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On 2014-02-20 00:28:09, goldenface wrote:
Now Facebook will have all our phone numbers too.
We need a new 'Whatsapp' now 
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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Bonovox
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For about half an hour last night What's App store working. Someone else I was messaging said her side stopped working too and she's in Canada. Not a good start
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I doubt the deal has even gone through yet, it's going to be a couple weeks if not months before WhatsApp is truly a FB product. You must've experienced a minor server mulfunction.
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On 2014-02-20 00:02:00, Bonovox wrote:
Facebook is useless at making apps work properly they'll mess this one up now 
REALLY?! Then you haven't seen their new FB app - currently only on iOS/iPhone ... the way it flows is like BB10 & Flipboard on steriods ... it's REALLY good! Well designed and thought out.
But this? oh man.
SO ... a silly question who here would consider using BBM?
- Free for Chat, Group Chat, Calendar Sharing (separate from your others), VOIP, Video Calls (3G/4G/LTE), Channels, and soon Video Screen Sharing (for iOS/Android). ??
^ shameless plug I know but it's a very robust system that is internationally available on 3 major platforms (2 in the eyes of most), and it's FREE; not owned by some company that doesn't respect personal information.
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Unless people start leaving Whatsapp in droves most of the other messengers will continue on whatever path they were on. Privacy concerns can push people away from whatsapp if facebook messes with it.
One good thing though, the latest whatsapp for Android comes with the ability to disable the timestamp so that others cant see when last you were online. A very good update.
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Bonovox
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What's App not working again as my girlfriend she's over in Canada right now & she can't text me on it either 
http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/whatsapp
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2014-02-22 20:27 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
Bonovox
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Phone?? What phone?? |
Tsepz_GP
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For those who think its due to Facebook:
WhatsApp Is Down, Facebook’s New Acquisition Confirms Server Issues
In reality, it’s more likely that its $19 billion acquisition by Facebook announced Wednesday led to a surge of signups and usage that has overloaded its servers. We’ve contacted Facebook and are awaiting a response.
When users (including me) try to send messages or check their existing chat conversations, WhatsApp gets stuck, showing an endless loading asterisk and the alert “Connecting…”
The “WhatsDown” reports started flooding in around 11am PST, but there were some troubles last night as well. We’ve received tips from frustrated users in the US, India, Israel, and many places around the world. The outage could stoke fears that Facebook will screw up WhatsApp if the acquisition gets regulatory approval.
TechCrunch
Facebook doesn't own them yet, so this whole outage is due to technical issues with WhatsApp servers and a possible surge in use, I'm sure when Facebook do own them we won't have this as they will move them to their more robust servers.
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They are back up.
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As expected. Lot's of people join telegram but it has to be seen how many will actual use it.
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LG G2 White[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2014-02-24 12:49 ] |
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On 2014-02-23 16:20:00, Bonovox wrote:
News here
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26273051
LMAO, dude that link was for an electric chair haunting some official LMAO!!!
On a serious note I did expect an outage due to ownership of moving servers over.
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Bonovox
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Whoops my copy and paste I must've chosen the wrong link 
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@skblakee: Which version do you have?... I cant see that option anywhere.
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