La app de mensajería propiedad de Facebook ha recorrido 11 años desde que dos ingenieros decidieron crearla. Hoy es una de las herramientas más usadas alrededor del mundo; por eso aquí te dejamos algunos de los datos más importantes de la historia de WhatsApp.
Nació para iPhone
Jan Koum y su socio Brian Acton se conocieron trabajando en Yahoo! y tras renunciar a la empresa donde se formaron en 2007, pasaron un año descubriendo Sudamérica.
En enero del año 2009 el mercado de apps de iPhone comenzaba a despegar y Koum vio potencial en ella tras comprar su primer iPhone. Su idea, lejos de lo que podría parecer, no era crear una app de mensajería, sino una app que automáticamente mostrara estados de todos los contactos, una especie de agenda inteligente.
Su nombre fue elegido por su fonética
El 24 de febrero Koum, con ayuda de sus amigos, registraría en California la marca WhatsApp, elegida por su similitud fonética con el “what’s up?” usado en el mundo anglosajón para expresar un “¿qué pasa?” coloquial.
WhatsApp lanzó su segunda versión con dos importantes novedades: notificaciones cuando un contacto cambiaba de estado y el envío de mensajes de texto que utilizaban esas notificaciones para avisar al receptor. Así comenzaron a usar la app en sustitución de los SMS tradicionales. Acton se unió al proyecto como co-fundador en octubre del mismo año.
El color verde da seguridad
Kuom y Acton siempre han buscado reflejar en WhatsApp valores de humildad y sencillez. Es por ello que el logo fue elegido para transmitir ese mensaje, por ello eligieron el color verde, porque representa seguridad, ya que todos buscamos privacidad en nuestras conversaciones. En el mundo digital, el color verde suele utilizarse cuando algo es seguro o está verificado.
En sus comienzos una app de pago
Tenían que cubrir los costos del envío de mensajes de verificación a los usuarios al registrarse, evitando con ello también un crecimiento demasiado rápido de la app.
Al inicio eran letras las que aparecían junto a los mensajes.
Antes de la existencia de las palomitas, usaron letras:
- u: Se indicaba que el receptor no tenía la versión necesaria para ver el mensaje.
- s: de sent o enviado.
- d: viene de la palabra delivered o entregado, lo que indicaba que el receptor había recibido el mensaje.
Un año después llegó a Android
En agosto del 2010 llegaría, por fin, la versión para Android de WhatsApp. En noviembre fue lanzada la función de de las búsquedas, para localizar cualquier texto entre las conversaciones; también aparecieron las miniaturas al compartir vídeo.
La app se vuelve un boom
Con la llegada de los chats de grupo en 2011, el éxito de WhatsApp ya es más que relevante, se convierte en una de las 20 apps más importantes de la iTunes Store en Estados Unidos.
Facebook compró WhatsApp
En 2014, Facebook compró WhatsApp por 19,000 millones de dólares, la mayor compra hecha en el sector hasta la fecha. Desde entonces el éxito de la app ha seguido en aumento, en julio del 2017, Zuckerberg anunció que habían alcanzado los 1,000 millones de personas usando WhatsApp a diario.
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The Facebook proprietary messaging app has been around for 11 years since two engineers decided to create it. Today it's one of the most widely used tools around the world, so here's some of the most important data in WhatsApp's history.
Born for iPhone
Jan Koum and her partner Brian Acton met while working at Yahoo! and after leaving the company where they formed in 2007, they spent a year discovering South America.
In January 2009 the iPhone app market was beginning to take off and Koum saw potential in it after buying his first iPhone. Their idea, far from what it might seem, was not to create a messaging app, but rather an app that would automatically show the status of all contacts, a sort of intelligent agenda.
Her name was chosen because of its phonetics
On February 24, Koum, with the help of his friends, would register in California the trademark WhatsApp, chosen for its phonetic similarity with the "what's up?" used in the Anglo-Saxon world to express a colloquial "what's up?
WhatsApp launched its second version with two important new features: notifications when a contact changed status and the sending of text messages that used those notifications to warn the recipient. This is how they started using the app in place of traditional SMS. Acton joined the project as a co-founder in October of the same year.
The color green gives security
Kuom and Acton have always sought to reflect in WhatsApp values of humility and simplicity. That's why the logo was chosen to convey that message, that's why they chose the color green, because it represents security, as we all seek privacy in our conversations. In the digital world, green is often used when something is secure or verified.
WhatsApp from Facebook: What does this message on Facebook mean?
A paid app in its infancy
They had to cover the costs of sending verification messages to users upon registration, thus also avoiding too rapid growth of the app.
At the beginning it was letters that appeared next to the messages.
Before the existence of popcorn, they used letters:
u: It indicated that the receiver didn't have the version needed to see the message.
s: for sit or sent.
d: comes from the word delivered, which indicated that the receiver had received the message.
A year later it arrived at Android
In August 2010, the Android version of WhatsApp will finally arrive. In November the search function was launched, to locate any text between conversations; thumbnails also appeared when sharing video.
How to install WhatsApp on your PC and computer - Panda Security
The app goes boom
With the advent of group chat in 2011, WhatsApp's success is already more than relevant, becoming one of the top 20 apps on the iTunes Store in the United States.
Facebook bought WhatsApp
In 2014, Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, the largest purchase in the industry to date. Since then, the app's success has continued to grow. In July 2017, Zuckerberg announced that they had reached one billion people using WhatsApp daily.
The Facebook proprietary messaging app has been around for 11 years since two engineers decided to create it. Today it's one of the most widely used tools around the world, so here's some of the most important data in WhatsApp's history.
Born for iPhone
Jan Koum and her partner Brian Acton met while working at Yahoo! and after leaving the company where they formed in 2007, they spent a year discovering South America.
In January 2009 the iPhone app market was beginning to take off and Koum saw potential in it after buying his first iPhone. Their idea, far from what it might seem, was not to create a messaging app, but rather an app that would automatically show the status of all contacts, a sort of intelligent agenda.
Her name was chosen because of its phonetics
On February 24, Koum, with the help of his friends, would register in California the trademark WhatsApp, chosen for its phonetic similarity with the "what's up?" used in the Anglo-Saxon world to express a colloquial "what's up?
WhatsApp launched its second version with two important new features: notifications when a contact changed status and the sending of text messages that used those notifications to warn the recipient. This is how they started using the app in place of traditional SMS. Acton joined the project as a co-founder in October of the same year.
The color green gives security
Kuom and Acton have always sought to reflect in WhatsApp values of humility and simplicity. That's why the logo was chosen to convey that message, that's why they chose the color green, because it represents security, as we all seek privacy in our conversations. In the digital world, green is often used when something is secure or verified.
WhatsApp from Facebook: What does this message on Facebook mean?
A paid app in its infancy
They had to cover the costs of sending verification messages to users upon registration, thus also avoiding too rapid growth of the app.
At the beginning it was letters that appeared next to the messages.
Before the existence of popcorn, they used letters:
u: It indicated that the receiver didn't have the version needed to see the message.
s: for sit or sent.
d: comes from the word delivered, which indicated that the receiver had received the message.
A year later it arrived at Android
In August 2010, the Android version of WhatsApp will finally arrive. In November the search function was launched, to locate any text between conversations; thumbnails also appeared when sharing video.
How to install WhatsApp on your PC and computer - Panda Security
The app goes boom
With the advent of group chat in 2011, WhatsApp's success is already more than relevant, becoming one of the top 20 apps on the iTunes Store in the United States.
Facebook bought WhatsApp
In 2014, Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, the largest purchase in the industry to date. Since then, the app's success has continued to grow. In July 2017, Zuckerberg announced that they had reached one billion people using WhatsApp daily.
