As of 2018, there are over a billion registered users on the network. In addition to instant messaging it allows users to exchange media such as images and video records, and also provides a paid international landline and mobile calling service called Viber Out. Users are registered and identified through a cellular telephone number, although the service is accessible on desktop platforms without needing mobile connectivity. Viber, or Rakuten Viber, is a cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, provided as freeware for the Google Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux platforms. Chatter Commerce’s technology will actively support our vision, and their team is a perfect fit for our culture of innovation,” he added.Short description: Cross platform VoIP instant messaging software applicationĬ/ C++/ Python (desktop, using SIP and Qt frameworks), Objective-C (iOS), Java (Android) “We want to bring more value to our hundreds of millions of users around the world while keeping the experience simple and seamless. These are all steps to making Viber a “multi-service communication platform,” said Djamel Agaoua, CEO of Viber. “Rakuten Viber’s innovative vision extends beyond the minor details of feature optimization that most messaging apps are focused on today their objective is to dramatically expand the role messaging apps have in people’s everyday lives.” “We founded Chatter Commerce on the basis that people should be able to do much more in their chats than what is currently available,” said Zephrin Lasker, CEO of Chatter Commerce. The acquisition of ShopChat will likely help grow the feature and its user base.

Viber recently launched its Instant Shopping feature in the US where users shop directly via chat. Japan’s Rakuten, which owns Israeli-founded Viber, previously invested in Chatter Commerce, leading a $1.25 million round in the company earlier this year.

Viber has acquired San Francisco startup Chatter Commerce, makers of the ShopChat keyboard, for an undisclosed amount.Ĭhatter Commerce develops ShopChat, a “mobile shopping keyboard” for ecommerce apps.

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