Facebook Buys WhatsApp !

Facebook buying WhatsApp

What happened?

Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd.
WhatsApp is adding about a million users per day, Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said on his page on Wednesday.
"WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community," he wrote on his Facebook page. "Since WhatsApp and (Facebook) Messenger serve such different and important users, we will continue investing in both."

WhatsApp Growth Statistics

What is the Deal?

As part of the deal, WhatsApp co-founder and chief executive officer Jan Koum will join Facebook's board, and the social network will grant an additional $3 billion worth of restricted stock units to WhatsApp's founders, including Koum. That is on top of the $16 billion in cash and stock that Facebook will pay. Facebook promised to keep the WhatsApp brand and service, and pledged a $1 billion cash break-up fee if the deal falls through.
WhatsApp's employees will take home $3 billion in stock over four years

WhatsApp's Brian Acton and Jan Koum

What is WhatsApp?

Founded five years ago, WhatsApp today claims a subscriber base of more than 450 million users and the fact that it has spent exactly $0 on marketing and doesn’t even employ a PR person or marketer; its growth all coming from users.WhatsApp only employs around 50 people total. At 32 engineers, that’s $500 million per engineer.
WhatsApp has built a leading and rapidly growing real-time mobile messaging service, with:Over 450 million people using the service each month;70% of those people active on a given day;Messaging volume approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume; and Continued strong growth, currently adding more than 1 million new registered users per day.

What happens to WhatsApp after the acquisition?

WhatsApp will continue to operate independently after the acquisition — separate from Facebook Messenger — but claims the deal "accelerates Facebook’s ability to bring connectivity and utility to the world. According to Kuam, users don't need to worry about ads "interrupting your communication." "There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product," he said.

Interesting facts about WhatsApp !

• Founded five years ago !

  

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• It has spent exactly Rs. 0 on marketing !
• Doesn’t even employ a PR person or marketer !
• WhatsApp only employs around 50 people total !
• Now WhatsApp worths: Rs.118,000 Crore !
• That is, every WhatsApp user has a value of Rs. 3000 !
•  Its growth all coming from users !
• Over 45 crore people using the service each month !
• 70% of those people active on a given day !
• Messaging volume approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume !
• Currently adding more than 1 million new registered users per day !
• Brian Acton Founder of WhatsApp, Interview Failed in Twitter and Facebook !
• Now the same Facebook made him Director board member and became Crorepati !

 

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Android 4.4, KitKat : Top 10 features you like.

KitKat 4.4: "Smart, simple, and truly yours !"

Just in time for Halloween, Google announced two new treats for Android fans. First, they unwrapped their latest platform release, KitKat, which delivers a smarter, more immersive Android experience to even more people.  And second, they introduced Nexus 5- a new Nexus phone developed with LG.

Top 10 features of KitKat

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While listening to music on your device, or while projecting movies to Chromecast, you’ll see beautiful full-screen album and movie art when your device is locked. You can play, pause, or seek to a specific moment. Android 4.4 on Nexus 5 lets you listen to music for longer - up to 60 hours of audio playback.

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Latest Android Version is 4.4 : KitKat

Till date, Android operating system has been used by more than 900 million active devices, and due to its huge popularity we all know that Android Versions have been named in alphabetical order after desserts: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. Now its turn of alphabet ‘K’ – Chocolate lovers would be happy to know that the next version of Android is named after one of your favorite chocolate treats – Kit Kat!

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