Whatsapp is a free mobile messaging application that enables users to chat, make phone calls and send files through their smartphones. Additionally, the application gives users the functionality to create group chats, change their status and upload photos or videos to their feed. The company was launched in 2009 and was soon purchased by Facebook; currently it is the world’s most popular messaging app with more than 1 billion users.
Alternatives to Whatsapp
Kik
Company: Kik Interactive, Inc. | Founder: Ted Livingston, Christopher Best | CEO: Ted Livingston | Since: 2009
Kik is a chat platform that enables users to connect and interact through chat with whoever and whenever. Kik is targeted at teenagers that are increasingly using chat to communicate and get information. The company was launched in 2009 and…
Facebook
Company: Facebook, Inc. | Founder: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes | CEO: Mark Zuckerberg | Since: 2004
Facebook was one of the first social networking platforms, allowing users to connect and engage with friends and family online. Facebook users create a profile with their personal information, giving them the ability to connect with other users, upload images…
Snapchat
Company: Snap Inc. | Founder: Bobby Murphy, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown | CEO: Evan Spiegel | Since: 2011
Snapchat is a social mobile application that provides its users with photo, text, video, and audio sharing features. Snapchat has several functionalities that had made the app enormously popular among millennials. Amon them: the photo processing tools that enable users…
Viber
Company: Rakuten Inc. | Founder: Talmon Marco, Igor Magazinnik | CEO: Hiroshi Mikitani | Since: 2010
Viber is a messaging and voice over IP (VoIP) app that allows users to text, call, exchange images, video and audio with anyone in the world, at no cost. The company was launched in 2010, as a competitor for Skype…
Skype
Company: Skype | Founder: Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis | CEO: Tony Bates | Since: 2002
Skype is an telecommunications app that allows people to place voice or video calls and exchange messages online. Sign-up is quick and easy, and free, as well as the service. Aside from calls and messages, users can also do screen-sharing…
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