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WhatsApp Reaches 100 Million Users in US
WhatsApp Reaches 100 Million Users in US
July 25, 2024  |  Social Commerce

WhatsApp said that as of July, it has 100 million users in the United States. “This milestone has been a long time coming and it...

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Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts
Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts
April 09, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a...

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Telegram Adds To Apple’s EU Antitrust Allegations
Telegram Adds To Apple’s EU Antitrust Allegations
July 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Apple Inc. is facing another antitrust complaint.  Telegram, the cloud-based messaging app with more than 400 million users, said that in 2016, Apple restricted the...

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SoftBank To Hold 50 Pct. Of Yahoo Japan/LINE JV
SoftBank To Hold 50 Pct. Of Yahoo Japan/LINE JV
November 18, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

SoftBank’s Yahoo! Japan is merging with Naver Corp’s Japanese messaging app LINE in a deal that will give each company a 50 percent stake, The...

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Bitcoin Daily: Galaxy Digital Ventures Leads $7.1M Round For Blockchain Intel Firm; London’s Everledger Secures $20M For Blockchain Tracking
Bitcoin Daily: Galaxy Digital Ventures Leads $7.1M Round For Blockchain Intel Firm; London’s Everledger Secures...
September 25, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Flipside Crypto announced that it has raised $7.1 million in a Series Seed Prime financing. The round was led by Galaxy Digital Ventures with participation...

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Telegram Messaging App Targeted By China Cyberattack
Telegram Messaging App Targeted By China Cyberattack
June 13, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Messaging app Telegram said on Thursday (June 13) that it was the victim of a DDOS cyberattack from China, according to a report by the...

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Instagram Discontinues Direct Messaging App
Instagram Discontinues Direct Messaging App
May 16, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

Instagram is shutting down Direct, a standalone direct messaging app that was meant to compete with Snapchat, according to a report. The app is available...

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WhatsApp Biz Launches Beta Version For iOS
WhatsApp Biz Launches Beta Version For iOS
February 15, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

Following the launch of the WhatsApp Business app last year, the messaging platform is said to have rolled out a beta version for users of...

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WhatsApp Business Has More Than 5M Users
WhatsApp Business Has More Than 5M Users
January 24, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, announced Thursday (Jan. 24) that more than five million businesses are using WhatsApp Business a year after the launch of...

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