Immensely popular iOS app FireChat brings Internet-less chat to Android

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XrUEta3lYXXy_aC8ePElzw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/firechat-ios-android.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/immensely-popular-ios-app-firechat-brings-internet-less-160007638.html)The recently launched FireChat instant messaging iOS app that doesn’t require an Internet or cellular connection to allow users to send and receive messages – it’s taking advantage of-new wireless technology supported-by Apple in iOS 7 – quickly became a hit app in many markets. The company on Thursday announced that it’s making the app available to Android users, with FireChat for Android having now been made-available as a free download from the Google Play Store. In order to establish a connection between Android devices, the company is using a proprietary mesh networking technology to enable-peer-to-peer networks that can support FireChat messaging. Just like on iOS, the app will work without any data or cellular connection, and will have a



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