Facebook said it would buy mobile messaging company WhatsApp for about $16 billion in cash and stock. Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and about $12 billion in stock. Facebook said WhatsApp co-founder and Chief Executive Jan Koum will join Facebook’s board.
Mobile messaging service WhatsApp plans to move its iOS program (which delivers free SMS-like messages to other WhatsApp users) to an annual subscription model rather than the one-time fee the app currently charges. The subscription would be very low-cost as well — the first year free, then just $1 per year afterwards — but would […]
WhatsApp today provided an update to its Windows Phone 8 application, adding some major new features and tweaking usability. Most significantly, the app adds support for lock screen notifications for messages. This will make it easier for WhatsApp users to know when they’ve got unread messages in their inbox. WhatsApp revamped the Live Tile design, […]
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