How did watsapp start

in #whatsapp7 years ago

Whatsapp messenger is a freeware and cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones. It uses the internet to make voice calls, one to one video calls; send text massages, image, Gif, videos, documents user location, audio files,phone contact and voice notes using standard callular mobile number. Originally users could only communicate with other user individually or invgroup ofbindividual users, but in september 2017 announced a forthcoming plathform which will enable companies to provide customers service to users at scale all data are end-to-end encrypted it also incorporates a feature called status, which allows users to upload photo and videos to a 24-hours-lifetime feed that, by default, are visible to all contacts, similar to snapchat,facebook and instagram stories.

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Developer(s) facebook
Initial release january 2009;8 years ago

      Stable release(s)

ios. 2.17.52/september 24,2017 days ago

Android 2.17.395/october 25,2017;4 days ago

Windows 2.17.262

Iphone 8

Windows

10 mobile

Symbia 2.16.57

Blackberry 2.17.2/ june 26,2016;15 month ago

                 Previews release(s)

Android 2.17.400/ october 26,2017;3 days ago

Windows 2.17.280

Iphone 8

Windows 10

Mobile

Development status. Active

Written in Erlang

Operating system cross-platform

Available in. Multilingual

Type Instant messaging and social media

License freeware, proprietary

Alexa rank (* - *) 72 (october 2017)

Website www. Whatsapp.com

Whatsapp. Inc.
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Type of Subsidiary
Business

Founded februar 24,2009;8 years ago

Headquaters mountain view, california united states

Founder(s) jan koum

                    Brian acton 

CEO Jan koum

Employees 50

Parent facebook

Website whatsapp.com
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The client was created by whatsapp inc., based in moutain view, california, which was acquired by facebook in february 2014 for approximately US$19.3 billion. By february 2016, whatsapp had a user base of ove one billion, making it the most popular messaging application at the time .