Posted by devil | Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook last year for nearly $22 billion, has unveiled a new service for sending messages from a web browser.
WhatsApp, which claims some 500 million users, said its web service will be a "mirror" and would require an internet-connected phone to work.
"Our web client is simply an extension of your phone: The web browser mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device — this means all of your messages still live on your phone," WhatsApp said in a blog post.
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| WhatsApp, which claims some 500 million users, said its web service will be a "mirror" and would require an internet-connected phone to work. |
Posted by Zainab Amin | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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Jan Koum and Brian Acton have become overnight billionaires, courtesy Facebook buying their startup WhatsApp. However, things were not so great for the two till a few years ago. While Acton, who was looking for a job, faced rejection at Facebook and Twitter; Koum used to queue up for free food stamps.
Brian Acton will now finally join Facebook, which rejected him a job four and a half years ago. In a tweet on August 4, 2009, he wrote, "Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure."
This rejection came just a few months after he was turned down by the other rising social networking star, Twitter. In a tweet on May 24, 2009, Acton writes: "Got denied by Twitter HQ. That's ok. Would have been a long commute."
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Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd.
The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley observers with its lofty price tag.
But it underscores Facebook's determination to win the market for messaging, an indispensable utility in a mobile era.
