Viber, Bought by Rakuten, Will Become Face-to-Face eCommerce

The hot new thing in tech at the moment is mobile phone IM platforms. Facebook bought WhatsApp, and Skype is boasting 300 million users worldwide. But how can you monetize something like this? Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO and Founder of Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten, has said he intends to turn the newly-acquired Viber into an eCommerce platform.



Viber, Bought by Rakuten, Will Become Face-to-Face eCommerce