The Official Flipboard Blog - Aurora. WhatsApp adds voice as passes 300M users. Tim Ferguson by Tim Ferguson Tim joined Mobile World Live in August 2011 and works across all channels, with a particular focu... read more Over-the-top messaging service WhatsApp has added push-to-talk voice to its offering, as it passes the 300 million monthly active user mark. The rise of WhatsApp and other OTT messaging apps, such as Viber, LINE and WeChat, has been putting pressure on operator SMS revenue — and the addition of voice could have a similar impact on voice services.
Voice Messages has been launched for all platforms and allows users to add recorded messages to WhatsApp conversations. There is no limit to the length of the messages, and a microphone image shows when they have been heard by recipients. WhatsApp uses mobile data or Wi-Fi connections to send messages, meaning users don’t need to use their SMS allowance when having conversations. The total figure was 27 billion messages in June, when WhatsApp reached 250 million users.
Features - Aurora. Video Call Video Call is available on WeChat versions 4.2 and later, allowing you to talk to your friends face to face.
In the chat window, press "+" and select "Video Call". If your friend has not sent you a message in the past 10 minutes, you need to send them an invite message and get a response in order to call them. Select "Video Call" again in the chat window. Tizen SDK 2.0 + Screenshots!!! Posted by DannyD 1 year ago From today you can download the SDK and source code of Tizen 2.0 Magnolia, both are available from: The new version has many new features and improvements over the previous versions Tizen 1.0 Larkspur and Tizen 2.0 Alpha built.
Below you’ll find the highlights of this release: Here are some screenshots: Earlier this year we received some information that the UI on the previous version of Tizen was just the reference UI which you won’t see on the final version, we believe that this UI is close to the final version. The Dirty Secret of Apps: Many Go Bust - WSJ.com - Aurora. ComScore: Smartphone Penetration In Europe’s Big-5 Markets Now At 55%, Samsung Is The One To Beat. Europe’s mobile market has reached a tipping point: the top-five markets in the region collectively have a majority of consumers using smartphones, according to the latest numbers from comScore, and that proportion only continues to grow.
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK are now reporting a 55% smartphone penetration, or 131.5 million users, according to comScore’s MobiLens research — an online survey of a “nationally representative” sample of mobile subscribers aged 13 and up. The numbers cover the last three months ending October 31, 2012. ComScore tells me that the first time European users tipped into a smartphone majority was in July. But while Apple has continued to hold on to its lead in the biggest market among them, the UK, the tides that have seen Android become the most dominant platform have also put Samsung on to a strong trajectory.
It looks like it will soon overtake Apple for pole position in the UK — as it already has across all of Europe. In software testing, 'perception is reality' is really a myth - Aurora. One of the best things about attending technology conferences is that they keep me from falling prey to the idea that perception is reality.
Jennifer Lent This is especially true when it comes to the techniques and tools that real-world software organizations actually use. Shopmium Raises $5.6M To Take Its Coupon-Powered Product Discovery App International. Shopmium has closed a $5.6 million Series B funding round, with backing from Ventech, Accel Partners and ISAI, to roll its product discovery apps into new markets — pushing outside its home market of France.
The funding is the second swathe of external financing for the startup, with Accel and ISAI kicking in $2.1 million back in 2011. Prior to that the founders also invested undisclosed seed funding. Shopmium co-founder and CEO Eli Curetti told TechCrunch the startup plans to launch in one new market later this year and a second market next year. With $1M In Funding, Bunch Aims To Be The Center Of Your In-Depth, Topic-Based Discussions. The Internet isn’t lacking for sites and services where people can post their comments and thoughts, but Andrew Sider, co-founder and CEO of a startup called Bunch, argues that there’s still something missing: “How do we connect with people, not around friends, not around social networks, but around a topic that they care about deeply?”
After all, Sider said that many of your Facebook friends and Twitter followers probably aren’t passionate about the same things that you are. Fiverr Updates Its Task-Based Marketplace With Slicker Look & More Buyer/Seller Tools. Fiverr, an online services marketplace that gives its community of skilled sellers a platform to market and sell whatever it is they can do from as little as $5, is relaunching its website with an overhauled design.
