(Oyunga Pala) The Whatsapp instant messaging service is convenient. It packs the advantage of free SMS worldwide and the ability to share pictures and videos on the fly. It also exposes one to friends of…
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WhatsApp unveils plan to make money from businesses
WhatsApp said Tuesday that it is testing potentially money-making ways to be used by businesses to communicate with customers. A business version of Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp will be free to use at the outset,…
Ads heading for Messenger home screens globally
Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in Australia and Thailand. “Messenger ads are going global,” the Facebook-owned mobile messaging service said…
Our2Cents Ep. 90: The Dos and Don’ts of a WhatsApp Group Text
We’ve all been invited to a WhatsApp group that left us pulling our hair out after 24 hours. And if you haven’t, then you obviously don’t own a smartphone! In this episode, Sharon Mundia and…
Facebook-owned WhatsApp boasts a billion users
Facebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp has hit the billion-user mark, according to the leading social network’s chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. “One billion people now use WhatsApp,” Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook…
WhatsApp service stumbles briefly
Facebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp temporarily crashed in an array of countries from the US to India, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of users. Reports of people having trouble with WhatsApp in countries including Japan,…
WhatsApp adds messaging from Web
The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook last year for nearly $22 billion, unveiled a new service Wednesday for sending messages from a Web browser. WhatsApp, which claims some 500 million users, said…
Will WhatsApp end up on your computer desktop?
Rumour has it, the world’s most popular social mobile messaging app is developing a desktop version. According to AndroidWorld.nl, a Dutch technology blog, WhatsApp may just be doing so. The blog shares how the director…
Latest WhatsApp lets you disable the ‘double blue ticks’
WhatsApp recently launched the ‘double blue ticks’ feature that alerts users when their messages have been read . Not many people were thrilled with this feature and because of that, the WhatsApp crew have come…