“WhatsApp, the massively popular smartphone messaging app owned by Facebook Inc., is now available in a familiar place: your computer’s desktop,” Nathan Olivarez-Giles reports for MarketWatch.
“On Tuesday, WhatsApp released apps for Apple Inc.’s OS X for Mac computers, and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows,” Olivarez-Giles reports. “The app experience mimics what you get on the phone: You can send text, photos, video and audio files to friends and family. The reason people will download the app is that it brings over a key smartphone feature: live notifications, crucial for real-time chat.”
“WhatsApp is now present on every major OS,” Olivarez-Giles reports. “A fully cross-platform messaging service with more than 1 billion users worldwide could pose a threat to competitors, especially Apple’s iMessage and Microsoft’s Skype.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple should bring their iMessage service to more platforms by releasing their Messages app for Android and Windows. We’re looking forward to WWDC next month.
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