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Facebook pips Apple iMessage with launch of Facebook Messenger cross-platform messaging application

By Pamela Clark-Dickson August 11, 2011

Facebook has taken the wraps off Facebook Messenger, a separate mobile messaging application which has been developed by the same team that developed the Beluga group messaging application (Facebook acquired Beluga in Mar. 2011). Facebook Messenger will compete with BlackBerry Messenger and Apple’s forthcoming iMessage, in that it will provide a messaging-over-IP (MoIP) capability. However,… Read more

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Apple’s iMessage may enable “free” messaging, but it can’t compete with SMS for interoperability and reach, says Pamela Clark-Dickson

By Pamela Clark-Dickson June 15, 2011

Apple’s recent announcement of iMessage, which will be a key feature of its soon-to-be-launched iCloud digital storage and synchronization service, has provoked mild hysteria about the future of SMS as a source of revenues for mobile operators. iMessage is a service that will enable users of devices based on the iOS 5 operating system –… Read more

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