WhatsApp doesn’t just want to take over text messaging.
Days after Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition, WhatsApp chief executive Jan Koum took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) to announce plans for voice call support. This news certainly makes Facebook’s WhatsApp deal all the more obvious.
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