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On the heels of announcing that 75 million people have interacted with its service (and that it has 17.5 million unique users interacting with it each month), voicemail provider YouMail has recently unveiled a new version of its Android app. The updated application is focused on greetings, making it super-easy to assign people personal greetings,…
YouMail, the visual voicemail service that’s been described as “isn’t a business anymore” (more on that later,) has over 17.5 million monthly active users according to today’s announcement. The 17.5 million active user figure means that approximately 23 percent of anyone who’s ever used YouMail is using it on at least a monthly basis because…
YouMail introduced a new feature that wants to change the way users reply (or rather, don’t reply) to the voicemails that are left for them. The new “receipts” automate the standard “reply by text” feature, while also allowing for the person who has made that call to listen to their message and change the way…
Visual voicemail app YouMail announced on its blog plans to drop support for BlackBerry and thereby end development for the platform at least until it starts showing signs of life again, but let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are slim. It’s a sad day for the folks at YouMail. The BlackBerry is what…
YouMail has announced its unveiled its simplest solution yet to block unwanted phone calls from telemarketers, robots, and the like. The two apps from YouMail in the Google Play Store, Visual Voicemail Plus and WhoAreYou, now incorporate the ability to “ditch” a phone number entirely with a single tap. WhoAreYou and Visual Voicemail work together…
YouMail, the company behind the popular visual voice-mail service, launched a new service to allow any owner of a US phone number to control their personal brand through caller ID. In that sense, the company launched a new website at who.youmail.com where users can enter their phone number and see what their current caller ID…
LetsTalk.com and YouMail struck a deal that will benefit each of the company’s services — an even exchange, if you will. LetsTalk.com, will soon begin preloading the YouMail visual voicemail service on select Android and BlackBerry devices. In return, the new YouMail online store for phones and accessories will be powered by LetsTalk.com. Both parties…
The makers of the YouMail visual voicemail app released a fresh new calling tool in the Android Market today. It’s WhoAreYou, and this creatively titled app answers that question by bringing visual caller ID to smartphones at last. There’s a number of handy features in WhoAreYou. The main one, of course, is seeing who called.…
YouMail has returned to the Android Market after previously being yanked out because of a T-Mobile complaint. While there were some concerns about why it was pulled, it turns out the story is more complicated than maybe YouMail was trying to portray it. Yesterday we reported that the app had been removed because T-Mobile said…
The YouMail app for Android has been removed from the Android Market after a complaint from T-Mobile was sent to Google, YouMail says. This could set a bad precedent for the Android Market. YouMail is a visual voicemail app to easily browse through, listen to, and even read voicemail messages. It recently passed three million…