The Israeli Answer to WhatsApp Is Big in Eastern Europe - and Iraq

Not Waze or Gett but Viber, with its 250 million active users per month, is the most widespread Israeli app used worldwide.

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Jun 22, 2016 9:40 AM

Quietly avoiding all the buzz of young applications like WhatsApp, Snapchat or Facebook’s Messenger, the most popular Israeli app in the world is flourishing under the radar.

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