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WhatsApp rival Telegram picks up 5m users on one day and throws down a $200k challenge to hackers
Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

WhatsApp rival Telegram picks up 5m users in one day and throws down a $200k challenge to hackers

Monday, Feb 24, 2014Monday, Feb 24, 2014 - by Lee J.

It seems that the combination of Facebook taking over WhatsApp for $19bn swiftly followed by the service crashing for several hours over the weekend has seen millions of users rushing …

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WhatsApp down as rival Telegram struggles under avalanche of new users
computing / mobile apps / mobiles

WhatsApp down as rival Telegram struggles under avalanche of new users

Saturday, Feb 22, 2014Saturday, Feb 22, 2014 - by mike s

In a case of spectacular bad timing, the WhatsApp messaging service – which has just been bought by Facebook for a staggering $19bn – has now been down for several …

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Disgruntled WhatsApp users switch to rival open source Telegram app
Android / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / open source / web

Disgruntled WhatsApp users switch to rival open source Telegram app

Friday, Feb 21, 2014Friday, Feb 21, 2014 - by mike s

It seems that not everyone was delighted by Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the popular messaging service WhatsApp, with the news sparking a wave of defections to the rival Telegram …

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