Title: WhatsApp messenger makes move to the web
Summary:
This article is about the how
whatsapp messenger, which is a major communication application that is now
entering the web-iverse, as they have a new web-based app that finally, allows
users to send messages from a computer to contacts using smartphones. It also
allows them to reply all chats.
Facts/Phrases:
Ø The
new platform allows WhatsApp’s 700m users to send and receive free text,
picture and voice messages through Google Chrome on a computer, but only if
they use WhatsApp on an Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry. IPhone
users need not apply.
Ø The
Facebook-owned service recently announced that it had 700m monthly active users
who send more than 30bn WhatsApp messages a day. It has added about 25m users a
month since August 2014.
Ø WhatsApp’s
main rivals include Facebook’s own Messenger app, which reached 500m active
users in November and can be used through a web browser without a
connection to the smartphone, along with Chinese messaging app WeChat, which
reached 438m active users in August.
Opinion:
In my opinion, this is a prime
example of the rapid growth of New and digital media has revolutionised communication,
as originally it was 2 cans and thread of string, but messaging has grown from
phone to phone to phone to computer. The fact that whatsapp has entered
websites platform presents how there is major competition and the race to
survive the hardship of staying on top. There is a necessity of staying on top.
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