Messaging Apps Evolving Into Entertainment Platforms, Now Dominating App...
One of the best things about being a messaging app enthusiast and writing about it is the ability to experience so many different types of digital entertainment in a variety of ways. Apps like Viber...
View Articleimo.im Messaging and Calling App for Android Adds Support for Tagging in...
imo.im for Android is a VoIP and messaging app that allows users to streamline their social lives by linking up to nine instant messaging and chat accounts into one app. Founded by former Oracle...
View Articleimo.im Announces Debut of People Near Me Feature on Android Smartphones and...
imo.im, also known as IMO Messenger has just announced the roll out of a new feature for the Android version of its calling and messaging app. The new feature, called People Near Me, uses your Android...
View ArticleThe TruTh: VoIP and Messaging Apps, Future Mergers and Acquisitions, And...
There are a lot of messaging and calling applications, most of which we cover right here on TruTower. It’s a fragmented space, a road to travel with seemingly endless offramps that ultimately lead to...
View ArticleOvum: “Social Messaging” Apps Not Just a Fad, Will Reach Two Billion User...
While mobile VoIP was expected by some to reach 1 billion users by 2017, that number seems incredibly small with many messaging apps integration VoIP capabilities into their platforms. In fact, it’s...
View Articleimo.im Messaging App for Android Now Supports Amharic, Swahili, and Zulu...
imo.im, the messaging app from Ralph and Georges Harik, has really been on a language-adding spree as of late. Back in September, the company added support for 30 languages and it has steadily...
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imo.im Launches Revamped UI for Its Calling and Messaging App, Now Comes With...
Stickers have become synonymous with VoIP and messaging apps nowadays. Viber offers stickers, as does LINE and more recently Facebook Messenger. We can now officially add popular instant messaging...
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imo.im Updated With Stickers for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Almost two weeks ago, stickers made their debut on imo.im for Android, and we’ve been keeping our eyes open for any new information regarding the release of stickers for the iOS version of the app....
View Article“Critical Crash” in iOS 4 and 5 Fixed in Latest imo.im Update for Apple Devices
When last we visited imo.im for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the application had recieved some brand new stickers and had promised that more stickers would be “coming soon.” Unfortunately, the latest...
View Articleimo.im Beta for Android Now Provides Users With Easier Sign-in and an Image...
imo.im beta for Android was just given a small boost that is focused on improving just a couple of things for imoers. Photos shared in one on one chats are also saved in a photo gallery, which makes...
View Articleimo.im Changes Graduate From Beta and Roll Out to Official Release
A little over a week ago, we reported on new changes for Android users that brought a few changes for those who are using the beta version of imo.im, which allows imo-goers to experience features and...
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imo.im Looks to Rival Skype With WebRTC Cross-Platform Video Communication
Not content to let Skype dominate the video calling market, leading communication and social discovery platform imo.im has unveiled an updated website today that features WebRTC-enabled communication...
View ArticleInstant Messaging to Account for 75% of Mobile Messaging Traffic by 2018,...
A new report from Juniper Research highlights the growing disparity between traffic volumes and revenues in the mobile messaging market. It states that despite accounting for 75% of the traffic – or 63...
View Articleimo.im Update For Android Brings With It a New “Simple, Clean Design” and...
After releasing its WebRTC cross-platform communication solution earlier this month, imo.im has decided to release some improvements on its Android application as well. The new 8.9MB update features a...
View ArticlePast Is Present: Texting Apps Are Striking Back At Social Networks, And...
They say everything old is new again. Yet, it’s still somewhat surprising that after a decade of social network dominance, text messaging is more popular than ever. When I speak of texting, I don’t...
View Articleimo.im Discontinuing 3rd Party Instant Messaging App Support Starting Monday,...
Starting Monday, all 3rd party instant messaging apps will be disconnected permanently from the imo messaging service. Originally, imo.im support encompassed 11 services, but two (Windows Live...
View ArticleJuniper Research: 130 Million Mobile Video Calling Users by 2018 As OTT Apps...
The OTT space is growing rapidly, with the number of video calling users alone set to increase to over 130 million by 2018, according to Juniper Research, not including messaging, push-to-talk or audio...
View Articleimo.im Launches New Animated and Non-Animated Stickers on Android and iOS
Stickers have become a big part of many calling and messaging apps and their efforts to monetize; imo.im is no exception, and added stickers to its Android application late last year. Soon afterward,...
View ArticleAdaptiveMobile Finds “Growth Hacking” Being Used by Messaging Apps to Boost...
We’re all intimately familiar with some message applications boosting their user counts by counting both active and inactive users (often referencing them as “registered users”) rather than simply the...
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Weeby.co: Creating Consistency Out of an Increasingly Fragmented Mobile...
There is an extensive and growing collection of messaging apps out there today, many of which have matured beyond the “simply messaging” stage and moved into entertainment platforms, including LINE,...
View Articleimo.im Looks to Boost Its VoIP and Messaging Offering With an Assortment of...
In the vast world of calling and messaging applications, there is plenty of room for not just one, but many winning applications, especially when you consider the worldwide penetration for smartphones...
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Fluffy and Bitsy Stickers Buzz and Bounce Onto imo Instant Messenger
Stickers provide more creative ways for users of many messaging apps to show their individual moods. Widely considered to be the modern day equivalent of the beloved emoticon, stickers — particularly...
View ArticleLatest Update to imo.im for Android and iOS Adds “Lots” of New...
It wasn’t just Fluffy and Bitzy that were set to make an imo.im debut. The app now includes lot of new summertime stickers in its latest update for Android, iPhone, iPad and Amazon. The new stickers...
View Articleimo.im Adds Even More Stickers to Its Messaging and Calling App, This Time...
imo.im has been adding quite a few stickers to its app’s arsenal as of late. From new characters like Fluffy and Bitsy last week to stickers that celebrate the joys of summer, there’s a quickly growing...
View ArticleTeddy the Dancing Turtle Tangos and Spins His Way Onto imo Messenger
After releasing summertime stickers as well as launching retro-flavored stickers at the beginning of this month, the designers over at imo.im have decided to take things back toward the more creative...
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Weather and Sports Themed Static and Animated Stickers Arriving on IMO...
Stickers for messaging apps, provide an ever increasing number of ways to express your thoughts, feelings, and favorites in a way that simple static and tiny animated emoticons have failed to in the...
View Articleimo.im Announces New Food-Themed Sticker Pack Ready for Launch on Its...
Late last week, popular messaging platform imo.im (also commonly referred to as imo Messenger) took the wraps off its new sports and weather themed stickers, and the messaging platform has also...
View Articleimo.im Lights Up the Amazon Fire Phone With Exclusive 3D Icon and Features
If you’re wanting to experience imo instant messenger in a new perspective, now you can with the release of the company’s Amazon Fire Phone application. The new imo.im for the Fire Phone features...
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Messaging and Calling Apps in the 21st Century: Where Are We Going From Here?
Imagine a world where you turn on your PC and you wait a few minutes while your computer boots up. While you wait, you decide that it’s the perfect time for a cup of coffee, so you head into the...
View Articleimo.im Beta Users on Android, imo Users on iOS Get Connection, Video Chat...
A pair of updates have just been released for imo.im, with one for Android and one for iOS users. While the iOS update doesn’t really add anything new, it does make some improvements to video chat....
View Articleimo.im Launches Blu and Duck Duck Howey Stickers on Its Calling and Messaging...
imo.im has just launched a couple of new stickers on its calling and messaging application for Android, iPhone, iPad, and Amazon devices. The first is an animated sticker featuring a character named...
View ArticleBack to School, Olive the Mouse Sticker Packs Now Available on imo.im
Get into the “back to school” spirit (while you still have a little bit of summer left) with new back-to-school-inspired Mindy stickers, now available on imo Messenger. The new Mindy character was...
View ArticleCat-Lovers and Fans of William Shakespeare Might Enjoy imo.im’s Newest...
The folks at imo.im have really been pushing out the stickers lately. Just last week, back to school stickers were released to get kids and parents in the mood for the inevitable roll call, with two...
View ArticleTRAI Won’t be Charging Messaging and Calling Apps Fees to Operate in India
In today’s world, which is a time when customers and their communications are evolving from cellular to IP, it can be difficult for carriers and communications applications to play nice with one...
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Adorable Theodore Sticker Set Now Available on imo.im for Android, iOS, and...
Stickers have quite literally become the new emoticon, providing more (and bigger) ways to express thoughts and feelings in your chats than ever before. Many calling and messaging apps have chosen to...
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Mr. and Mrs. Egg, Knuckledraggers Stickers Now Available on imo.im
The last sticker set for imo instant messenger came out nearly two weeks ago, and today, two more sticker sets are making their way to the imo Sticker Shop and introduce a few new characters to the imo...
View ArticleAnimated Stickers Featuring New Character Marie Launch on imo Instant Messenger
If you’re a science buff or you just have to collect every single sticker that gets released on imo’s instant messaging platform, then you’ll probably find Marie, the company’s newest character, at...
View Articleimo Instant Messenger and Material Design on Its Android Application
In anticipation of Android L later this year, imo.im has fully embraced Google’s Material Design guidelines, giving the UI of its app a complete makeover: “We created better visual hierarchy in the app...
View Articleimo.im Announces Its Support of the Newly-Released iOS 8 With Version 5.0 of...
iOS 8 is now available to Apple users starting today, and it brings with it some minor issues as well as support from a growing number of developers, the latest of which is imo.im. iOS 8 includes...
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Animated Leo the Pug Sticker Set Now Available on the imo.im Messaging Platform
After releasing compatibility with iOS 8, the next thing up for imo.im is to release more sticker packs. Today, the instant messaging platform launched by former Oracle engineer Ralph Harik and former...
View ArticleTaiwan Bans Use of Messaging Applications on Government Computers
Messaging apps aren’t always the most secure pieces of software in the world, but while most of these security issues lie with Android, there are also some worries about them being used on PCs, which...
View ArticleNew Monster Stickers Arrive on imo Instant Messenger for Android, iOS, and...
Not too long ago, an adorable pug found his way to the imo.im plaform as an animated sticker set and imo has just announced the latest sticker set to arrive. The new stickers include a “donut dad” and...
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Halloween Fun: New Zombie Hand Sticker Set Arrives on imo.im for Android,...
In keeping with the somewhat cute and somewhat creepy Halloween theme that was started with the monster stickers released last week, the folks over at imo messenger have released some new Zombie hand...
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New Fledgie Stickers Arrive on IMO Instant Messenger for Android, iOS, and...
It’s been a few days since we last received a new sticker set from imo.im, and today marks the end of that short dry spell with the launch of the Fledgie sticker set. Fledgie is an owl that looks like...
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Pandy and Halloween Stickers Arrive on imo Instant Messenger for Android,...
A few new stickers are now available on the imo.im messaging platform. The first set features a character called Pandy, which imo.im reveals is the “cute little cousin of the wildly popular imo...
View ArticleNew Vamps imo.im Stickers Bring the Cuteness of Vampires to a Whole New Level
After launching some Halloween-themed stickers about a week ago, imo.im is back to add even more Halloween style stickers to its messaging platform. The new stickers feature a new original imo.im...
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Instant Messaging Apps Are Improving the United Kingdom’s Love Life
With Valentine’s Day just under a week away, a new survey has revealed that contrary to popular opinion, instant messaging apps are actually helping to improve romantic relationships in Britain. Over...
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Juniper Research: Mobile Messaging Revenues to Decline as Traffic Increases
New data from Juniper Research, which provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, has shown that the messaging market will decline from $113.5bn in 2014 to...
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