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That is a LOT of money. That being said, I use WhatsApp every day to chat with my friends around the world and it's really excellent. I know it's used a lot in
by gamegoblin 13y ago
That is a LOT of money.
That being said, I use WhatsApp every day to chat with my friends around the world and it's really excellent. I know it's used a lot in other parts of the world even more, so I doubt this purchase is focused on US markets. It seems that every one of my Arab friends uses WhatsApp to talk to their families back home (and they use it at home, too). I don't know about other regions.
- jpablo 13y agoWhassApp is the standard in Mexico. It replaced Windows Live (MSN) Messenger after they killed it by trying to make everybody switching to Skype and the interest of the people shifted to mobile.
- riffraff 13y agoAFAICT it's become the standard in italy too. People use it way more than facebook now, judging by my contacts (and I don't even use it, I just see a bunch of people doing it).
- MichaelGG 13y agoMSN had 350 million active users a few years ago. And they just pissed it into oblivion. MSN had Skype feature set before Skype, but did nothing to publicize it. And also, think - MSN had everyone's friends info, as well as frequency of contact and so on. It would have been a perfect way to launch a real social network. MSN fumbled that too. A comedy of errors.
- ijuarez 13y agohere in Peru the same, it is the standard app to chat
- smtddr 13y agoStandard with all the cool people in Nigeria.
- dfjorque 13y agoAlso standard here in Chile. FB Messenger is somewhat common as well, but WhatsApp has the largest following by far.
- john2x 13y agoViber and WhatsApp are about 50/50 here in the Philippines. Used mostly for international messaging.
- yen223 13y agoIt's popular in Malaysia too. WhatsApp seems to be the messaging equivalent of soccer.