KUMU: Our Digital Bayanihan
Shop Local. Eat local. Spend local. Enjoy local. Support the local businesses who support the area where you live, work and play. Are you like me who loves to support local? Facebook has been around for fourteen years, Viber and Instagram for eight. Here's the good news! Recently a messenger app and media platform built by and for the Filipino community launched the Public Beta version of KUMU. Kumu is the product of a long process — a labor of love and countless hours of work contributed by an extended team of over 60 leaders from the Philippines, the diaspora, and the global tech community. What is this all about? Why do we need another messenger app? What exactly is Kumu? Read on. 1. A localized communication app for the Filipino people Localized messenger apps are taking over Asia. Part of it means designing for the realities and constraints of digital communication in Philippines. Our video and voice call technology is powered by a unique real-time c...