They are up to 10 billion msgs a day now.
So incredibly crazy- More than 100k messages a second.
What’s Up With Whatsapp? Facebook Might Want To Buy It, That’s What
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#12Epic fail: "The messaging app has users in 250 countries".
Guys, he's actually right. There are 204 sovereign states (secondary source, can't find the primary [0]), plus a handful of countries that are disputed (Palestine, Kosovo, etc.) There just simply aren't 250 countries. 0: http://imgur.com/rNDj4 (At the time of posting, parent was below zero)
Maybe they're counting country codes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes has 275 in their complete listing; but then, quite a few aren't "countries"
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#13My friends here in India use it because its free the first year. Almost everyone I know is on Whatsapp. But the moment they have to pay, everyone will switch. I know of nobody in person (who own the latest pretty expensive smartphones, except iphones which are not big in India) to have "ever paid for any" app.
Its not about being stingy, but more of a mentality where we know a hack/solution/pirated version/alternative will come around. It always does.
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#14As a long time user who profited from their first free download promotion, I have been wondering how the hell whatsapp can remain profitable for many years to come. Moving to .99 cents/year sounds great, but expect a massive user exodus.
Many users out there are stingy as hell. I have actually heard people argue that they don't want an iPhone because you have to pay for whatsapp...
Let's hope that their dominance of the market is enough to incentivize users to pay forever. Oh, and that they do not actually sell out to Facebook.
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#15Epic fail: "The messaging app has users in 250 countries".
Guys, he's actually right. There are 204 sovereign states (secondary source, can't find the primary [0]), plus a handful of countries that are disputed (Palestine, Kosovo, etc.) There just simply aren't 250 countries. 0: http://imgur.com/rNDj4 (At the time of posting, parent was below zero)
In many uses, it's reasonable to consider a non-sovereign self-governing territory a country. Greenland is a country, Anguilla, Sint Maarten, Aruba, etc. are countries, etc., for the purposes of "Hi. What country do you live in?" informally.
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#16What BBM could & should have been if those geniuses at the helm RIMM had any foresight. Apple made an iTunes version for Windows, Microsoft made Office for Mac. if those two could work past their differences for the sake of serving their customers, anyone can. Early on, when iMessage was a pipe-dream &Gtalk a usability mess victim of Google's "everything must be web" orthodoxy, RIMM could have made a killing selling…
"Apple made an iTunes version for Windows, Microsoft made Office for Mac. if those two could work past their differences for the sake of serving their customers, anyone can."
I understand what you're trying to say, but MS Office was first released for Mac (1989), then for Windows (1990). MS Word was released for Mac in 1984, later for Windows (1989).
Even before the Mac was released, Microsoft made products for Apple, like Applesoft BASIC and the Microsoft SoftCard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_office#Version_histor...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word#Origins_and_grow...
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#17Did they fix the crucial security exploits pointed out previously? http://fileperms.org/whatsapp-is-broken-really-broken/ I guess they didn't. http://fileperms.org/whatsapp-security-fails-again/
No, they haven't :)
I reported on the IMEI/Android issue by the way: http://samgranger.com/whatsapp-is-using-imei-numbers-as-pass...
Ezio Amodio reported it for iOS & Windows phone shortly afterwards: http://www.ezioamodio.it/?p=29 & http://www.ezioamodio.it/?p=49
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#18Epic fail: "The messaging app has users in 250 countries".
Guys, he's actually right. There are 204 sovereign states (secondary source, can't find the primary [0]), plus a handful of countries that are disputed (Palestine, Kosovo, etc.) There just simply aren't 250 countries. 0: http://imgur.com/rNDj4 (At the time of posting, parent was below zero)
Palestine is recognised by the UN as a state now.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Guys, he's actually right. There are 204 sovereign states (secondary source, can't find the primary [0]), plus a handful of countries that are disputed (Palestine, Kosovo, etc.) There just simply aren't 250 countries. 0: http://imgur.com/rNDj4 (At the time of posting, parent was below zero)
In many uses, it's reasonable to consider a non-sovereign self-governing territory a country. Greenland is a country, Anguilla, Sint Maarten, Aruba, etc. are countries, etc., for the purposes of "Hi. What country do you live in?" informally.
As are the 4 constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
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#20They are up to 10 billion msgs a day now. So incredibly crazy- More than 100k messages a second.
What's the benefit over email? I still don't get it.