WhatsApp

WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp, is a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can send text messages, voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other media.

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Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
October 06, 2022  |  Retail

Apps dabbling in everything from retail to romance are charging for more features as way to generate new revenue streams from legions of “freemium” or...

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Goldman Sachs and 15 Financial Firms Pay $1.1B to Settle SEC WhatsApp Probe
Goldman Sachs and 15 Financial Firms Pay $1.1B to Settle SEC WhatsApp Probe
September 27, 2022  |  Regulation

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other financial giants have agreed to pay regulators $1.1 billion in penalties for not monitoring employees using unauthorized messaging apps, according...

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Mahatme Leaving WhatsApp for New Role at Amazon
Mahatme Leaving WhatsApp for New Role at Amazon
September 22, 2022  |  Personnel

A little more than a year after leaving Amazon to oversee WhatsApp’s payment business in India, Manesh Mahatme is reportedly going back to his old...

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Meta Integrates WhatsApp, Salesforce to Let Merchants Chat With Consumers
Meta Integrates WhatsApp, Salesforce to Let Merchants Chat With Consumers
September 20, 2022  |  Meta

Meta will be integrating WhatsApp with Salesforce to help businesses add ways to chat with customers, a WhatsApp blog said Tuesday (Sept. 20). This will...

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Meta Leverages India’s JioMart Grocery to Create Connected Commerce Ecosystem
Meta Leverages India’s JioMart Grocery to Create Connected Commerce Ecosystem
August 30, 2022  |  eCommerce

Meta is taking advantage of consumers’ daily need for food to integrate commerce into its social offerings in India, enabling users to make purchases the...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks Piece of Indian eCommerce Market
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Seeks Piece of Indian eCommerce Market
August 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta launches a partnership with Indian eCommerce firm JioMart to let shoppers buy groceries using WhatsApp. Plus, Jio parent Reliance...

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Meta Challenges Amazon, Walmart for Share of Indian eCommerce Market
Meta Challenges Amazon, Walmart for Share of Indian eCommerce Market
August 29, 2022  |  Retail

Meta has joined forces with Indian eCommerce company JioMart to give customers the chance to buy groceries within Meta’s WhatsApp chat. Users in India can...

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Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
Meta Looks to Gain Share of Restaurant Sales With WhatsApp Ordering
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

As tech providers compete to enable the most frictionless restaurant ordering, Meta is throwing its hat into the ring and looking to get in on...

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Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
Social Commerce Unlocks Growth for Brands, FinTechs in Africa
August 03, 2022  |  Social Commerce

From a socially oriented online phenomenon, Meta-owned platforms, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, have grown to become a critical medium for doing business in emerging markets...

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