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The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp now has more than two billion users around the world. WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, has grown into one of the most-used services in the Facebook "family" of apps, offering free messaging along with voice and video calls. "Private conversations that once were only possible face-to-face can now take place across great distances through instant chats and video calling," a WhatsApp blog post said. "There are so many significant and special moments that take place over WhatsApp and we are humbled and honored to reach this milestone." The statement said WhatsApp remained committed to its "strong encryption" that enables users to connect privately even amid calls by law enforcement in the United States and elsewhere to provide more...

Popular messaging app WhatsApp will focus on rolling out commercial messaging next year for businesses as it looks to tap enterprises for monetising its platform. Earlier this year, WhatsApp had said it will stop charging USD 1 per year subscription fee to go completely free for its users across the world. While WhatsApp maintained that it will not introduce any third-party ads for monetisation, it said it will test tools that allows users to communicate with businesses and organisations like banks and airlines through its platform. "We decided to make WhatsApp free but we also talked about how we will make money. We have been working on ways for businesses to connect with users on WhatsApp... Commercial messaging will be big for us in 2017," WhatsApp Head of Business, Neeraj Arora t...

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