Indian instant messaging app Hike has received a funding worth $65 from Tiger Global Management and Bharti Soft Bank (BSB). The home grown app has also announced that it now has more than 35 million registered users.
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Bharti Soft Bank’s hike messenger has crossed 20 million users of which 5 million were added during last three months. The instant messenger announced in February that its had clocked 15 million users.
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Facebook is adding more power to Messenger with updates and features. Today, the social network has rolled out instant video messaging feature that will enable users to send 15 second videos within the app. Currently, the video messaging feature has launched to the Facebook Messenger’s iOS app and it will soon land on Android as well.
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Facebook has poached PayPal’s president David Marcus to oversee its Messenger unit. Marcus, who was president of PayPal for a little over two years, will join Facebook as vice president of messaging products.
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With competition in the instant messaging platform heating up by day, players are finding ways to attract users. Hike messenger which recently clocked 15 million users has announced a new offer to increase its user base. The instant mobile messaging platform from Bharti Soft Bank (BSB) is now offering unlimited SMS to its users.
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RIM today announced that they plan to bring voice capabilities to its popular BlackBerry Messenger service. The service will also bring additional features like integration with customer’s BlackBerry ID. Customers can initiate a BBM Voice Call directly or switch over to one from a BBM text chat.
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The cross platform messenger service Kik today launched its Symbian and updated Windows Phone apps at the Nokia World conference in London. The messenger competes with the likes of WhatsApp and is also available on iOS , Android and Blackberry platforms. With the new Symbian app Kik Messenger users should be able to communicate regardless of platform of choice.
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Yahoo today launched it’s first ever Android Apps for Yahoo Mail and Messenger . It has also launched a Search Widget for Android. It has also rolled out a HTML 5 websites for Mail and News for iPhone / iPod touch.
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