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WhatsApp
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Now You Can WhatsApp On Your Desktop Computer All Day Long
22 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Oh good, another means to distract ourselves from doing anything work-related. Between pinning all the things and stalking people on Instagram, we thought we were doing ok. But now… trouble.
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Whatsapp’s Usage Numbers Are Astounding
08 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Whatsapp have released their latest figures, and Mr. Zuckerberg will be pretty happy with himself for snapping the messaging app up as they are through the roof!
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Wednesday Morning Spice
23 Apr 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
FNB’s handicap-mocking terrorism-fuelled tweet. South Korea ferry death-toll hits 150. Whatsapp hits milestone. Obamas remember Frankie Knuckles. Big Goonies 2 news. Germany’s sex-industry ‘Paradise.’
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Tech Report: Will Mxit Succeed In India? [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No doubt you’ll know by now that South African messaging platform, Mxit has expanded operations to India, where it hopes to tap in to a feature phone market of half a billion users. But with WhatsApp and WeChat angling aggressively for the same slice of pie, how much hope does our homegrown company have? Check it out.
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Reeva’s Text Messages: “I’m Scared Of You Sometimes” [Incl. Whatsapp Screenshots]
24 Mar 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Today is quite a big one in terms of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, as long awaited SMS contents from the various cellphones have been read out in court. Reeva’s text / Whatsapp messages have revealed that she was scared of him sometimes.
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Here’s A Leaked Image Of WhatsApp’s Call Function For iPhone [IMAGE]
17 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum announced that the messaging platform company are planning to add voice over IP (VoIP) functionality to their app. A screenshot of what it might look like has been leaked, showing the proposed feature on an iOS smartphone.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
12 Mar 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Crowdsourcing volunteers help search for MH370. Trevor Manuel has left the building. GOT actor comes out. Government blames Shell for jet embarrassment. You won’t believe what Shaq spends on apps. Pistorius trial bigger than World Cup. Your Whatsapp messages might not be private.
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Seth’s Lifehacks: This Is How You Stop Whatsapp Saving Images To Your Camera Roll
24 Feb 2014 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
By now you would have been bust with a dubious images in your phone’s camera roll. Usually these dubious images come from friends who sent them to you in Whatsapp. This is how you ensure they stay in Whatsapp..
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Infographic Shows WhatsApp Deal Compared To The Other Big Ones [INFOGRAPHIC]
21 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two years ago everyone was talking about Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion. Back then we thought it to be an abhorrently large amount of money for a site almost dedicated to cat pictures, duck face selfies and filtered food porn. Well Facebook’s recent purchase of WhatsApp dwarfs that deal.
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Google Wanted To Pay More for WhatsApp – So What Happened?
21 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the days leading up to Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp, Google CEO Larry Page was willing to beat Facebook’s offer. So what happened that caused WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum to decline Google?
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Incredible Story: Whatsapp Founder Goes From Queuing For Food Stamps To $6.8 Billion Fortune
20 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
By now you’ll have heard that Facebook has purchased Whatsapp, an app that most consumers use for free, for $19 billion. The deal was signed at a very sentimental location for co-founder Jan Koum: the former North County Social Services office – the place where he used to stand in line to collect food stamps.
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Thursday Morning Spice
20 Feb 2014 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Facebook buys Whatsapp for $19 billion. Tony Blair advised Brooks during hacking scandal. Waterkloof two stay in custody. Ukraine truce. Hoffman’s will. New drug kills leukemia in 88% of patients. Woman raped and strangled on cruise ship. Joffe for Adcock chairman.
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The 10 Most Distracting Smartphone Apps When Driving [INFOGRAPHIC]
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For many of us, Smartphones have become an extra limb. It is an extended part of who we are, so it only makes sense to use it at all times. Or does it? Sure, sitting in traffic is boring, but that’s not an excuse to reach for your phone – no matter how tempting that blinking light is.
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REVEALED: Johannesburg Sex Pest Teacher’s Whatsapp Conversation With Pupil [Transcript]
07 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
A Hyde Park High School teacher has been arrested after he sent a picture of himself naked in the bath. This image formed part of a Whatsapp chat with a 16-year-old kid. Unfortunately for him, it was actually the kid’s mother..
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Man Kills Girlfriend, Posts Her Pic On Whatsapp
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A copycat killer in Costa Rica, known only by his surname, Macotelo, is accused of killing his girlfriend Melissa Zuniga. After a heated argument, he apparently strangled his girlfriend to death, took a picture of her body, and sent it to her sister via Whatsapp.
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Today’s Viral Video: People Lose Their Faces Over Katy Perry’s Whatsapp Music Video [VIDEO]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The music video for Katy Perry’s new single, ‘Roar’ dropped this week, and the people of the internet have lost their collective minds over the narrative, which is explained almost entirely via cutaways of a Whatsapp conversation. Well how about that. The modern world, hey kids?
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These Are The Two Guys Who Started Whatsapp – They’re Making Millions And They Hate Ads
24 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
It is refreshing to hear that some companies prioritise the consumers wants and needs over their own. WhatsApp’s founders could be a lot wealthier than they already are, but choose not to utilise those paths.
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WeChat – The App That Will Eat Whatsapp’s Lunch
29 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The newest kid on the personal communication app scene is WeChat. Having burst on to the global market after a lengthy incubation in China, the Tencent-owned startup is proving to be one of China’s most promising players on the tech scene, and it is threatening to take Whatsapp’s lunch money.
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Deciding Between Whatsapp And Viber? Viber Let’s Hackers Access Your Phone
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Android phone users who have the Viber app have been issued warnings by security firms that there may be a bug in the popular chat application that allows hackers to bypass screen locks and take control of the phone. So how many people are at risk? 50 million, give or take.
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How To Remove That ‘Last Seen At’ Timestamp Message On Whatsapp
15 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
A lot of people are not enjoying the feature on Whatsapp which let’s everyone know when last you checked Whatsapp. It’s especially annoying when people have written to you and now know that you are ignoring them as your ‘timestamp’ says you were there..
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WhatsApp Assures Industry It’s No Threat To Phone Carriers’ Revenue
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Mobile messaging platform WhatsApp poses “no threat” to phone carriers who rely on SMS revenue. Given the popularity of the service, that statement seems pretty hard to believe at first glance. Who chooses to send paid-for SMSes anymore when you can WhatsApp your buddies to your heart’s content (or until your thumbs malfunction) for free?
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