Cooliris Rilis Aplikasi Pesan LiveShare untuk Android

Aplikasi LiveShare yang telah di-reboot kini tidak lagi hanya tersedia untuk iOS. Colliris baru saja mengumumkan bahwa versi terbaru dari aplikasi ini telah tersedia di Google Play secara gratis. Sebagai aplikasi pesan, LiveShare menghilangkan biaya mahal untuk saling bertukar pesan antara pengguna dengan menyediakan fasilitas apikasi gratis serta tampilan yang bagus dan terorganisir yang menggabungkan aktivitas pesan antara satu orang dengan yang lain atau secara grup, ditambah dengan fasilitas berbagi foto. Dengan integrasi yang lebih dalam dengan Facebook dan buku alamat di perangkat, LiveShare memungkinkan pengguna untuk secara mulus mengundang teman mereka dan berinteraksi lebih visual secara real time.

CEO Cooliris, Soujanya Bhumkar dalam pers rilisnya mengatakan, “Pengguna perangkat mobile mengharapkan performa serta kesederhanaan serta kemampuan untuk mengekspresikan diri mereka menggunakan ponsel mereka. Kami percaya bahwa pengalaman berkomunikasi seharusnya bisa menyenangkan dan cross-platform, dan tim kami telah bekerja tekun untuk menciptakan sebuah pengalaman yang sama antara Web, Android, dan iOS. Versi terbaru untuk Android mencapai tujuan itu.”

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Cooliris Unveils LiveShare Messaging App for Android

The reboot LiveShare app that currently focus on messaging activities is “iOS only no more”. Cooliris just announces that the reboot version is now available on Google Play for free. As messaging app, LiveShare eliminates the consumers’ expensive messaging costs with a free and beautifully-organized experience that blends 1-to-1 and group messaging with collage-style photo sharing. With its deeper integration with Facebook and the device’s address book, LiveShare enables users to seamlessly invite their friends and interact more visually in real-time.

Cooliris CEO, Soujanya Bhumkar in the press release said, “Mobile users expect performance and simplicity along with the ability to express themselves using their phones. We believe that the communication experience should be delightful and cross-platform, and our team has worked diligently to create a ubiquitous experience across Web, Android, and iOS. This all-new version for Android accomplishes that goal.”

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KakaoTalk Launches Voice Call Feature

Last April, I wrote that KakaoTalk is developing a voice dialling feature. At that time, the new feature can be used by users who use the Japanese telecom operator.

In the end of last month, KakaoTalk has finally launched voice dialling feature for all users in the world. By using this feature, users can make KakaoTalk voice calls by paying the cost of data transmission which is cheaper than the phone-call cost. This feature is available to KakaoTalk users for Android and IOS versions.

To distinguish with the features feature that has a similar application, mVOIP (mobile Voice Over Internet Protocol), KakaoTalk also added Voice Filter features. Voice Filter features may be used freely by the user in order to disguise their voice as if the sound similar to aliens.

The launch of this feature is causing controversy in the KakaoTalk country of origin, South Korea. The Next Web has written that the telecommunication operator concerned that KakaoTalk applications will increase the network, while revenue from voice calls is reduced. Previously, with the presence of such applications like KakaoTalk, WhatsApp, and Line, the telecoms operator revenue from SMS has been reduced.

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KakaoTalk Luncurkan Fitur Voice Call

April lalu, saya menuliskan bahwa KakaoTalk sedang mengembangkan fitur panggilan suara. Saat itu, fitur tersebut baru dapat digunakan oleh pengguna yang menggunakan operator telekomunikasi Jepang.

Akhir bulan kemarin, KakaoTalk akhirnya meluncurkan fitur panggilan suara ini untuk semua penggunanya di dunia. Dengan menggunakan fitur ini, pengguna KakaoTalk dapat melakukan panggilan suara dengan hanya mengeluarkan biaya seharga biaya transmisi data yang lebih murah daripada biaya telepon. Fitur ini tersedia untuk pengguna KakaoTalk versi Android dan iOS.

Untuk membedakan fitur mVOIP (mobile Voice Over Internet Protocol) ini dengan fitur yang dimiliki dengan aplikasi sejenis, KakaoTalk juga menambahkan fitur Voice Filter. Fitur Voice Filter ini digunakan untuk suka-suka dimana pengguna dapat menyamarkan suaranya menjadi seolah-olah mirip dengan suara alien.

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Launching IM3 Buzz, Indosat Tries to Acquire Chat App Market

Indosat releases IM3 Buzz, Indosat’s own chat app, in the event of “Serunya Liburan Bareng IM3 Seru Anti Galau” launching at Urban Kitchen, Senayan City, Jakarta last Monday. Reported by Tekno Kompas, Indosat Division Head Youth Segment, M Andre Reinaldy claims that the IM3 Buzz app is more sophisticated than WhatsApp and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

Although its name is IM3 Buzz, this app can be enjoyed by all Indosat users using smartphone or featured phone. Android, BlackBerry and iPhone users can use the IM3 Buzz app, while featured phone user can visit www.im3buzz.com or using the J2ME based app.

Other than equipped with standard chat app feature such as chatting, group and sending file, IM3 Buzz app also has the audio chat and video chat features. These features distinguish IM3 Buzz with WhatsApp and BBM.

As the promotion, Indosat frees the internet fee for the usage of this app until June 30. After that, this app’s charge is according to the internet package used.

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Luncurkan IM3 Buzz, Indosat Coba Rebut Pasar Aplikasi Chatting

Indosat merilis IM3 Buzz, sebuah aplikasi chatting milik Indosat sendiri, dalam acara peluncuran “Serunya Liburan Bareng IM3 Seru Anti Galau” di Urban Kitchen Senayan City Jakarta, Senin kemarin. Dikutip Kompas Tekno, Division Head Youth Segment Indosat, M Andre Reinaldy mengklaim bahwa aplikasi IM3 Buzz ini lebih canggih daripada WhatsApp dan BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

Meskipun namanya IM3 Buzz, aplikasi ini dapat dinikmati oleh semua pelanggan Indosat dengan menggunakan smartphone maupun featured phone. Pengguna Android, Blackberry dan iPhone dapat menggunakan aplikasi IM3 Buzz, sedangkan pengguna featured phone dapat menggunakan aplikasi ini dengan mengunjungi situs www.im3buzz.com atau menggunakan aplikasi berbasis J2ME.

Selain mempunyai fitur standar aplikasi chatting seperti chatting, grup, dan mengirim file, aplikasi IM3 Buzz juga mempunyai fitur audio chatting dan video chatting. Fitur inilah yang membedakan IM3 Buzz dengan WhatsApp dan BBM.

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LiveShare Pivots from Photostream Apps to Messenger

We received information that LiveShare that was previously loaded as a photostream application has changed its model into messenger application. This change is surprising because the last news we heard was that LiveShare has around 4,2 million users worldwide. This amount is far more than Path’s users. Cooliris as LiveShare creator is already has an office in Singapore and had plans to bring this application to Indonesia – by working with Elasitas as local partner.

Area Messenger, which became the new target of LiveShare is also a big question mark. In this segment, WhatsApp as the most popular hegemony is hard to rocked, although there are many players in this segment. Although offered for free, of course LiveShare must answer the question: can they guarantee the reliability as SMS replacement messaging platform?

I personally have tried LiveShare and quite impressed with the beauty of the interface it has to offer. There are three advantages of LiveShare that WhatsApp does not own. First, LiveShare allows us to post umages and share them with other users without it be downloaded by other user first. It’s just like uploading photos to Facebook.

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KakaoTalk, It’s Not Just About Having Cute Emoticon

A month ago, Rama found a new messaging application called Line. Line was created by Naver Japan, a subsidiary of Naver. Still from the East Asian region, Beom Soo Kim, former CEO of Naver, now leads Kakao Inc. a company with a messaging application product named KakaoTalk. Just like Line, KakaoTalk also has cute emoticons.

As written in Kompas Tekno, KakaoTalk was released two years ago as the first messaging application after smartphone is launched in South Korea. To date, KakaoTalk has about 42 millions registered users with 8 millions of them come from outside of South Korea.

Different from WhatsApp, KakaoTalk uses ID as an identity. So user privacy is guaranteed because there’s no need to spread phone numbers to communicate with others through KakaoTalk. However, users are still able to add friends using their phone numbers.

Another advantage compared to WhatsApp, group chatting on KakaoTalk is not limited to a set number of members.

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LiveShare Lakukan Pivot dari Aplikasi Photostream ke Messenger

Kami memperoleh informasi bahwa LiveShare yang sebelumnya pernah dimuat sebagai suatu aplikasi photostream, mengubah model aplikasinya menjadi messenger. Perubahan ini cukup mengejutkan karena kabar terakhir yang kami dengar bahwa LiveShare telah memiliki sekitar 4,2 juta pengguna di seluruh dunia. Jumlah ini jauh lebih banyak ketimbang pengguna Path. Cooliris sebagai pembuat LiveShare pun telah memiliki kantor cabang di Singapura dan sempat berencana untuk membawa aplikasi ini ke Indonesia — dengan bekerja sama dengan Elasitas sebagai partner lokal.

Area Messenger yang menjadi sasaran versi baru LiveShare juga menjadi tanda tanya besar. Di segmen ini, hegemoni WhatsApp sebagai yang terpopuler sulit digoyang, meskipun pemain yang ada di sini sudah sangat banyak. Meskipun ditawarkan secara gratis, LiveShare tentu saja harus menjawab pertanyaan, apakah mereka bisa menjamin kehandalan (reliabilitas) sebagai platform messaging pengganti SMS?

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KakaoTalk, Tidak Hanya Punya Emoticon Lucu

Sebulan yang lalu, Rama menemukan aplikasi messaging baru bernama Line. Line dibuat oleh Naver Jepang, anak perusahaan dari Naver. Masih dari kawasan Asia Timur tersebut, Beom Soo Kim, mantan CEO Naver, kini memimpin perusahaan Kakao Inc, yang mempunyai produk aplikasi messaging yang bernama KakaoTalk. Seperti Line, KakaoTalk juga mempunyai emoticon-emoticon lucu.

Sebagaimana ditulis dalam Kompas Tekno, KakaoTalk dirilis dua tahun lalu sebagai aplikasi messaging pertama setelah peluncuran smartphone di Korea Selatan. Sampai saat ini, KakaoTalk mempunyai sekitar 42 juta pengguna terdaftar dengan 8 juta diantaranya berasal dari luar Korea Selatan. Continue reading KakaoTalk, Tidak Hanya Punya Emoticon Lucu