The application WhatsApp continues with its particular sum and continues. If only a month ago it was known that it had reached the amazing number of 350 million users worldwide, now a publication in your official blog confirms having exceeded 400 million users A milestone that only demonstrates the power of this service of messaging and the increasing implementation of smartphones that allow the use of This application.
The data was released by one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, Jam Koum , through the official blog of this service. In this publication, he is in charge of showing his gratitude to all the users of WhatsApp, who are the true causes of the success of this service that has already reached the dizzying number of 400 million monthly active users That is, people who actively use the application, plus beyond those who only download and create a service account without using it again, and whose number other applications use to fatten their figures. A remarkable success that seems to continue to grow exponential Even more so knowing that its last 100 million users have been added in the past four months
All of this to use an application that, as its creators say, was created to provide a “fast, simple and personal” service. A tool that, in exchange for a small cost, can put people, friends and relatives who have stories to tell in contact in an unlimited way. All this avoiding the . A form of monetization or income that both founders know well after their work history at Yahoo and that they have have demonstrated in more than one occasion that they wanted to leave behind.
Along with this milestone in the evolution of WhatsApp, Jam Koum has also mentioned some of the stories that his application has allowed to take place out, and among which he mentions the GERA of Madrid A rescue group that has been using this service for some time to locate the position of lost hikers and mountaineers thanks to the location sharing function. A feature that continues to spread and has already helped save lives.
The co-founder of WhatsApp has also had time to mention other stories that have reached his ears, such as the possibility that doctors in India can send information more quickly, sharing photographs of electrocardiograms, or the possibility of knowing the advances and help provided inUganda thanks to instant messages that can be sent from anywhere in the world.
In short, a tool that continues to grow rapidly. And it is that WhatsApp is available for all mobile platforms, although it still resists giving the jump to the tablets or the computer It also grows in functions. Although WhatsApp is still expected to introduce free calls over the Internet, during this 2013 it has provided the possibility of sending text messages instant and direct voiceUndoubtedly an application that still has a lot to say.
