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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Indian Messaging Chat App Hike introduces Free Voice Calling Before WhatsApp

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 1 Comment

Hike Messenger an Indian company roll out its free calling feature starting with Android Phone on 26 Jan 2015, after their first acquisition of Zip Phone, US based company having a free calling app. With Hike Messenger App we can call free hike to hike calls over 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Call friends in 200+ countries even from low bandwidth networks. In Hike all the conversation are encrypted, so nobody can eavesdrop. Go on, talk about anything you want and no one else will ever know :)

To download hike messenger app click here.

Hike Messenger - Android Apps on Google Play

Hike uses a 128-bit SSL encrypted, firewalled server for the exchange of media and text messages only on wifi. Messages are stored locally in the user's device and the data is not backed-up to Hike's server. India's Biggest Chat Application Over 35 Million users are sharing messages, stickers, files and more contributing to 10 Billion Messages per month!

Hike is a cross-platform messaging app that can send messages, videos, images, contacts, locations & favicons to the other users. It was launched on 12 December 2012 and became one of the most used messengers all across India. Apart from basic social messaging means like photos, videos and audio files, Hike allows users to "nudge", a feature used to ping the receiver. In addition to that, the application supports chat themes, graphical stickers, PDF files and Microsoft Office files, and allows users to hide an individual chat or group for extended privacy.

Hike offering several features designed specifically for consumers in India where data plans are often costly, including Hike2SMS, or free SMS credits for feature phones, and message notifications that pop up even if users have turned data off. With this users can pack in many more minutes per MB when calling on hike.

Benefits of free calling feature in Hike can range from saving your recharge bill to effectively & easily talking to your friends and family. This is really a mind blowing and great feature introduced. The chat application has localized features, which are developed keeping in mind the infrastructural and cultural requirements such as Hike Offline – lets you message your friends even when they’re offline, Hidden Mode – allows users to hide their private chats with a password, Regional Stickers – helps users express more in their own language, amongst many others. Visit Hike website and get the latest version to enjoy the new feature.

Recently WhatsApp has promised to add voice-calling features, but it’s still unclear when exactly it will be available. Hike claims that they are currently having over 35 million users, with 90 percent currently residing in India. The company has raised $86 million from Tiger Global and BSB, a joint venture between Bharti Group and Japan’s Softbank.

Hike Messenger TV Ad Video

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

New Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta - Download

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 0 Comments

Yahoo introduced its Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, the next version of a popular IM software for Windows. This new version has a whole new look and feel, along with some great new features that make it well worth the upgrade.

In Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta when you paste a YouTube video URL in chat window, your friends can watch the video clip inline without having to visit the YouTube Website.

You can easily share photos from your Flickr.com account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

Another useful feature - if you are going Offline, you can configure Yahoo! Messenger 9 to forward all the Offline IM message to a your mobile number as SMS text messages.

You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger (Phone Out account required). Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached.

To download the latest version click here.
http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
Yahoo! Messenger 9 is only available for Windows XP and Vista. A localized Hindi version of Yahoo! Messenger 9 is also available for Indian users.

Here’s a brief video that demonstrates the new features of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0:

The new Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 also offers localized versions in six new markets: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India (Hindi), and Vietnam. With these additions, Yahoo! Messenger is available in 25 international markets.