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Google Voice finds a new home in Google+ Hangouts

Google Voice finds a new home in Google+ Hangouts
  • Posted May 20, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Google Voice has found a new home within Hangouts in Google+. Last week at Google I/O, the new standalone version of Hangouts was unveiled as an amalgam of all current Google messaging products with the exception of Google Voice.

Messaging on chat apps now more popular than SMS texting

Messaging on chat apps now more popular than SMS texting
  • Posted April 30, 2013, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • A growing number of mobile users are turning to chat apps to communicate with friends and family, shunning text messaging plans that once served as major cash cows for wireless providers. Daily traffic from services like iMessage, BlackBerry Messenger and…

Razer launches standalone 'Comms' platform with in-game overlay

Razer launches standalone
  • Posted April 23, 2013, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
  • Razer has rolled out a public beta for their new all-in-one communications solution for gamers, dubbed Razer Comms. The new service combines a VoIP client, instant messaging and IRC-chat features to offer gamers all over the world a way of…

WhatsApp to extend yearly subscription model to iOS

WhatsApp to extend yearly subscription model to iOS
  • Posted March 19, 2013, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing
  • Hugely popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp is looking to make some changes to its pricing structure in the coming months. The service is currently free for the first year and then costs users a $1 yearly recurring fee, except on…

Google could unify chat services under a single product called Babble

Google could unify chat services under a single product called Babble
  • Posted March 19, 2013, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Google has built a number of communications platforms around different services over the years. There’s Google Talk for text, voice and video chats, Hangouts for group video conferencing, Messenger for mobile messaging, Chat for Drive collaboration, and Voice for online…

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