When Facebook spent $19bn (£13bn) buying WhatsApp two years ago, the price tag raised more than a few eyebrows. The smartphone messaging service was wildly popular, with some 450m users around the world, but the mathematics of the deal were hard to stack up at the time.
WhatsApp introduces a breakthrough feature enabling iPhone users to share photos and videos in their original quality on the messaging platform.
WhatsApp, Meta's priciest acquisition at almost $20 billion in 2014, poses unique challenges for monetization.
WhatsApp Boosts Android Security and User Experience with Passwordless Login, Eliminating Two-Factor SMS. Here's How to Activate It.
Ofcourse they must have the secondary plan for using WhatsApp. As it is used by a billion people already and same it goes with the messenger app they can do a lot more with these apps.
With everyone else diversifying their service (arguably spreading themselves too thin) everyone is in a rush to do the same. Whether or not this will be a good thing for consumers in the long run, who knows...