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A SIM card only for WhatsApp…makers say buy it to use the messaging app for free

Posted on January 29, 2015 by

This is indeed news for those of you out there who are avid users of messaging app, WhatsApp.

In a 1st, a new SIM card called WhatSim, for a small fee, lets you chat “absolutely free of charge & without any limits” using WhatsApp from almost anywhere in the world. WhatSim connects to more than 400 operators in about 150 countries. It’s developer say from anywhere in the world, it connects to the provider with the best coverage & signal right where the user is. If the user changes location, it automatically searches for a new provider. If a better one is available, it connects by itself without the user even noticing it.

WhatsApp tool

The idea came to an Italian entrepreneur, 38-year-old Manuel Zanella, engineer, founder & CEO of Zeromobile – Italy’s 1st global mobile operator for low-cost roaming, & with the participation of Ennio Doris, Founder & President of Mediolanum Group, they went about implementing it.

In 2011, Manuel had also released ‘i’m Watch’, which he claims was the world’s 1st smartwatch, designed & manufactured by ‘i’m Spa’, a company founded with the support of Ennio.

In a media release announcing the launch of WhatSim, Manuel says: WhatSim is a stroke of genius. That comes from far away…In 2003 I went on my honeymoon to Kenya. I needed to find a cheap way of calling without international roaming & its outrageous costs so I created Zeromobile.

The world has changed once again so I’ve launched WhatSim. In a world where more & more people are traveling, the need to stay in touch with others in a simple & fast way has become essential. Once we would call, then we started sending text messages. Now these are days of WhatsApp. Since 90% of my contacts have WhatsApp, I decided to create a Sim card dedicated specifically to WhatsApp.

We all know how popular WhatsApp is today. A few weeks ago, the CEO of WhatsApp had issued a statement listing his company’s achievements: 700 million active users & 30 billion messages exchanged every day.

WhatsApp is the future of mobile communications. Its only “limit” is the data connection especially when you are traveling because the roaming charges are expensive & you can’t always find Wi Fi everywhere, & it is not always free. As someone who appreciates & uses WhatsApp, I tried to figure out how to get around this problem. That’s why WhatSim is an extraordinary opportunity for WhatsApp, explains Manuel.

Here’s the philosophy guiding WhatSim:

To use WhatsApp, even when traveling, you need a data or Wi Fi connection to chat for free. The most common problem is that the roaming data connection is usually expensive, & also that Wi Fi is not available everywhere, plus it is not always free.

However, Manuel claims, WhatSim allows you to chat with WhatsApp whenever you want.

WhatSim costs €10 & for that amount, & no other cost, you can chat for free all over the world for a year. “To continue chatting free & with no limits for a year, you will always pay €10,”says Manuel. Of course only if you choose to use it. WhatSim has neither fixed costs nor monthly paymentsm & it never expires.

With WhatSim, WhatsApp users lets you exchange not only words, but also multimedia messages, at slightly cheaper rates. To enable sharing photos, videos, voice messages or your location & contacts (which are notified free even without recharging), users need to buy a credit package starting from a minimum charge of €5.

As Manuel explains: The solution we have developed is simple & intuitive. With €5 you get 1000 credits that you can use, for instance, to exchange 50 photos or 10 videos in many countries around the world. There are no limits to sharing your position and contacts. This way we guarantee the utmost transparency. Buying a recharge is quick & easy from our Website.

This card goes even further. WhatsApp subscription fee, starting from the second year of use, will be refunded by WhatSim, on renewal of WhatSim.

Manuel stresses that WhatSim has enormous potential in developing countries where coverage by single operators is not always optimal and where the base cost for communicating with WhatsApp using a conventional SIM could actually be more expensive in some cases. WhatSim’s great innovation is its very low flat rate for an entire year all over the world., he adds.

Image Credit: WhatSim

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CloudBerry Lab announces file sharing & syncing solution

Posted on January 23, 2015 by

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Newport, California, Jan. 22, 2015, PRNewswire: CloudBerry Lab™, a vendor of backup and management solutions for public cloud storage services, today announced CloudBerry Box, a public and private cloud-based solution that gives users complete control over the sharing and synchronization of files across multiple endpoints. Unlike other file share and sync solutions, CloudBerry Box allows users to select a preferred cloud provider and move data through direct connections between end-points and their cloud storage accounts. The solution provides unparalleled security as no third party web services are involved in data processing and users themselves control the data encryption keys.

CloudBerry Lab(TM) provides cloud-based backup and file management services to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

In addition to putting users in charge of data security and giving them a much higher level of control over the synchronization and data sharing process, CloudBerry Box is also very economical, allowing organizations to take advantage of the very low cost – in many cases just pennies-per-gigabyte – that providers are offering those seeking cloud-based file services.

“Finally, SMBs and the resellers who serve them have an affordable, flexible solution that provides truly secure access to shared files from many locations,” said Alexey Serkov, CTO at CloudBerry Lab. “CloudBerry provides the technology necessary to coordinate changes between users, while also storing the data securely at the cloud provider of their choosing.”

Small and Mid-sized Businesses (SMBs) and the technology resellers serving them are increasingly demanding advanced, cloud-based file share and sync solutions for a variety of reasons: a mobile workforce that needs to access data outside the confines of the company office; a growing number of different device types being used to access and work with shared files, and the rapidly decreasing cost and easy accessibility of cloud storage.

The following features and functionality make CloudBerry Box unique among cloud-based file share and sync solutions:

  • Complete Customer Control: The CloudBerry Box file share and sync solution can be run through a customer cloud storage account from any of the major cloud storage vendors, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Storage and several others.
  • Private Cloud Compatibility: CloudBerry Box can be deployed in a private cloud environment with an Amazon S3 or OpenStack compatible interface.
  • No Third-party Web Services Used in Data Processing: Data moves directly through connections established between computing endpoints and users’ cloud storage accounts.
  • Easily Implemented Military-grade, User-controlled Encryption: With CloudBerry Box, files can be encrypted on the fly with user-created passwords sent to the cloud through secure SSL connections.
  • Data Compression: Synced data is compressed before being sent to the cloud for backup, which helps reduce bandwidth requirements.

“We love the functionality of CloudBerry Box,” said Rick Jewson, cloud services specialist at Freom Pty. Ltd., a software development and web solutions company. “We are using it to store client files we can access from any computer without having to wait for the files to become available. The biggest benefit over other similar products is that we have full control over our data. It lives in our cloud account, and we can specify exactly what happens to it and where it is situated, which is excellent for answering data sovereignty issues.”

Availability:
CloudBerry Box is available as a beta version at no charge for a limited time. Please visit http://www.cloudberrylab.com/box for a free download.

About CloudBerry Lab
Established in 2008 by a group of experienced IT professionals, CloudBerry Lab™ provides cloud-based backup and file management services to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). CloudBerry’s offerings include powerful, easy-to-use backup management capabilities and military-grade encryption using customer-controlled keys. Customers can choose to store their backup data with more than 20 online storage providers, including Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, HP Cloud, Rackspace, Softlayer and others. CloudBerry also partners with thousands of VARs and MSPs to provide them with turnkey, white-label data protection services. CloudBerry Lab is an Amazon Web Services Advanced Technology Partner. For more information please visit www.cloudberrylab.com. Follow us on Twitter at @cloudberrylab.

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