[ad_1] PicsArt, the company behind the photo-editing app of the same name, has hired Tammy Nam as its first chief operating officer. Nam was most recently the CEO of Viki, the Rakuten-acquired video streaming service, and before that served as a marketing executive at Viki, Scribd and Slide. PicsArt said Nam will report to founder…
[ad_1] Messaging app Viber earlier this year made its first foray into shopping services with Instant Shopping, a feature that lets you search for items for sale via a keyboard when you have the messaging app open. Today, the company is announcing some more e-commerce related news: it’s buying the startup that helped build that feature.…
[ad_1] On Wednesday (April 19), PerformanceIN joined over 500 marketers at Rakuten Marketing’s Symposium in London, an annual event across major cities that sets out to bring together industry leaders to learn, share ideas and network. Kicked off by Rakuten Marketing’s CEO, Tony Zito, the event attracted a diverse speaker line-up including Increasingly founder Sri…
[ad_1] While messaging app watchers are waiting for Snap Inc. to announce its IPO, another app has appointed a new CEO. Viber — the messaging app that was acquired by Rakuten in 2014 — has announced Djamel Agaoua as its new CEO. This is significant because Viber — which has had a promising 800 million downloads but has seen…