... s service WhatsApp for US$19.2 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday. The app is a symbol of the challenge traditional telcos face from the internet and the loss of profits from phone calls and texts. Zu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... they can Whatsapp or WeChat us. Our colleagues will send routed maps or even voice messages to show them how to get to the destination." "Want to eat ginseng chicken soup during lunch? No problem, ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... ived many WhatsApp messages from family and friends informing me of the deadly stampede that had taken place at the countdown party in Shanghai and wondering if I was safe. I promptly posted another m ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
WhatsApp has begun testing a voice-calling feature on its popular mobile messaging app, technology portals reported this week. The tests are being carried out on select Android users in India on an in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... ebook and WhatsApp accounts. Police didn't find any suicide note, and initial investigations ruled out work pressure as the motive. Unhappiness over his personal life is what may have prompted him to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... Apple and WhatsApp). The investment is notable because internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. (00700.HK), e-commerce firm JD.com and restaurant review site Dianping.com are closely aligned, the news web ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
Messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a new service that will allow users to send messages from their desktops using web browsers. In blog post announcing the feature Wednesday, the company howeve ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service, is making things more difficult for customers who access it using third-party apps, the technology website TechCrunch reported. While the official app is the mo ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
Messaging service WhatsApp has grown to 700 million monthly active users, up from 600 million in August, technology news website Recode.net reported, citing chief executive Jan Koum. That’s more than ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
... also drop WhatsApp and Instagram, both owned by Facebook. The Chinese official was paying a return visit to Facebook after Zuckerberg went to China in October when he met China's anti-corruption tsar ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... ok bought WhatsApp Messenger for US$22 billion in cash and shares. The app allows voice, text and video calls as well as the ability to follow celebrities and share digital “stickers” with friends, th ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... s sent on WhatsApp and other newer applications can be intercepted. An unnamed senior police official said newer messaging apps are not covered by the ordinance because they were not widely used at t ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... ands like WhatsApp and Line, which have cleaner reputations. Tencent itself isn't helping the situation by using a half-hearted promotion strategy in the US, as highlighted in a new report on some of ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... incoming Whatsapp or other message can distract someone who is trying to sleep, Chan said. Hong Kong Christian Service supervisor Lee Chin-hei suggested that students lay down some rules among themse ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
WhatsApp is trumpeting the usefulness of a newly introduced feature, but the message isn't getting through to many of the instant messaging service's four million users in Hong Kong. A survey by Apple ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
... family's Whatsapp instant messaging account. There is a video clip of the girl, who does not mention her name, that is being widely shared on the internet. In it, she tries to express her thoughts a ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
... ook chat, WhatsApp Messenger, Google Hangouts and Snapchat, have no “end-to-end” encryption to secure user communications, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation, a US digital rights campaigner. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... g through WhatsApp and WeChat platforms. The rumor cited an unnamed security firm boss as saying that Lai placed short bets on 2,000 units of HSI futures (the version spreading on WhatsApp said it was ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
... g service WhatsApp. The price tag rose an additional US$3 billion to roughly US$22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months, according to Reuters. WhatsApp, which ha ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... ssions on whatsapp and Facebook. No single voice directed the next step but the protesters arrived at a consensus nonetheless. Such flawless execution would not have been possible without the social m ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
