Viber is a messaging and calling application for smartphones, which first allowed users to make free voice calls over the internet and later added text messages, group chats, stickers and video calls. It was founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik, and launched first for the iPhone before spreading to other platforms. It gained users quickly in many countries, especially in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. The Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten bought Viber in 2014 for about 900 million dollars. It competes with services such as WhatsApp and Telegram, and uses end-to-end encryption for messages, with its operations based largely in Luxembourg.
Before and after
- 16 December 2009Release of Avatar
- 2010European sovereign-debt crisis
- 20102010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
- 2010Crisis in Venezuela
- 2010Release of Viber
- 2010The Denisovans are identified
- 2010The Neanderthal genome is published
- 20102010 becomes the warmest year on record
- 2010Global life expectancy reaches 70 years
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
The era
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