
Alibaba Takes Tango for a Whirl
| John P. Mello Jr. 03/21/14 12:23 PM PT | |
![]() | Players like Alibaba and Facebook are betting mobile messaging will start stealing eyeballs from texting platforms. "The visions people have is that these are services that will become as common as text messaging and be used by certainly millions and hopefully hundreds of millions -- if not billions -- of people," said Yankee Group Research Director Carl Howe. [More...] |
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