WERTHEIMER: How is it being used? Is it being used in the same way that folks in the Tahrir Square in Cairo used Twitter? Another big aspect of it is that it works well in places where it's hard to get her to get a Wi-Fi connection. TUCKER: Well, if you talk to Bill Moore and people that are using the app, they'll tell you a couple of different things. WERTHEIMER: So why are we seeing this app adopted by two mass movements in two different parts of the world? PATRICK TUCKER: Thank you so much for having me. He's the technology editor for the online magazine Defense One. We wanted to find out why, so we called on Patrick Tucker. He says over the past two weeks, Zello has been the number one overall app in Venezuela and Ukraine - more popular than any other. WERTHEIMER: That's Zello's CEO, Bill Moore. And one way to solve it, in fact the way we solve is we just don't, we don't retain information. And one key factor that's making Zello the go-to app among protesters, anonymity, something they don't get from Facebook or Twitter.īILL MOORE: We've had multiple requests from authorities for information. The walkie-talkie-like app allows smartphone users to send short voice messages from person to person or to a small group of people. From Caracas to Kiev, protesters are organizing with the help of a social media tool called Zello.
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