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		WhatsApp "Bigger than Twitter" with 20 billion messages a day (digitaltrends.com)
		2 points by uladzislau on April 18, 2013 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

draugadrotten on April 18, 2013 [–]

how do they make money? what is their business model?

apparently they don't charge for messages and don't charge for ad space.

1. Build messaging app 2. !?!? 3. Profit!!

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