Venezuela's information war escalated last week as the government blocked images on Twitter after violence in Caracas claimed three lives amid protests over woes including rampant inflation, food shortages and one of the world's highest murder rates. In just one day this week, Zello reported more than 150,000 downloads in Venezuela. 1 app in Ukraine on Thursday for both the iOS and Android operating systems. Zello supports up to 600 users on a single channel, and company CEO Bill Moore said it became the No. company Zello told The Associated Press that Venezuela's state-run telecoms company, CANTV, had just blocked access to the push-to-talk 'walkie-talkie' app for smartphones and computers that has been a hugely popular organizing tool for protesters from Egypt to Ukraine. The current wave of anti-government demonstrations, the fiercest unrest since President Hugo Chavez died last March, began in early February in San Cristobal, home to one private and three public universities. 'We've had to find out what's happening in our city from others.' He held up his iPhone to show how his Twitter service had halted. 'It's an abuse!' Jeffrey Guerrero, a flour wholesaler, complained just before service was restored. A local TV journalist, Beatriz Font, reported hearing gunshots. Soldiers patrolled the streets after another night in which police firing tear gas broke up protests just as they had the night before, when Internet service was cut.

Internet connectivity was gradually restored to San Cristobal, capital of the western border state of Tachira, on Friday morning after an outage of more than 30 hours that also affected smartphones. We are working hard to improve the app so please expect frequent updates.SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela - The battle for Venezuela is being fought as vigorously online as in the streets, with authorities cutting off Internet service to a strife-torn university city and blocking selected websites and a 'walkie-talkie' service widely used by protesters. Zello Android client supports free public service, ZelloWork cloud service, and private Zello Enterprise Server. Zello uses proprietary low-latency push-to-talk protocol and is not interoperable with Voxer, Sprint Direct Connect or AT&T Enhanced PTT.

Works over WiFi, 2G, 3G, or 4G mobile data.

Live location tracking (available with Zello Work service only).

Bluetooth headset support (selected phones).

Option to map hardware PTT (Push-To-Talk) button.

Public and private channels for up to 6000 users.

Real-time streaming, high-quality voice.

Talk to your contacts privately or join public channels to engage in a hot debate. Turn your phone or tablet into a walkie talkie with this lightning fast free PTT (Push-To-Talk) radio app.

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