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WhatsApp Latest Version Has The Power To Replace Email Services

Mar 14, 2016 By

WhatsApp, one of the biggest messaging services across the globe, is the brainchild of Jan Koum. When he started the application, he visualized it as an app that would relieve people of their woes of having to pay for each message exchanged over the internet.

With such free internet based messaging services coming into existence, the people across the globe slowly started ousting the Short Messaging Services from their daily lives altogether, something that had been so ubiquitous over the days.

Now, the app has emerged as more than what was expected out of it. When the application was first created, all Jan Koum had thought was that it would be the best messaging service in the world. But slowly, it has grown from this status to a all inclusive app, that allows you to send not just texts, but images and videos as well. Audio files and voice notes also come gratis. But developments have not ceased to form at this; the beginning of 2015 saw the launch of a rather jittery form of voice calls that came into existence almost after six years as compared to WhatsApp’s closest competitor, Viber.

The recent developments in the application have improved some of the key features to such an extent, that the development team now considers the app to be on the path of becoming an email alternative. This is because the recent versions of the application have made it possible to send across documents like PDF files across to the recipients. However, the uploads cannot be made from the local disk; files to be sent across have to be on the cloud, for example on the Google Drive. It is expected that future versions may support direct uploads from the local disk.

Sending pictures from other applications, zooming in on videos, making changes to chat backgrounds and reduction of storage space requirements are other optimizations that have been brought to this application.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Facebook, Jan Koum, WhatsApp

Will WhatsApp Actually Drop Annual Charges?

Jan 18, 2016 By

WhatsApp, one of the most inportant applications in the world, especially when it comes to internet messaging. The application is compatible with all the platforms of the world. It is free to download and use, but after the first year of usage, it is mandatory that you pay. And when it comes to payment, many people have had different views about the same.

Of late, a new piece of news has emerged over the internet, something that is really tough to believe at this point. The news around the world states that WhatsApp might drop subscription charges completely. The app currently charges users about $0.99 per year from the second year of usage and dropping charges would mean that WhatsApp might completely cost us nothing at all to use.

According to Wall Street Journal, the founder of the application, Jan Koum, has stated that the application will now no longer charge the users for the services it provides. This was declared at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich, Germany, where he addressed people and explained the vision of the company and of Facebook in bringing the world together. He mentioned that Zuckerberg wanted WhatsApp to generate revenue for him till they had reached a billion number of users. This has now been completed.

The company might actually want to do this, because they realise that in the developing countries not many might have access to credit card to make payments. These people eventually quit WhatsApp after a payment has been asked as they are unable to pay.

WhatsApp has started inching towards this right from the time the company had started the paid services. The users would generally get about 3 to 4 months of extension but the payment was not accepted at this point. It was probably this that marked the beginning of the era of a completely free WhatssApp, free of payment ties.

 

Filed Under: Business, Entertainment Tagged With: Jan Koum, WhatsApp

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