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Receipts, which alerts senders when their messages are read by recipients. Within a week, WhatsApp introduces an update allowing users to disable this feature so that message recipients do not send acknowledgements.
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Android (but not BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian), without specifying the cryptographic method.
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Channels, a feature that allows one-to-many communication for updates, and no defined limit for number of followers. Channels are not end-to-end encrypted, unlike messages in groups or chats.
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Facebook shares, and an additional $ 3 billion in
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729:"Exclusive: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook's New $ 19 Billion Baby"
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1161:"WhatsApp Says It's Not "Permanently" Banning Users From Its Service, Just Blocking Third-Party Clients"
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929:"The Granddaddy Of Messaging Apps, WhatsApp, Finally Goes For A Subscription Model on iOS"
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1643:"WhatsApp photos and videos can now disappear after a single viewing"
1358:"WhatsApp adds support for document sharing, but only PDFs at launch"
1135:"(Updated) WhatsApp begins crackdown on unlicensed 3rd party clients"
777:"Three-quarters of WhatsApp users are on Android, 22% on iOS (study)"
1582:"WhatsApp limits message forwarding in fight against misinformation"
1081:"Hole In WhatsApp For Android Lets Hackers Steal Your Conversations"
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1033:"WhatsApp Was Valued At ~$ 1.5B In Final Round Before Sale"
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1225:"WhatsApp Is Briefly Shut Down in Brazil for a Third Time"
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KLM first airline with verified WhatsApp business account
825:"What's app status: van Anderen os nog speeds te wijzigen"
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127:WhatsApp for the iPhone is updated to send photos.
1412:"WhatsApp completes end-to-end encryption rollout"
1107:"Whatsapp now lets you disable Read notifications"
955:"WhatsApp, the Internet Messenger, to Become Free"
1543:WhatsApp launches four-person group video calling
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3249:Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
1760:"WhatsApp Channels: Everything You Need To Know"
1607:- Ankita Chakravarti, India Today, 22 April 2020
1287:. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. January 18, 2016
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1438:"WhatsApp Introduces End-to-End Encryption"
1056:"Facebook to Buy WhatsApp for $ 19 Billion"
756:"WhatsApp 2.0 is submitted - WhatsApp Blog"
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2942:(Product Manager of Civic Integrity Team)
1711:"Now you can edit your WhatsApp messages"
1501:"Building for People, and Now Businesses"
1188:- James Vincent, The Verge, 31 March 2015
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2787:(Board of Trustees Chair, 2020–2021)
1807:
1545:- Jon Fingas, Engadget, 30 July 2018
1464:"Introducing WhatsApp's desktop app"
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1281:"Whatsapp to Drop Subscription Fee"
1007:"Voice Messaging Comes To Whatsapp"
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1580:Kastrenakes, Jacob (2019-01-21).
1555:Wodinsky, Shoshana (2018-07-10).
1490:- Amit Chowdhry, 15 November 2016
1252:"Facebook's Whatsapp is Now Free"
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727:Olsen, Parmy (February 2, 2014).
460:announce that they finish adding
3184:Cambridge Analytica data scandal
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1410:Lomas, Natasha (April 5, 2016).
507:between two accounts are added.
482:WhatsApp is introduced for both
385:between two accounts are added.
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2068:List of most-followed accounts
1660:Clark, Mitchell (2022-05-05).
1035:. Techcrunch. 22 February 2014
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673:
3471:Technology company timelines
3350:Technology company timelines
3267:Most-followed Facebook pages
1617:Newton, Casey (2020-04-07).
1383:Metz, Cade (April 5, 2016).
7:
3294:Aquila Internet relay drone
3074:The Accidental Billionaires
2073:List of most-liked pictures
1808:Chin, Monica (2023-09-06).
850:. Wire trip. Archived from
686:Metz, Cade (5 April 2016).
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3289:Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
1685:Mehta, Ivan (2022-07-11).
848:"How What's app net works"
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874:"Are my messages secure?"
846:rvdm (January 12, 2012).
525:launches such a service.
3241:Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid
3225:Fraley v. Facebook, Inc.
2744:Kristina Arriaga (2020–)
94:App Store for the iPhone
3233:Force v. Facebook, Inc.
3217:Young v. Facebook, Inc.
3194:2021 company files leak
3108:Friending and following
2817:(Graph Search director)
2747:Cherine Chalaby (2020–)
1060:The Wall Street Journal
2710:Khaled Mansour (2022–)
2612:Helle Thorning-Schmidt
2594:Catalina Botero Marino
1845:Business and economics
3149:Timeline of Instagram
3045:Telecom Infra Project
2862:(Director of Product)
2716:Paolo Carozza (2022–)
2701:Nicolas Suzor (2020–)
2488:(Chief Legal Officer)
462:end-to-end encryption
141:WhatsApp support for
3309:2021 Facebook outage
3154:Timeline of WhatsApp
3128:Facebook like button
3015:Open Compute Project
2928:Chamath Palihapitiya
2924:(research scientist)
2750:Wanda Felton (2020–)
2606:Michael W. McConnell
1139:Androidauthority.com
1109:. November 15, 2014.
827:(in Dutch). Tweakers
458:Open Whisper Systems
3360:Amazon Web Services
3144:History of Facebook
3067:The Facebook Effect
2930:(VP of User Growth)
2922:Andrei Alexandrescu
2835:(head of Instagram)
2823:(VP of social good)
2660:Sudhir Krishnaswamy
1285:Wall Street Journal
1205:. December 17, 2015
1123:. January 21, 2015.
854:on November 5, 2013
803:"5 years of WeChat"
490:operating systems.
16:The following is a
3204:Content management
3123:Facebook diplomacy
3081:The Social Network
2614:, Co-Chair (2020–)
2608:, Co-Chair (2020–)
2602:, Co-Chair (2020–)
2596:, Co-Chair (2020–)
2458:(Chairman and CEO)
1996:Lookalike audience
1442:The New York Times
1336:The New York Times
1229:The New York Times
1203:The New York Times
959:The New York Times
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2396:Robert M. Kimmitt
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1758:Khanna, Prakhar.
1141:. 21 January 2015
961:. 18 January 2016
884:. August 15, 2012
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2965:Apache Cassandra
2902:Randi Zuckerberg
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2684:Alan Rusbridger
2648:Tawakkol Karman
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2538:Sheryl Sandberg
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2456:Mark Zuckerberg
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2376:Marc Andreessen
2371:Mark Zuckerberg
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2348:Andrew McCollum
2328:Eduardo Saverin
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