Viber, the chat and messaging app acquired by Japanese ecommerce titan Rakuten for $900 million five years ago, is introducing a new subscription service that lets users pay to have a local phone ...

Viber, the messaging app owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has long been dancing around the area of fintech, launching services like money transfer and chatbot payments in various countries ...

Mobile messaging platform Viber is expanding once again, after rolling out a direct calling service called Viber Out just last Wednesday. This week, the company is moving into the Windows Store with a ...

Mere days after the Skype announced plans to integrate video calling with the Outlook.com web service, Viber has delivered a counterpunch with a new desktop app that lets you make free calls from Mac ...

Popular messaging application Viber is getting a much-needed commerce twist with the integration of an automated banking system, further signaling the blurring between messaging platforms and other ...

Viber, the popular free cross-platform instant messaging and VoIP app has announced an upgrade to its application that includes an improvement to their Pinned Chats feature on Android. This feature ...

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A lot of messaging apps have been highlighting how their services are a great way for people to directly communicate with their friends directly, in opposition to the bare-all nature of social ...

Viber, the messaging app with 600 million+ users acquired last year by Japan’s Rakuten for $900 million, is today making its first acquisition, specifically aimed at building out its new games ...

After recent privacy and security concerns for social platforms, messaging apps continue to proliferate as a channel and medium for people to communicate safely. Earlier this year, messaging app Viber ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Japanese company Rakuten, the owner of Kobo e-readers and online retailer Play.com ...