Listen "How WhatsApp ate the world"
Episode Synopsis
WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app, with 2 billion daily users, who send 100 billion messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. This feature takes an in-depth look at how it grew so big and Meta's plan for what comes next.
Written by Issie Lapowsky. Narrated by Jane Seidel.
Original story: https://restofworld.org/2024/how-whatsapp-for-business-changed-the-world/
WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app, with 2 billion daily users, who send 100 billion messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. This feature takes an in-depth look at how it grew so big and Meta's plan for what comes next.
Written by Issie Lapowsky. Narrated by Jane Seidel.
Original story: https://restofworld.org/2024/how-whatsapp-for-business-changed-the-world/
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