23On January 22, all IT-oriented resources blew trumpets about the WhatsApp web-version. Well, we decided to join them. The awkward green giant released it in on all platforms (even Nokia S60), except iOS. The reason for the latter was the limitations on the platform itself. It was like “it’s not our fault, blame it…
18The other day you may have read information in the press regarding Google’s plan to launch a mobile operator project under the brand name. Even the not-yet-confirmed name of the development surfaced – Nova. Sprint and T-Mobile, the industry’s existing giants, would have helped implement the idea, but so far they haven’t been able to…
17WhatsApp announced the release of the messenger’s web-version. From now on you can send and receive messages directly in your browser. This is the app’s first “evolutionary step” since it was bought out by Facebook. To join you need to: Go to https://web.whatsapp.com/ Scan the QR code using WhatsApp, having initially updated the app…
17Immediately after the launch of Russian Telegram last year WhatsApp’s creator (Jan Koum) spoke about Pavel Durov in one of his interviews, describing him as a man only capable of copying really good products, referring to Facebook and WhatsApp. This was preceded by a loud statement from Pavel, when he claimed without a shadow of a…
23WE ARE SOCIAL IS AN AGENCY THAT CONDUCTS RESEARCHES IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THE OTHER DAY THEY RELEASED AN INTERESTING REPORT, WHICH DIRECTLY RELATES TO INSTANT MESSENGERS.
21ANALYST BENEDICT EVANS HAS RECENTLY SHARED HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR MESSENGERS. After WhatsApp became Facebook’s property Evans expressed his opinion on the fact that the given market doesn’t have a winner yet, however, the smartphone has entirely become a social platform. A remarkable fact is that the biggest messenger out there,…
20The absolute majority of messengers are free of charge. While many people wonder “how do they make money?” messengers are locked in investment battles backstage. WhatsApp’s $19 billion acquisition has set the record straight. Messengers are worth a lot. An entire fortune. WhatsApp Six hundred million active users — every 12th person on the planet…
19Andrew Watts A 19-year-old US student at the University of Texas, who published a story on his blog about his attitude towards social media and messengers. The most interesting excerpts from the text are given below.
19In case of his reelection, UK Prime Minister David Cameron promises to consider the issue of banning encrypted end-to-end messengers like WhatsApp, iMessage, Snapchat, Russian Telegram, etc, if these services refuse to make customer data accessible for British special services. The law is to be implemented in 2016. Giving his arguments, Cameron mentioned the recent acts…
15In mid-2013 WhatsApp pleased its supporters with some pleasant numbers – 200 million people are happily using or logging on to the service at least once a month. In April of the same year another piece of information swept the media – a half a billion active WhatsApp users. At the time analysts had doubts regarding the…