WhatsApp Has Now One Billion Active Users!
The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has just reached the 1 billion mark in just two years after it was acquired by the social media giant for a whopping $19 billion-deal.
"That's nearly one in seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends, and their family," WhatsApp official statement said as quoted by the Wired.
At the time of acquisition, Mark Zuckerberg never doubted about his company's relentless pursuit to get WhatsApp under its game-changing tech portfolio. Although WhatsApp is a relatively under-used app among Americans, it is increasingly becoming more popular among non-US users in Africa, Europe, India, and South America.
"WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," remarked Zuckerberg two years ago when the company bought the app designed by two ex-Yahoo engineers as quoted by The Guardian.
To monetize its 1-billion user base, WhatsApp is currently experimenting on some communication tools that would enable users to directly connect with businesses and organizations.
"That could mean communicating with your bank about whether a recent transaction was fraudulent, or with an airline about a delayed flight," said WhatsApp in an official statement as mentioned in a report by CNBC.
In a separate development, search engine giant Google has just announced that its email service 'Gmail' has also break the 1-billion milestone joining a select club of online platforms with more a billion or more registered users.
