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Oh good, Facebook pays people to listen to your audio messages

August 16, 2019 John C. Tanner 0

Facebook has become the fifth Big Tech company this year to reveal that humans are listening to online audio conversations and messages. Read more…

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Operators need a messaging marketplace to take on OTTs

December 17, 2018 Guest Writer 0

RCS can help MNOs fight back against OTTs by enabling them to create not only a competitive messaging service, but a marketplace that drives real value. Operator messaging revenue is one of the biggest victims Read more…

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Line taps Mellanox/Cumulus switches for messaging network

November 20, 2018 News Centre 0

Mellanox Technologies and Cumulus Networks announced that Line Corporation has selected Mellanox open Ethernet switches running Cumulus’ Linux open network operating system to power the network behind its messaging applications. Line is deploying Mellanox 100GbE Read more…

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Bullet targets WeChat’s messaging kingdom in China

September 7, 2018 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Bullet Messenger, a Chinese messaging app, has racked up millions of downloads since its debut just a few weeks ago, using a stripped-down design to chip off a chunk of a Read more…

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Line issues ‘Link’ tokens and blockchain network

September 3, 2018 News Centre 0

Line Corporation announced that it has launched its first digital token, Link, backed by its own blockchain network, Link Chain, for use within Line’s dApps ecosystem. Unlike other cryptocurrencies or digital tokens, Link will not make an Read more…

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WhatsApp promises India tools to fight fake messages

August 22, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said Facebook-owned WhatsApp had pledged on Tuesday to develop tools that would combat fake messages, to help the country crack down on people whipping up public anger through mass message Read more…

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India asks telcos to block social media apps on demand

August 8, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked its telecom operators to find ways of blocking applications such as Facebook and messaging app WhatsApp in the case of misuse, according to a document seen by Reuters. Read more…

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ACCC may drop regulation of wholesale mobile voice/SMS

August 8, 2018 News Centre 0

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it has commenced a public inquiry to decide whether to extend, vary or revoke the domestic mobile terminating access service (MTAS) declaration, or whether to make a Read more…

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WhatsApp launches ad campaign in India to combat fake info

July 11, 2018 News Centre 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging platform on Tuesday published advertisements in key Indian newspapers to tackle the spread of misinformation, its first such effort to combat a flurry of fake messages that prompted mob Read more…

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WhatsApp tells India: stopping fake info is everyone’s job, not just ours

July 5, 2018 News Centre 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger service has responded to a call from India’s technology ministry to curb the spread of false information on its platform, saying such a task required a partnership between the Read more…

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India tells WhatsApp to block false messages after lynchings

July 4, 2018 News Centre 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the Read more…

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Facebook adds augmented reality to Messenger app

May 2, 2018 News Centre 0

MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook’s Messenger app launched an augmented reality feature on Tuesday to allow people to see products they are shopping for as if they already have them, such as a car Read more…

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Kakao Corp reportedly plans to establish blockchain unit

March 6, 2018 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – Kakao Corp, South Korea’s largest messaging app operator, said on Monday it is planning to establish a unit focusing on blockchain technology. Plans for the unit, set to be established this month, Read more…

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Kakao plans US/Japan content shopping spree for 2018

February 5, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – South Korean messaging app service provider Kakao Corp is aiming to acquire global content providers in Japan and the United States after successfully raising $1 billion from foreign investors, a senior company Read more…

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Huawei’s RCS play won’t hurt its margins, but it won’t help either

January 24, 2018 Richard Windsor 0

One has to give credit to Huawei for realizing that it has a differentiation problem in the smartphone space, but so far its attempts to drive its differentiation beyond the hardware itself are not bearing Read more…

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WeChat denies storing or analyzing user chat histories

January 3, 2018 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings’ WeChat, China’s most popular messenger app, on Tuesday denied storing users’ chat histories, after a top businessman was quoted in media reports as saying he believed Tencent was monitoring Read more…

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Indonesia backtracks on WhatsApp ban, doubles down on obscenity

November 8, 2017 News Centre 0

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Tuesday it will summon executives of messaging services and search engines, including Google, to demand they remove obscene content, but dropped a threat to block WhatsApp Messenger after GIF Read more…

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Afghan govt won’t ban WhatsApp and Telegram after all

November 7, 2017 News Centre 0

KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government will not block the instant messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram, a spokesman said on Monday, following days of controversy after reports the services would be suspended. “Government of Afghanistan Read more…

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Afghanistan wants its ISPs to block WhatsApp and Telegram

November 6, 2017 News Centre 0

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers last week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied. Use of Read more…

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StarHub SIM targets Chinese tourists with unlimited WeChat and Lingcod

September 11, 2017 News Centre 0

StarHub has teamed up with Tencent’s WeChat to launch a mobile prepaid SIM aimed at mainland Chinese tourists in Singapore. The StarHub WeChat Go SIM provides users not only with local talktime, SMS and IDD Read more…

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