At a recent speech delivered during the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in New York City, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum claimed that WhatsApp has exceeded Twitter’s use. In December, Twitter put that number at 200 million users. WhatsApp boasts an average of 8 billion inbound messages and 12 billion outbound messages a day, he said. For perspective, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) only handles about half that number at approximately 10 billion messages per day. One reason...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is apparently negotiating a deal to buy out WhatsApp, a popular messaging app. The search giant is the second major company reported to be considering an acquisition for the app. Sources said back in December that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) was interested in acquiring WhatsApp. Digital Trends now reports that the app is negotiating with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) in what could end up being worth $1 billion. The online publication said the...
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Analysts at J.P. Morgan Securities believe that competing services have minimal impact on the time spent by users on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) base on their analysis on comScore’s desktop and mobile data in the United States. The analysts also said that the overall user engagement on the social network giant is fairly steady due to the increasing mobile usage. J.P. Morgan analyst, Doug Anmuth and his colleagues addressed the market’s concerns that other social media...
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I just turned forty a few weeks ago. Now, this does not bother me one bit, the alternative, well, that would be death. I have few regrets as well; I have seen 55 countries and lived many lives. The only things that I wish I had done before 40? I wish that I could I have handcuffed someone to a steam radiator, and I wish that I could have used one of those cool...
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Saudi Arabia’s progressiveness, used loosely, is a bit of a mixed bag. When they recently executed seven juveniles for the role they played in a robbery during 2007, some as young as fifteen years old, they were criticised widely from all over the globe. The fact that they didn’t behead them publicly, but rather executed them by firing squad, is a sign of progress isn’t it? Given the fact that all confessed under torture...
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WhatsApp, which was reported last month as an app Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) was interested in acquiring, breaches privacy rules in the Netherlands and Canada, according to an investigation conducted jointly by Canadian and Dutch officials. CBC reports that the app violates privacy laws in the two countries because it requires users to give access to their full address book if they want to use it. A statement issued by the Dutch Data Protection Authority...
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The popular messaging app on iPhone – WhatsApp, is running a limited time promotion offering it free to download, from being a paid app of $0.99. It won’t be a surprise if other free messaging services are pushed back due to WhatsApp offer. WhatsApp rightly know that this being a holiday season, many customers will be picking up new Apple devices for the first time and WhatsApp being a popular app, many users will...
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has announced its first product available to people without a Facebook account; Facebook Messenger for Android. From now on, the Facebook Messaging app on Android will now allow signups from non-Facebook users. The iOS version will follow suit with the update coming soon. The change is an important move for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), as it means that people without Facebook accounts can use the app to contact their friends; potentially acting as...
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Facebook is interested in acquiring WhatsApp, a cross platform mobile messaging app that allows users to send SMS for free across all types of mobile phones powered by Google’s Android, Research in Motion Limited’s Blackberry, Apple’s iOS, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8. The platform is also available on Nokia’s S40 and Symbian operating systems. TechCrunch cited unnamed sources knowledgeable about the issue, who claim that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is in discussion with the management of WhatsApp...
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