Wire, the end-to-end encrypted messaging app and service, has raised a $21 million Series B funding round led by UVC Partners. As the company said a couple of years ago, the company is focusing on the
Digital reward platform Ifeelgoods and D.A. Consortium, one of Japan’s largest advertising agencies, are working together to let companies create promotional campaigns on Line messaging app. This ma
Three months after announcing the transition, Line has officially received shareholder approval to appoint Takeshi Idezawa, the messaging app’s former chief operating officer, as its chief executive
Just three weeks after announcing the acquisition of Zip Phone, India-based messaging app Hike has updated its Android app with a voice-calling feature. When Hike bought Y Combinator-backed Zip Phone,
Hike, a messaging app based in India, announced today that it has purchased Zip Phone, a Y Combinator-backed startup, for an undisclosed amount. This is Hike’s first acquisition. Zip Phone, which la
Sticker packs and emoji have become a go-to means for mobile messaging companies to generate revenue from what are otherwise free applications. Today, one such service, a <a href="https://techcrunch.
Hike, a cross-platform messaging app based in India, announced that it has received $14 million in new funding from BSB, a joint venture between Hike's founder and SoftBank Corp. In a statement, Kavin
Before the world was informed of the massive and invasive government spying programs run by the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/nsa/">NSA</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/04/spying-
Just when you thought chat app makers had run out of things to say -- i.e. because they've said it all already, via text, VoIP, videochatting, emoticons, snaps, pokes, stickers, Chat Heads, WHATEVER -
Line, the messaging-app-cum-social network that started in Asia but has spread beyond its home turf to amass more than 100 million users globally, has just added French and Brazilian Portuguese versio
Japanese messaging app Line has just reported that new users in Hong Kong have been doubling each day for the past week since January 29.
The app, which is the dominant messenger of choice in Japan
Just.me, the new project from Keith Teare, co-founder of TechCrunch and partner at Archimedes Labs, has launched in beta as an app for iOS -- ahead of a public release on the App Store, likely in a mo