Whatsapp news stories - Page 2

The new version 2.12.5 includes the ability for users to include videos in chat backups.

WhatsApp has added new features to the instant messaging application for Android users.

Mobile and online messaging traffic will reach 160 trillion per annum by 2019. This is up from 94.2 trillion this year and equals 438bn daily.

WhatsApp, complete with its new VoIP capabilities, is expected to be available to Windows Phone users soon, according to latest reports.

“It's a combination of the best features of WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, and Facebook Messenger all put together in one app and on steroids."

WhatsApp is quick to say its calling feature is free, even between countries, but only when a user has an unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot...

Facebook is claiming 10% of the mobile VoIP market via Messenger, as it looks to ramp up that figure with its WhatsApp voice offerings.

iOS users can today jump on the WhatsApp bandwagon with the popular app finally announcing the voice calling capability is now available on iOS.

WhatsApp ramps up its push into voice, prompting suggestions that it is one of the most disruptive forces in telecommunications history.

The sheer size of WhatsApp's network could disrupt the market and some operators are already adopting a defensive stance.

With many WhatsApp users looking to get the new VoIP feature, it is likely many will fall for the scam as WhatsApp slowly releases the functionality.

Hugely popular messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it has launched a desktop messaging option that allows its users to send messages via a web browser.

Almost half of those surveyed admit to unauthorised streaming of TV programmes and almost a third indulge in unauthorised downloading of movies.

WhatsApp now has 700 million monthly active users and those users are sending 30 billion messages per day, according to Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO.

Slingshot says many mobile phone users only use the call function when they need to get hold of people urgently, and that a growing number of their users prefer to communicate via messaging apps such as Facebook, email and Whatsapp.

More online competitors coming for the calling revenues of Telcos

Most have accepted as fact that young people are fleeing Facebook en masse, writes one researcher.

There has been a lot of inaccurate and careless information circulating about what WhatsApp’s future partnership with Facebook would mean for its users’ data and privacy.

The recent acquisitions of WhatsApp by Facebook and Viber by Rakuten signal that social communications, and particularly messaging, are becoming a core part of OTT services.

'If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it."

"Zuckerberg’s proposal is Facebook-centric, with the social network and OTT players reaping the immediate benefits."

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum reveals mega-bucks Facebook deal hung in the balance after he refused to miss a flight because it was booked with Air Reward Points.

"Can't believe all these people are crying about Whatsapp not working, do some exercise, do some work, learn a language."

Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp should come as no surprise and makes sense for both parties, although there are some key challenges ahead in terms of how Facebook develops and monetises WhatsApp going forward.