Mountain View, CA – What Is WhatsApp, Why Is Facebook Paying So Much

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    Mountain View, CA – Photos, videos, chats: A look at WhatsApp

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    PROFILE:

    —Year founded: 2009.

    —Company founders: Former Yahoo engineers Jan Koum (the current CEO) and Brian Acton.

    —Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif.

    —Number of employees: 55.

    HOW IT WORKS:

    —Download the app to phones running Android and iPhones, as well as BlackBerry, Windows and Nokia phones.

    —Messages are sent over the Internet, to individual people or groups.

    —One check mark next to a message means it’s been delivered; two check marks means it’s been seen.

    —Price users pay for one year of service: 99 cents.

    VITAL STATS:

    —Number of monthly WhatsApp users: 450 million.

    —Number of people who use Facebook’s mobile products, including Facebook Messenger and Instagram every month: nearly 950 million.

    —Number of WhatsApp texts sent per day: 19 billion; texts received on the service per day: 34 billion.

    —Number of daily voice messages sent with WhatsApp: 200 million; daily video messages: 100 million; daily photos: 600 million.


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    Sim_cha
    Sim_cha
    10 years ago

    Early users got the app with lifetime service for free!

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    10 years ago

    I should spend my time devbeloping these things instead of surfing.

    Chill
    Chill
    10 years ago

    So how exactly do u get to a 19B dollar evaluation???

    Gitzuger
    Gitzuger
    10 years ago

    But why is face book paying so much? Where is the company worth $19bn?? With 450mil users even if everyone pays 0.99 cents a year (which most dont pay, i have it free) still the company doesnt even add up to $1 bn worth?! Why would someone pay 19 times the companys worth?! Someone plz explain!

    HankM
    HankM
    10 years ago

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    Anyone can develop these things; the trick is coming up with an idea that will stick. If someone told be to make an app that will compete with your free texting already built into your phone, I would have told them they have a better chance if they throw their money in the garbage

    Sim_cha
    Sim_cha
    10 years ago

    2: waves or web or both?!?
    3, 4: they overpaid.

    seicheldig
    seicheldig
    10 years ago

    To show how much they know when they write a story 2 checks definitely doesn’t mean it’s been seen it means it’s been delivered. thank you