By Todd Haselton |
Mobile operators make their money from selling data packages (43% of their revenues), unlike in the past when a lot of the revenue came from text messages. Now, it appears that the mobile messaging revenue that carriers report each quarter is beginning to plateau. A…
By Todd Haselton |
Talk about a lot of sore thumbs: WhatsApp recently announced that its users sent more than 10 billion messages in one day. The company said there were a total of 4 billion inbound messages and 6 billion messages sent through the service on Aug. 23.…
By Killian Bell |
Facebook’s official application for Android has received a new update this morning, which delivers a number of new features, including support for front-facing cameras on handsets that carry them, and new messaging features. The update also promises to make app navigation much snappier, which will…
By Killian Bell |
Huawei announced just over a month ago that the company would be releasing its own Android user interface and application suite to rival the likes of Samsung TouchWiz and HTC Sense. And today, the company has released its Emotion UI to customers in its homeland…
By Killian Bell |
Samsung’s ChatON messaging service has finally touched down on the Windows Phone platform today, ten months after making its debut on Android and bada. The service is now available on every major mobile operating system there is. Announced by Samsung back in August, ChatON is…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon Q. is back to attack and highlight another epic mobile application. This week, JQ checks out Voxer – a rather unique mobile communication app and service that specializes in, but is not limited to, voice communication in the style of the walkie-talkie. Tune in…
By Killian Bell |
Skype is making its way to the PS Vita, and it’ll be available for free from the PlayStation Store for those in North America later today. The app allows gamers to keep in touch with their friends with voice and video calls over both Wi-Fi…
By Brandon Russell |
Research In Motion on Tuesday launched version 6.2.0.44 of its popular BBM service, which introduces a slew of welcome additions. An update notification should show up on your device shortly if it hasn’t already; if not, the download is also available in BlackBerry App World.…
By Killian Bell |
With Apple’s iMessage service set to take on BlackBerry Messenger later this year, Samsung has decided it also wants to get in on the action. The Korean electronics giant has launched ‘ChatON’ today — a group-messaging service that works across multiple platforms, with support for…
By Mike Perlman |
If you haven’t heard of the SMS/MMS replacement application WhatsApp, check it out here. But I’m sure RIM employees won’t be checking out WhatsApp. In fact, RIM did appear to like it at one time, but if you try downloading it from BB App World…
By Killian Bell |
RIM’s famous BlackBerry Messenger will soon be up against the Apple’s iMessage with the launch of iOS 5 this fall, so in a bid to maintain interest in its popular messaging service, RIM has just launched BBM 6. Available to users running BlackBerry OS 4.5…
By Jack McGrath |
With the impending release of the TouchPad, a consumer-conscious tablet that will compete with Apple’s iPad, HP is set to enter the slate market with a strong developer presence and intuitive operating system. Building upon the already-strong foundation of webOS, the company recently released a…
By Tom Moccia |
Some of my best childhood memories where those birthdays when I got a new set of walkie talkies, and headed out into the neighborhood. There was nothing better than immersing yourself in a land of make believe, sometimes we were the cops catching the robbers,…
