14Sep
Acton Brian
Entrepreneur, WhatsApp co-founder
Posts with tag WhatsApp
14Sep
10Sep
WhatsApp Vulnerability Spotted
According to open source data, a fifth of WhatsApp’s billion-strong user base favors the app’s web client. As a matter of fact, the aforementioned version of the service was launched just a short while ago and has already managed to cause a few significant problems. A couple of days back, representatives of an IT company…
25Aug
WeChat valued at $83.6 bln – AppMess News #19
WeChat is becoming more expensive. Bloomberg set the app’s value at 83.6 billion dollars. This figure is somewhat out there, if you consider the last know amount paid for a messenger. For example, the $18 billion given for WhatsApp by Facebook or Snapchat’s estimated value of $16 billion. It’s worth noting that WeChat, ranked second…
20Aug
WhatsApp Web now available for iOS
WhatsApp Web version for iOS In less than a year from the WhatsApp Web’s release the browser version of the messaging app for the iOS platform hit the ground. Earlier, users could see an iOS button on the app’s website, but it only meant there was a mobile version of WhatsApp for iPhone fans to download….
18Aug
WeChat estimated at $83.6 billion
WeChat growing in value? According to a report from Bloomberg, the messaging application WeChat is valued at 83.6 billion US dollars, which is about a half of the current market capitalization of Tencent, owner and developer of the messaging service. Regardless of the fact that the value of Tencent’s asset can hardly be measured financially,…
18Aug
WhatsApp chats can be saved on Google Drive
WhatsApp’s updated Android version supports Google Drive Some good news for WhatsApp users: their favorite app’s new version now includes the ability to save message and call history on Google Drive. The newly arrived features allow users to set up their backups and restore user correspondence and media with the assistance of the user’s Google…
17Aug
Windows 10 to friend WhatsApp
Microsoft Edge is going to support WhatsApp No doubt, the Windows 10 release is one of the hottest news this summer. Apart from an updated version of the OS, Windows users will get another bonus – the “prehistoric” and no longer popular Internet Explorer is going. A new Microsoft Edge browser will replace it. However,…
16Aug
WANNA USE WHATSAPP FOR WORK? FORGET IT
Are messaging apps taking up businesses? Messaging apps are everpresent, simple to use and mostly free of charge. Their popularity, apart from the indicated factors is also to do with the convenience of searching for a chat partner: the fact that they are bound to the phone book makes messengers one of the best tools…
11Aug
Azerbaijan to tighten grip on Facebook, Skype and WhatsApp?
Are popular messaging apps going to fall under the control of Baku? Passions about messaging apps are rising worldwide. On a regular basis politicians come forward with the desire to limit the capabilities of texting apps or ban them altogether. This June, popular communication services like WhatsApp, Skype and even social network Facebook were temporarily…
06Aug
WHATSAPP 2.12.5 UPDATE FOR IOS
What’s new with WhatsApp 2.12.5? On August 5, the most popular IM app for iOS devices released an update. While working on this version of the app, the team finally did pay attention to the critics and begging users had sent in and added a great number of necessary functionalities. From now on, users can…