VentureBeat

Viber now has 400M users, & many are using the service to survive in the war-torn Middle East

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Business Wire

Viber Offers Users More Control Over Their Communications, Launching Full End-to-End Encryption and ‘Hidden Chats’

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps with more than 711 million unique users worldwide, today announces complete end-to-end encryption across all devices including ...
VentureBeat

Messaging giant Viber becomes more like Facebook with the launch of Public Accounts for businesses and brands

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The Next Web

Viber says it’s now encrypted, but won’t tell us how secure our chats are

Viber announced today that it’s rolling out end-to-end encryption on all platforms — Mac, PC, iOS and Android. Once you download the newest update, Version 6.0, each voice and video call, text message ...
PC World

Hands on with Viber’s new desktop app: It’s no Skype

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 ...
Engadget

Viber's free, no-registration 3G VoIP app officially launches on Android

Hey there, friends. Do you have the voice-calling blues, wishing for a better way to talk to your friends -- without using your minutes? Consider Viber, a free VoIP app that launched for the iPhone ...
TechCrunch

Viber defends new end-to-end encryption protocol against criticism

Messaging app Viber rolled out its own end-to-end encryption update yesterday, following in the footsteps of its competitor, WhatsApp, and allowing users to keep their calls and messages private. But ...
The Next Web

Delta calls cops on Viber founder for using VoIP app on plane

Consider this (live) story the oddest one I’ve seen involving an app since Alec Baldwin got thrown off of a flight for playing Words With Friends. It appears that the founder of social VoIP and free ...
TechCrunch

Viber adds one-touch video messaging, in-chat bots with Wikipedia, Giphy and more

On the heels of Kik and Facebook’s Messenger adding in new video features yesterday, one of their old rivals Viber is announcing a new video tool of its own: users can now use Viber to send each other ...
Gizmodo

Delta Calls Cops on Viber Exec for Using His Own VoIP App In-Flight (UPDATED)

Talmon Marco, founder of the VoIP app Viber, was met at La Guardia airport this evening by a waiting posse of port authority cops. What did he do? Well, it’s not quite as outrageous as Alec Baldwin ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

In earthquake-ravaged Nepal, the BBC is using messaging app Viber to share information and safety tips

In the aftermath of last week’s earthquake that devastated Nepal, BBC News is today launching an account on the messaging app Viber to publish news, information, and tips for staying safe as the ...