WhatsApp plans free calling in India

by Ziuby



WhatsApp Already enjoys a big customer base and wide variety of users.  It is pretty evident that the popularity and market penetration of this social media app is astounding considering the its short life cycle.

The team at WhatsApp have been busy with constant upadates every month or so to keep the users hooked in. Now they are targeting a new market with a very enticing new feature "Free Calling". WhatsApp are targeting India specifically with this cool new feature.. But the announcement seems to have been hastened due to the fact that another Indian messaging app Hike messenger had announced to make this available. Hike has already made it available to its around 35 million users in India and elsewhere and this is the reason that WhatsApp has been forced to make the announcement so hastily. So we must be thankful to Kevin Mittal for forcing the global messaging giant to act this fast.                 

 Although it seems that Hike has a pretty specific market and have been focusing only in their Local market , still they are giving a fight to the foreign companies significantly. There has been lots of things backing the WhatsApp people be it Facebook or be it the new Indian laws promoting healthy foreign investment. Amongst all this one thing is for sure the end user will surely benefit.

                                         

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What Is WhatsApp Plus?

One of the things that make this app different is the visual display. It looks different on display, compared to the forerunner. And here are some of the common features of the WhatsApp Plus;

·        Downloadable Themes. There are over 1000 themes that you can download from the app itself. And you can select them in terms of the most downloaded, and the category. You can also search by title.

·        Customizable appearance. You can also choose to customize the fonts, wallpaper and chat background.

·        Hide Online Availability. You can choose to hide your online presence, whereby your contacts might not see when last you were online, or if you are online. However, you might also not see if your contacts are online, if you use this option.

 This just add to list of app options a consumer will get to enjoy. App like Viber, Hike  already present in the market. Considering the number of smartphone users , it is a pretty leveled field for these companies to compete on.

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Secure your personal chats : WhatsApp

WhatsApp chats are more than just simple texts. We all know it. We share photos, videos, bank account details, contacts and what not on WhatsApp. And with so much personal data, if you take privacy and security of WhatsApp for granted then its jackpot for wicked minds.

Following are some tips :

1) Lock WhatsApp

2) Block WhatsApp photos from appearing in photoroll

3) Hide ‘last seen’ timestamp

4) Restrict access to profile picture

5) Watch out for scams

6) Deactivate WhatsApp if you lose your phone

7) Be careful what you talk about

8) Remember to log out of WhatsApp Web

Whatsapp has its issues with Whatsapp plus

by Ziuby

Whatsapp is an instant messaging app for smartphones.In addition to text messaging, WhatsApp can be used to send images, video, and audio media messages. Locations can also be shared through the use of integrated mapping features.

Google has always warned users to download the apps from play store and not from outside. Now, WhatsApp has gone one step ahead of it and started to ban a particular app named WhatsApp Plus!
The company also announced that WhatsApp Plus is in no way related to WhatsApp and added that the app includes codes that are not supported by WhatsApp and it will not bear any responsibility if any user information gets leaked while using WhatsApp Plus.

The company stressed that there must be some reason why WhatsApp Plus is not present in the Google Play store and hence, users should respect that decision and try not to install the app from any outside source, as it affects their security. WhatsApp Plus is basically a third party app that has all the same features as WhatsApp, but has a cleaner design, different themes and other features available as well.

                                            
It seems a bit odd, but maybe WhatsApp’s parent company Facebook, is beginning to crack down on these third-party apps. WhatsApp is a very popular messaging service, and in developing countries, especially ones like India, it’s extremely popular.

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Mobile Apps to boost your Business

by Ziuby

We have changed a lot ! One has to agree that a conventional shopper has now gotten a wide array of platforms for buying goods.  Now a business has become bold and with several new avenues to exploit the chances of turning a small idea into a successful business is more of reality. This has now become possible only because of few specific things. A perfect balance of market demand and the technological advancement have lead to this situation.

A customer is no longer the only one who walks into the shop. A business owner now engages a customer through e-mail, mobile-app, through a website and many other such electronic platforms. These are the result of new Digital World and referred to as E-Commerce. So what is E-Commerce and Mobile Commerce? Has it really impacted our way of shopping so much?
? Well yes!

 A few interesting stats:

 1. Over 1 billion of the world’s 4+ billion mobile phones are smartphones.
 2. By today, mobile internet usage is projected to overtake desktop internet usage.
 3. Apple has the smart phone largest market share, followed closely by Android, with Windows and   Blackberry being the runner ups.
 4. Apps are developed differently for Apple, Android, Windows, and Blackberry devices, yet if properly planned apps can be created for all devices on a single framework.

                                      

The phrase mobile commerce was originally coined in 1997 by Kevin Duffey at the launch of the Global Mobile Commerce Forum, to mean “the delivery of electronic commerce capabilities directly into the consumer’s hand, anywhere, via wireless technology. Many choose to think of Mobile Commerce as meaning “a retail outlet in your customer’s pocket.” The telecom Industries are now providing services at a low price. Because of this and the low cost of Smartphone there are lot of people using Internet through mobile or handheld devices.  Mobile Commerce is also known as m-commerce.

2015 is going to be an interesting year. Web-designing and development Industry have now gotten even more avenues to exploit and come up with innovative and smart solutions.

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Impact of Social Media on a modern Business

by Ziuby

Businesses today are facing a generation of far more demanding customers than they've seen before. This generation are always connected, especially through mobile devices. They expect fast answers - and they want these across every channel, including social.Businesses need to be turning to agile and flexible technology solutions that enable them to more easily engage with customers in social channels.

In the coming 5 years,we are going to see an increasing cross over between marketing and customer service.This will put a stronger emphasis on using customer data to personalise communication and identify the best communication channel.

We've seen lots of companies use social media, but there are plenty of examples of companies that have ignored social media and then paid the price for it.Social media provides a great opportunity for customers to get a more personalized service. Businesses need to use a solution that provides insight and guidance into the customer across all channels in order to provide a customer centric experience.

It's time for companies to merge social customer service into the mainstream - we're way past the point where social should be treated like a 'one-off' customer service channel.

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Facebook Acquires Wit.ai

by Ziuby

Wit.ai is a Y Combinator-backed speech recognition startup, founded 18 month ago. The company provides an API for building voice-activated interfaces. Company has over 6000 developers on its platform. While building speech recognition and voice control is normally an extremely complicated technical process, Wit.ai
allows developers build this capability into their products by simply adding a few short lines of code.
Wit.ai announced the acquisition in a blog post.

This merger is on the basis of a common vision and a Win-Win situation for both. Wit.ai is looking forward to the resources at Facebook to explore their future plans. Facebook has always prided themselves in having a good eye and judgement in backing potential winners at the Digital Market. Be it Whats App or no Wit.ai Facebook  is quickly making it mark in the Market.

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WhatsApp hits 700 million active users

by Ziuby

The social messaging app has added another 100 million active monthly users since August. And, according to the company's CEO Jan Koum, that equates to 30 billion messages sent every single day. When Facebook bought WhatsApp in February for an astonishing $19 billion, many believed that the deal would kill the social messaging app's appeal, especially among younger users. However, it appears that nothing could be further from the truth. Back in February 2014 when the deal was announced, WhatsApp had 450 million monthly active users, meaning that over the past 11 months 250 million new users have signed up.

Much of the appeal of WhatsApp is that it is a very simple way of messaging anyone with an Android or Apple smartphone without incurring text-messaging charges and, apart from an annual subscription of $1 after the first year's use, the service is free. And the fact that Facebook hasn't interfered with that offering in any way or tried to re-brand WhatsApp or make it part of Facebook's own messaging service could well be why it continues to attract new users.

WhatsApp is expected to add free voice calling to the app in 2015 and to launch a desktop version so that people will be able to message and chat with friends while they're using their computers. As for Facebook's future plans for WhatsApp it has promised to leave the company to its own devices, at least until it hits the 1
billion-user milestone.

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