WhatsApp is finally launching video calling for all of its one billion users (the service will be fully encrypted). It’s pretty simple – one just clicks the call icon to make a voice call then […]
When Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion in stock in 2014 (which eventually ended up costing $22 billion), all everyone wanted to know was how it would contribute. As of February this year, WhatsApp had […]
Hike secured its fourth and largest round of funding led by Tencent Holdings and Foxconn Technology. This raise values the messaging startup at $1.4B and brings total funding to $250M. Previous investors SoftBank Group, Bharti Enterprises and […]
Summary When Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it paid $55 per active user; current base has widened from 400 million to more than a billion. More importantly the number of ‘groups’ have exploded. It is time Facebook […]
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