Here's an interesting tidbit. 9to5Mac got hold of a supposed leaked email from WhatsApp sent to a developer in Hong Kong asking for the Chinese translation of "push-to-talk". Is WhatsApp going to add walkie-talkie-like voice blips soon? Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Perhaps they're streamlining it so it isn't actually a chore to use. Hold button, talk, let go and it's sent. That's how most other apps do it." More »
Apparently messaging apps like WhatsApp have finally overtaken SMS as the medium of choice for burst-fire messages. According to new stats, 1.4 billion more chat-app messages were sent than texts last year, marking the first time the humble SMS has been beaten. Read More >>
This may or may not come as a surprise to you, but according to the numbers, WhatsApp messenger is actually bigger than Twitter now. It pushes a colossal 12 billion outbound and 8 billion inbound messages daily, and has 200 million monthly active users. The best thing, though? No ads. Read More >>
Well, someone's going to be proven a big old liar by the course of time, with yesterday's rumour of a Google/WhatsApp deal now quashed by the cross-format messaging company. Read More >>
Internet rumour has it that Google is currently negotiating terms for the purchase of hot cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp, with a final price expected to top out near the hallowed one billion dollars mark. That's about £652,000,000 which doesn't sound quite as cool. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"I think you overestimate the tech level of my friends....half of them still have dumb phones and I'm the go-to-guy for any pc issues and I'm hardly Bi..." More »
The WhatsApp, err, app may be free, but the service isn't. You're going to have to pay a yearly subscription fee to keep messaging people, even if you're an iPhone user. Read More >>
WhatsApp, the instant messaging client beloved of people too cheap to text, appears to contravene international privacy laws because of the way it forces users to grant it access to their entire address book. Read More >>
Featured comment by The_Alpha_Gamer:
""WhatsApp, the instant messaging client beloved of people too cheap to text"
There are other reasons to use it too you know? Like text's not being ..." More »
The popular Whatsapp? messaging tool might be the next big money mobile acquisition, with Facebook said to be aiming its enormous wallet in the direction of the cross-platform chat app. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"Please.. anyone but Facebook!
Ok not RIM either, but I like Whatsapp. dont ruin it for me!
And I've never had to pay for it either. They told me..." More »
The UK loves SMS. As a nation, we regularly send over ten million texts an hour and SMS is used at all levels of society, far more so than email or voice calls. Things may not always be so rosy for SMS, however. A recent Forbes report shows that SMS usage is falling worldwide. Even the traditional SMS fest on Christmas Day was down from 2010 -- too busy tweeting "Mum and aunty Beatrice are arguing about the gravy again," were we? There are now many apps and services that will let you send short, near-instant messages to your friend's mobiles. Here's our pick of the best: Read More >>
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