communicate for free over 3G or WiFi, has attracted 140 million users in 193 countries to date (up from 100 million last September and 90 million in July)....
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Viber Adds Support For S40, Symbian And Bada After Hitting 100M Users 0
September 11th at 2:00am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsViber has essentially been a smash hit right from its conception. The company hit 50 million registered users in February of last year, extending that to 70 million by May. But today marks one of the company’s greatest milestones: Viber has just surpassed 100 million registered users....
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Viber VoIP app for Android and iOS updated with group messaging and improved iPhone audio engine 0
July 24th at 9:52pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsViber is a fairly well-regarded and free cross-platform VoIP and chat app, and the company just pushed out a new update that brings some useful new features for Apple and Google's mobile platforms. Chief among those is a new, revamped voice engine, though it seems like only iOS users will be able to take advantage of that for now. However, both platforms will be able to take advantage of group text chat features and photos for the contact list. Viber also mentioned that it is "hard at work" to add...
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Viber Has 90M Users, Who Can Now Send Messages To Groups 0
July 24th at 8:59am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsViber Media, the Israeli company building a cross-platform mobile communications suite for smartphones, says it has attracted over 90 million users making over 1.5 billion minutes of free calls and…
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Viber Bears Down on Skype With New Texting Feature 0
March 31st at 7:36am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsiPhone VoIP app Viber introduced a new update Thursday that introduces text messaging and some excellent UX refinements. Viber is growing fast (with 10 million downloads since its introduction), and smart updates like this will help make sure it keeps nipping at Skype’s heels.
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Viber for iPhone aims to rival Skypes app, is amazingly amazing 0
December 2nd at 3:46am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsToday sees the launch of Viber, a brand new, free iPhone application (iTunes link) that basically functions the way pretty much every iPhone user wishes Skype’s mobile application would. My educated guess is that this will become a stunningly big hit in no time. Viber for iPhone allows you to make 100% free calls to other Viber users over 3G and WiFi, is capable of running completely in the background without draining your battery (even when the app isn’t actually running in the background, but more on ...