WhatsApp cofounder: Facebook won’t turn us into Soviet-style spy tool
We’re starting to get the feeling that WhatsApp really is getting some serious blowback from its user base after getting acquired by Facebook because its …
This is what WhatsApp’s VoIP feature may look like on iOS
After confirming that WhatsApp will get a new VoIP calling feature, the company seems to be already working on adding the new functionality to its …
Facebook’s Android app wants to do strange things to your phone
In a post on Geektime, My Permissions CEO Olivier Amar points us to the new permissions in the Facebook Android application that are a bit …
Google exec bashes Facebook for $19 billion WhatsApp buy
Google wanted to acquire WhatsApp but it couldn’t get the deal done. Now, Google is apparently venting some frustrations that Facebook beat it to the punch. While …
Facebook employees tell us how they really feel about WhatsApp
When Facebook bought WhatsApp last week, only a few executives besides CEO Mark Zuckerberg were aware of the deal, which is similar to what happened …
WhatsApp backlash drives 5 million users to a Russian rival app… in one day
Telegram Messenger is the blockbuster app of the moment as backlash against the Facebook-WhatsApp merger gathers steam. Anti-WhatsApp sentiment has helped the obscure Russian app …
WhatsApp reveals the next part of its plan to conquer the world
Mobile messaging app WhatsApp has already stuck a dagger in many carriers’ SMS revenues and now it looks to repeat the same trick for their …
How Verizon, AT&T blew their chance to be WhatsApp
Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp does a good job of showing just how much the wireless carriers failed to capitalize on messaging. It was their game …
WhatsApp could have sold for even more than $19 billion
Facebook stunned the tech world this week when it announced that it was paying $16 billion up front along with $3 billion in vested payments …
WhatsApp exists thanks to Twitter and Facebook’s ignorance
The popular WhatsApp messaging app got even more attention following the unexpected $19 billion Facebook purchase, with various reports revealing even more details about the …
WhatsApp deal a reminder of another missed BlackBerry opportunity
Facebook’s stunning $16 billion purchase of WhatsApp is both good news and bad news for BlackBerry. On the good news side, it means that the …
WhatsApp’s hidden weakness
WhatsApp’s global success has been nothing short of epic, of course, By now, the app is hitting 450 million monthly active users. It’s a reach …
WhatsApp reportedly turned down $10 billion offer from Google
Why did Facebook just buy WhatsApp for $16 billion? Probably because if it didn’t, Google would have picked up the popular mobile messaging app for …
Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $16 billion
When WhatsApp launched in 2009, no one predicted that it would grow to be a multibillion-dollar company. However, Facebook on Wednesday said that it planned …
Viber sold for nearly $1 billion – how much is BlackBerry’s BBM worth?
Japanese internet powerhouse Rakuten announced that it acquired Viber for $900 million. Viber has 300 million registered users and is known for its strength in Africa, …
WhatsApp’s global message volume may have just overtaken SMS
The number of daily SMS messages exchanged globally is tough to measure but by some estimates, it may have just been surpassed by the number …
Intense battles rock Apple’s App Store, but few newcomers can break through
Just days ago, WhatsApp announced it had hit 400 million monthly active users globally — a phenomenal achievement. But in the fickle and trendsetting U.S. app market, …
WhatsApp hits 400 million active users – and lashes out viciously at rivals
WhatsApp just hit a major milestone: 400 million monthly active users for its sleek, streamlined cross-platform messaging service. Most companies would be euphoric about this achievement. But WhatsApp …
Zuckerberg’s big headache: Messaging app fans don’t use Facebook
A new report by On Device Research hammers in the challenge Facebook is facing right now. Confirming other reports on the topic, ODR finds that Facebook usage is heaviest …
WhatsApp’s monthly active user base climbs to 350 million
A day after BlackBerry finally managed to push its BBM for Android and BBM for iPhone apps out the door, WhatsApp fired a warning shot …
WhatsApp’s engagement drop could be a big red flag
Even as rival messaging apps such as WeChat, LINE, Kik and Tango have made progress in various markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia, it has seemed …
WhatsApp is starting to look dangerously conservative
On Tuesday night, WhatsApp announced the addition of voice messaging to its service. In some ways, this news only underlined just how narrow the feature palette of …
Messaging apps escalate their global war
The triumph LINE has had with translating expensive TV campaigns into breakthrough success in three key markets — Japan, Spain and now India — has …
WhatsApp handled more messages over the past year than all U.S. carriers combined
In four years, WhatsApp has grown from a small startup to one of the largest messaging platforms in the world. According to The Wall Street …
WhatsApp processes record 27 billion messages in one day
WhatsApp has become one of the world’s staples in mobile messaging and it’s not done growing yet. WhatsApp announced on its Twitter account this week that …
WhatsApp now making more money from Google Play than iOS in some key markets
The new Distimo report on mobile app spending patterns offers some interesting regional tidbits. Globally, Google Play continues steadily chipping away at the huge lead Apple …
Messaging apps’ bold new plan: Cut deals to be preloaded onto phones
A few weeks ago, Nokia launched a WhatsApp phone that featured a special button that gives direct access to the messaging app. Now Path has …
America’s newfound messaging obsession rocks the mobile app market
What makes Onavo’s AppRank chart so interesting is the sharp contrast it reveals compared to download charts. AppRank tells us what portion of iPhone owners …
Android is now dominated by messaging apps
Perhaps the most fascinating trend in App Annie’s new March statistics is the transformation of the Google Play Android app store into a messaging app distributor. …
Messaging mania: Nokia launches a WhatsApp phone while Kik raises $19.5 million
Nokia on Wednesday launched a WhatsApp phone that includes unlimited WhatsApp messaging rolled into the retail price. And the retail price is just $72. The Asha …
