Tag: WhatsApp
Here Are Possible Avenues Facebook Could Use To Monetize WhatsApp
Last year Facebook acquired WhatsApp for a staggering $19 Billion. Facebook is an ad-centric business which generates billions of dollars in revenues. The two...
Whatsapp Voice Calling Coming To iOS
Whatsapp started rolling out voice calling for all its users last month. Those who were first in line were those with Android smartphones. Now...
You Can Now Backup Your Whatsapp Chats To Google Drive
Whatsapp released a new update on Friday that allows users to backup their chats to Google Drive for safekeeping and restoration should you happen...
Whatsapp’s Phenomenal Growth Continues As It Hits 800 Million Monthly Active Users Mark
Back in January, Whatsapp co-founder Jan Koum took to Facebook to tell the world that the hit messaging application had reached the 700 million...
You Can Finally Make Free Calls Via Whatsapp
Last Year Facebook bought Whatsapp for 19 billion dollars. The announcement was followed with news that Whatsapp will be venturing into Voice calls, to...
Whatsapp has been downloaded over 1 billion times on Google Play Store
Whatsapp is popular. Very popular. So popular that it is now testing voice calling, a feature that is already available on several of its...
Pushbullet now works with Whatsapp, Telegram, Google Hangouts and others
Pushbullet is one of the most handy applications if you happen to use an Android or iOS device. It mirrors notifications from your mobile...
Why is Whatsapp+ so popular?
As you may know, Whatsapp wants everyone to use its official application. One of the most popular third party Whatsapp clients is Whatsapp+. Why...
Whatsapp is cracking the whip on 3rd party clients
Whatsapp is easily the most popular messaging client on the planet right now. Don't believe this? Check the smartphones of the next 3 people...
Whatsapp now has 700 million monthly users
Whatsapp now boasts of 700 million users monthly. At least that is the figure co-founder Jan Koum shared on his Facebook page yesterday.
Whatsapp was...
WhatsApp for WindowsPhone Returns with a Bang
After several weeks of being M.I.A. in the Windows Phone, WhatsApp users on Windows Phone had started migrating to the other messaging platforms. The...
Telegram Now Available Officially on Windows Store As Beta Version
Telegram hit the big picture when WhatsApp got acquired by Facebook, from then on millions quit en masse headed to Telegram. This was...
FTC Cautions Facebook, WhatsApp on User Privacy
WhatsApp's main pull to IM users has been the promise of privacy. Ahead of the close of its deal with Facebook, both companies have...
Telegram Messenger app now has 35 million users
Since Facebook splashed $19 billion in cash and stock options to get Whastapp under its wings, it has been a blessing in disguise for...
How to Hide ‘Last Seen’ Time-stamp on WhatsApp Android App
Facebook acquired WhatsApp for a whopping $19 Billion and it follows after the deal, WhatsApp has a new update for Android users allowing one...
Not Yet Whatsapp: Facebook Blocked from the $19 Billion Whatsapp Deal
Privacy Lawyers in the US have asked the US trade regulator, Federal Trade Commission, to halt Facebook $19 billion acquisition of Whatsapp. Filing the...
Ballmer: Mobile is Big Business, Over the Last Decade Microsoft missed that Bus
On Tuesday, the Saïd Business School in the UK hosted Steve Ballmer. The former Microsoft CEO pointed out that if he had to do...
Whatsapp Founders Make Last-minute Additions to Forbes Billionaires List
Jan Koum and Brian Acton, the co-founders of WhatsApp, made Forbes' annual billionaires' list with few moments to spare after Facebook offered a total...
49% of Kenyan Mobile Users are on Whatsapp
Almost half of Kenya's mobile users i.e 49% use Whatsapp as their key messaging tool, a worldwide poll by Jana Mobile reveals. The poll...
Here’s Why Facebook Paid $19 Billion for Whatsapp
By now you have heard the silly joke: Why should Facebook sink in $19 Billion for WhatsApp when it can be downloaded for free?...
Whatsapp is down, not much info about downtime cause [UPDATE: Now back up]
We don't expect to hear the last about Whatsapp on a daily basis after its recent high profile acquisition by Facebook for a whopping...
Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19 Billion
Facebook has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company, for a total of...
BBM Coming to Android This Friday
It has been clear for a while now that Samsung actually entered into an exclusive agreement with Blackberry, formerly Research In Motion (RIM), to...
