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WhatsApp reaches 200 million monthly active users in India

Facebook -owned WhatsApp that has revolutionized the way people exchanged messages, boasts over 200 million monthly active users in India . Brian Acton , the co-founder of WhatsApp, along with Neeraj Arora , Head of Business, WhatsApp, on Friday visited Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi to interact with the students..  The discussion focused on the ways WhatsApp can contribute to India as it is invested in building a service with high utility for millions of Indians, the company said in a statement. WhatsApp has been rolling out updates and features to make the app more secure for its users. The new "Status" feature lets users share photos, GIFs or videos overlaid with drawings , emoji's and a caption that will be visible to selected friends for 24 hours , before disappearing. Users can also see who has viewed their Status update by tapping the eye icon at the bottom of any Status update. The new feature is now available to all u...

The iPhone 8 will be good for more than just Apple

It's not just iPhone fans who are anxiously waiting for the iPhone 8 to arrive, an iPhone version that will be unlike anything Apple created so far. Apple suppliers that live and die by Apple's orders are also going to profit from the iPhone 8's popularity, including Apple's primary iPhone assembler, a Taiwan-based company you may have heard of: Hon Hai or Foxconn . A report in Bloomberg over the weekend said that Foxconn is riding the wave of "iPhone 8 expectations." Foxconn shares gained 29% last year, with optimism about Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone helping the company reach a decade-high. The Taiwanese company is expected to mass-produce the OLED iPhone 8 later this year, and an exclusivity deal will surely prop up the stock. Bloomberg says Apple could sell 20 million to 23 million iPhones in China alone during the December 2017 quarter, according to estimates from Counterpoint Research, or 20% more than last year . Apple accoun...