Showing posts with label Whatsapp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whatsapp. Show all posts
Rival WhatsApp, Viber releases for fixed Internet connection in World
Strategy is part of an offensive to win over potential users dissatisfied service recently acquired by Facebook
It seems that not only were the creators of WhatsApp they saw a good opportunity to sell the platform to Facebook, but also some rivals . After Russian Telegram claim to have received almost 5 million new users in the last days is the turn of another competitor, Viber , trying to bite a slice of this giant cake that is the market for messaging via cell phone.
The company ensures that , starting this Tuesday ( 25 ) , any user of the service in every country can make calls to landlines within the national territory without paying anything - the service is usually paid , but the company will pay for the calls. The initiative allows for unlimited calls and shape intends to fatten market share of Viber .
As the idea is to grow , developers of the platform ensures that the durability of the promotion depends on the audience : the flow of text messages exchanged by the app to increase at least 25 % in a week , it is extended indefinitely , otherwise the gratuitous links closes the weekend after Carnival .
reaction
Besides the attempt to win new users, Viber want to mark position after the chief executive of WhatsApp , Jan Koum announce during the MWC 2014 the application will make telephone calls between users - feature already on Viber .
Facebook effect
Just as the Telegram , which saw an increase of almost 5 million users just last weekend , the Viber seems to follow a similar path after purchase WhatsApp on Facebook. The platform , which was recently acquired by Japanese company Rakuten , the number of downloads has increased by 1,000 % and the flow of messages exchanged grew 400 % , in every country.
Apparently , despite Facebook being the most used social network on the planet , many people were concerned about the sale of WhatsApp to the company by Mark Zuckerberg . If you are one of these , know 10 alternatives to the program .
Download the Viber for Windows Phone , Android , iOS or Windows ( desktop ) .
It seems that not only were the creators of WhatsApp they saw a good opportunity to sell the platform to Facebook, but also some rivals . After Russian Telegram claim to have received almost 5 million new users in the last days is the turn of another competitor, Viber , trying to bite a slice of this giant cake that is the market for messaging via cell phone.
The company ensures that , starting this Tuesday ( 25 ) , any user of the service in every country can make calls to landlines within the national territory without paying anything - the service is usually paid , but the company will pay for the calls. The initiative allows for unlimited calls and shape intends to fatten market share of Viber .
As the idea is to grow , developers of the platform ensures that the durability of the promotion depends on the audience : the flow of text messages exchanged by the app to increase at least 25 % in a week , it is extended indefinitely , otherwise the gratuitous links closes the weekend after Carnival .
reaction
Besides the attempt to win new users, Viber want to mark position after the chief executive of WhatsApp , Jan Koum announce during the MWC 2014 the application will make telephone calls between users - feature already on Viber .
Facebook effect
Just as the Telegram , which saw an increase of almost 5 million users just last weekend , the Viber seems to follow a similar path after purchase WhatsApp on Facebook. The platform , which was recently acquired by Japanese company Rakuten , the number of downloads has increased by 1,000 % and the flow of messages exchanged grew 400 % , in every country.
Apparently , despite Facebook being the most used social network on the planet , many people were concerned about the sale of WhatsApp to the company by Mark Zuckerberg . If you are one of these , know 10 alternatives to the program .
Download the Viber for Windows Phone , Android , iOS or Windows ( desktop ) .
All about buying WhatsApp by Facebook
Billion dollar transaction involving the two companies should have strong impact on the technology industry
The tech world was rocked on Monday night ( 19 ) by a billion dollar transaction : Facebook announced the purchase of WhatsApp for no less than $ 19 billion . Of this amount , $ 4 billion will be paid in cash , $ 12 billion in Facebook shares and another $ 3 billion in restricted shares will be divided among employees WhatsApp over the next four years .
The values are high even for the technology industry , accustomed to bulky amounts . Purchases by Lenovo and Motorola Nokia by Microsoft , together totaling $ 10.09 billion . Marvel was sold to Disney for $ 4 billion . In a hypothetical scenario , if Facebook wanted to play all the costs of the World Cup in Brazil - until now budgeted at U.S. $ 33 billion ( equivalent to U.S. $ 13.8 billion ) - could do so peacefully and still have at least another $ 5 billion.
Why buy WhatsApp ?
Facebook is now the most popular social network on the planet with more than 1 billion users . Near that number , WhatsApp does ugly: are 450 million active users - representing about 37 % of the audience size of the social network .
More than that , WhatsApp is present in virtually all operating systems : Android , iOS , Windows Phone , BlackBerry , Symbian and Asha line , Nokia. According to information from the website Business Insider , 41 % of Android users , the operating system that accounts for 82 % of the smartphone market , count on the active WhatsApp on their phones .
On the other hand, Facebook Messenger , though popular tool is far from achieving such success . Taking into account only the Android , only 16% of users have Messenger installed and use the app frequently. In other words, if some tool could threaten the absolute dominance of Facebook in regards to communication tools , this company was not Google or Microsoft, but the WhatsApp messenger .
What changes for the consumer ?
As soon as the announcement of the purchase was disclosed in the technology websites , many users questioned about the direction that the Messenger and WhatsApp services should take . Inclusion of publicity and a possible integration between the two messengers are among the biggest fears and expectations of consumers .
However , according to statements of Mark Zuckerberg , Facebook CEO and Brian Acton , cofounder of WhatsApp in principle nothing should change . " WhatsApp will continue to operate independently . The product strategy remains unchanged and the entire staff of the tool will continue in Mountain View , "said Zuckerberg .
" Here is a list of things that will change for our users after purchase by Facebook : nothing," Acton said in a statement published on the blog of WhatsApp . "You may continue using WhatsApp for U.S. $ 1 per year - as it happens - and all other tools remain unchanged ," he added .
If we analyze what happened after the purchase of Instagram - to complete two years in the month of April - it is possible to imagine that the words of the leaders of the two companies are even true . Since then , the improvements gained Instagram , as the ability to post videos , and was also available for Windows Phone . Functioning as promised , remained independent of the social network .
In 2011 , WhatsApp worth $ 8 million
WhatsApp was created in 2009 by American Brian Acton and the Ukrainian Jan Koum , who currently holds the position of CEO. Both were employees of Yahoo! and ended up leaving the company to take care of their own projects .
The idea for the app came about when the gym that Jan Koum attended decided to ban the use of cellphones. He was bothered by the lost while playing sports and as an engineer, decided to find a solution to the problem links.
At the time the iPhone was the leading handset in the market and he bet that the concept revenge and soon all phones would become smartphones . In an interview , Koum said he hated the commercials that invaded the messengers and wanted her to stay away from that service .
" When you receive a message from the person you love, your family or your best friend , you must be able to respond immediately and can not be distracted by any advertising ," he said in an interview with Fast Company . " Smartphones are usually so small , so personal to put ads on that small screen does not seem right ," he added .
His disinterest in adverts is already long date from the time that still worked at Yahoo! as Vice President of Engineering . In an interview to the site in 2011 GigaOm , Koum and Acton described themselves as " people -focused , quiet and worried about making a product that works well ."
The Koum had a brilliant career ahead of WhatsApp, Acton Also has an impressive resume. As a programmer, he worked at Rockwell Engineering and later at Apple. Among the languages you use que, are C, C + +, Perl, PHP, Erlang, Java and Python.
The success of WhatsApp does not seem to have changed very simple way of double. In 2012, after a visit to the headquarters of the press service, journalists Reported that Koum received visitors while barefoot Acton wore slippers.
Trivia aside, the fact is que together They created the company in 2011 that alone, and worth little more than $ 8 million. To reach the mark of $ 19 billion, it is Likely that They have hit a new record: WhatsApp is possibly the startup that had a more rapid appreciation of the history of Silicon Valley.
The tech world was rocked on Monday night ( 19 ) by a billion dollar transaction : Facebook announced the purchase of WhatsApp for no less than $ 19 billion . Of this amount , $ 4 billion will be paid in cash , $ 12 billion in Facebook shares and another $ 3 billion in restricted shares will be divided among employees WhatsApp over the next four years .
The values are high even for the technology industry , accustomed to bulky amounts . Purchases by Lenovo and Motorola Nokia by Microsoft , together totaling $ 10.09 billion . Marvel was sold to Disney for $ 4 billion . In a hypothetical scenario , if Facebook wanted to play all the costs of the World Cup in Brazil - until now budgeted at U.S. $ 33 billion ( equivalent to U.S. $ 13.8 billion ) - could do so peacefully and still have at least another $ 5 billion.
Why buy WhatsApp ?
Facebook is now the most popular social network on the planet with more than 1 billion users . Near that number , WhatsApp does ugly: are 450 million active users - representing about 37 % of the audience size of the social network .
More than that , WhatsApp is present in virtually all operating systems : Android , iOS , Windows Phone , BlackBerry , Symbian and Asha line , Nokia. According to information from the website Business Insider , 41 % of Android users , the operating system that accounts for 82 % of the smartphone market , count on the active WhatsApp on their phones .
On the other hand, Facebook Messenger , though popular tool is far from achieving such success . Taking into account only the Android , only 16% of users have Messenger installed and use the app frequently. In other words, if some tool could threaten the absolute dominance of Facebook in regards to communication tools , this company was not Google or Microsoft, but the WhatsApp messenger .
What changes for the consumer ?
As soon as the announcement of the purchase was disclosed in the technology websites , many users questioned about the direction that the Messenger and WhatsApp services should take . Inclusion of publicity and a possible integration between the two messengers are among the biggest fears and expectations of consumers .
However , according to statements of Mark Zuckerberg , Facebook CEO and Brian Acton , cofounder of WhatsApp in principle nothing should change . " WhatsApp will continue to operate independently . The product strategy remains unchanged and the entire staff of the tool will continue in Mountain View , "said Zuckerberg .
" Here is a list of things that will change for our users after purchase by Facebook : nothing," Acton said in a statement published on the blog of WhatsApp . "You may continue using WhatsApp for U.S. $ 1 per year - as it happens - and all other tools remain unchanged ," he added .
If we analyze what happened after the purchase of Instagram - to complete two years in the month of April - it is possible to imagine that the words of the leaders of the two companies are even true . Since then , the improvements gained Instagram , as the ability to post videos , and was also available for Windows Phone . Functioning as promised , remained independent of the social network .
In 2011 , WhatsApp worth $ 8 million
WhatsApp was created in 2009 by American Brian Acton and the Ukrainian Jan Koum , who currently holds the position of CEO. Both were employees of Yahoo! and ended up leaving the company to take care of their own projects .
The idea for the app came about when the gym that Jan Koum attended decided to ban the use of cellphones. He was bothered by the lost while playing sports and as an engineer, decided to find a solution to the problem links.
At the time the iPhone was the leading handset in the market and he bet that the concept revenge and soon all phones would become smartphones . In an interview , Koum said he hated the commercials that invaded the messengers and wanted her to stay away from that service .
" When you receive a message from the person you love, your family or your best friend , you must be able to respond immediately and can not be distracted by any advertising ," he said in an interview with Fast Company . " Smartphones are usually so small , so personal to put ads on that small screen does not seem right ," he added .
His disinterest in adverts is already long date from the time that still worked at Yahoo! as Vice President of Engineering . In an interview to the site in 2011 GigaOm , Koum and Acton described themselves as " people -focused , quiet and worried about making a product that works well ."
The Koum had a brilliant career ahead of WhatsApp, Acton Also has an impressive resume. As a programmer, he worked at Rockwell Engineering and later at Apple. Among the languages you use que, are C, C + +, Perl, PHP, Erlang, Java and Python.
The success of WhatsApp does not seem to have changed very simple way of double. In 2012, after a visit to the headquarters of the press service, journalists Reported that Koum received visitors while barefoot Acton wore slippers.
Trivia aside, the fact is que together They created the company in 2011 that alone, and worth little more than $ 8 million. To reach the mark of $ 19 billion, it is Likely that They have hit a new record: WhatsApp is possibly the startup that had a more rapid appreciation of the history of Silicon Valley.
Founder of WhatsApp explains general failure on the last Saturday
Jam Koum states that the problem started on a router control, generating cascading effect on company servers
If you use WhatsApp , must have realized that on Saturday the system of sending and receiving messages was completely unstable - eventually being completely unavailable for several moments . Despite the jokes that circulated the Internet during the day , the problem had no connection with the purchase of the service by Facebook .
Jam Koum , CEO and founder of WhatsApp sent an email to The Verge site explaining all the details of the fall of service. He said the blackout was the largest and longest of all time , having affected all users of the service , with virtually no exceptions . And the whole problem originated in a network router .
This router would have caused a failure cascade in the WhatsApp network systems , directly affecting the servers . Koum not informed what the cause of this failure on the router , but ensures that it does not have relationships with advertising that WhatsApp was after the announcement of the acquisition , which rocked the market last week - and that could have caused overloading the servers.
To prevent further failures of this type happen , Koum claims that WhatsApp is taking steps to protect servers from possible general failures in the future. According to the Koum himself says , the service engineers are making sure that this will not happen again .
If you use WhatsApp , must have realized that on Saturday the system of sending and receiving messages was completely unstable - eventually being completely unavailable for several moments . Despite the jokes that circulated the Internet during the day , the problem had no connection with the purchase of the service by Facebook .
Jam Koum , CEO and founder of WhatsApp sent an email to The Verge site explaining all the details of the fall of service. He said the blackout was the largest and longest of all time , having affected all users of the service , with virtually no exceptions . And the whole problem originated in a network router .
This router would have caused a failure cascade in the WhatsApp network systems , directly affecting the servers . Koum not informed what the cause of this failure on the router , but ensures that it does not have relationships with advertising that WhatsApp was after the announcement of the acquisition , which rocked the market last week - and that could have caused overloading the servers.
To prevent further failures of this type happen , Koum claims that WhatsApp is taking steps to protect servers from possible general failures in the future. According to the Koum himself says , the service engineers are making sure that this will not happen again .
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