by Muyiwa Matuluko Following the detailed rumours, WhatsApp has finally announced a featured everyone has been waiting for. That’s right, you can now access WhatsApp from your PC. This feature is available only for Android, Blackberry Nokia s60 and Windows Phone users (No iOS for now). Geeks had already found workarounds to using WhatsApp on... Read More

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January 14, 2015

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How low can they go? Microsoft just unveiled a 15k Lumia smartphone

by Muyiwa Matuluko Remember the Nokia 215? That ultra low-cost pseudo-smartphone Microsoft announced last week? It could browse the internet, connect to services like Facebook and Twitter (it can’t use WhatsApp though, bummer) and yet cost below 6k. If you thought that was an absolute steal, Microsoft just pulled another “miracle”. Well, two. Meet the Lumia 435... Read More

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January 8, 2015

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5 WhatsApp features we really wish BBM had

by Muyiwa Matuluko You can’t talk about the history of messaging apps without mentioning BBM. BBM holds the honour of not only redefining online messaging, it also inspired other now popular messaging apps. This includes WhatsApp, which with over 700 million active users is now more popular than the app which inspired it. And it’s easy to... Read More

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January 7, 2015

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WhatsApp now has 700 million active users sending over 30 billion messages a day

by Muyiwa Matuluko The ubiquitous messaging service, acquired by Facebook for $19 billion last year, just hit the 700 million active users mark. That’s a 100 million more active users than it had just last August. WhatsApp co-founder and CEO, Jan Koum, announced the good news on Facebook yesterday. According to him, over 30 billion messages... Read More

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January 6, 2015

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The Nokia 215 is missing the killer feature – WhatsApp

by Muyiwa Matuluko Microsoft recently announced the Nokia 215 – a new addition to the Series 30+ family. It has all the whistle bells of a wannabe smartphone – mp3 playback, FM Radio, flash-light, expandable memory , Facebook, Twitter and even push notifications- plus, it has amazing battery standby of 30 days. But it’s missing... Read More

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December 23, 2014

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WhatsApp voice call functionality is coming to an Android near you

by Muyiwa Matuluko The Facebook owned messaging giant has been adding some BBM-esque functionalities of late, including “read” status and message encryption. Rumours of VoIP functionality have been flying around for a while now and just yesterday more “evidence” was unearthed to corroborate these claims. Usually WhatsApp has two versions of the Android app available for... Read More

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February 20, 2014

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Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19bn

by Oge Okonkwo In what could be called social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date, Facebook is purchasing WhatsApp for $19bn. WhatsApp has more than 450 million monthly users and is popular with people looking to avoid text messaging charges. The soon-to-acquired social networking site claims it is currently registering one million new users a day because... Read More

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August 20, 2013

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WhatsApp ‘copycat’ killing: Man allegedly strangles wife then sends picture of body to her sister

San Jose: Killing happened 120 miles north-west of Costa Rica’s capital. An alleged copycat killer strangled his wife then sent a photo of her body to her sister via WhatsApp. The 29-year-old suspect used the free smartphone messaging service to confess what he had done to his victim’s relatives. The picture showed Melissa Zuniga lying... Read More

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August 7, 2013

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Moving up: Whatsapp upgrade adds voice messages to chat app

Whatsapp is adding the ability to record and send voice messages to its smartphone chat software. The move will help it compete against Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Voxer and BBM which already offer the function. California-based Whatsapp has said 300 million people now use its app at least once a month. One analyst said the addition... Read More

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August 2, 2013

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WhatsApp’s BIG secret: The second check mark does NOT mean your message has been read

As BlackBerry gets set to take its native BBM instant messaging service cross-platform to Android and iOS, there’s no doubt the incumbent it wants to crush is WhatsApp. Over the last couple of years WhatsApp has grown to have a huge base of users across platforms and around the world. Jump into any phone app store, and WhatsApp... Read More

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April 18, 2013

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Solomon Osadolo: Virtual connections and the distance dilemma (Y! Superblogger)

Connections via social media and chat platforms aren’t going away. It’s helped us to overcome the time and space barrier as regards staying in touch with people as well as performing many other transactions never before possible. Chances are that you’re not alone while reading this. You’re probably peering in your handheld device to get... Read More

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WhatsApp now has 700 million active users sending over 30 billion messages a day

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Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19bn

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