Tagged: Whatsapp

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Uber, And 5 Other Overvalued Companies

At Recode’s Code Conference a few weeks ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick hinted at a new funding round that would be “record-breaking”. Raising  $1.2 billion at an $18 billion valuation, Uber delivered on that promise with its latest funding round. As of December though, Uber was only pulling in around $20 million per week, of which it kept 20%. Their investors are counting on high growth,...

Quick Review: WhatsApp Messenger

iMessage is great when all of your friends have iPhones, but when your friends and family around the globe have Droids, and Blackberries, and Windows Phones too, it gets frustrating to send them all messages (and downright expensive). That’s where WhatsApp messenger comes in. I had family abroad last year with a Blackberry (i Know right?) so I turned to a combination of WhatsApp...