The founder and CEO of mobile messaging application WhatsApp , Jan Koum , said his platform already has more users than the social network Twitter, as stated in the conference D: Dive Into Mobile organized by technology website All Things Digital. The event, which is being held in New York, served to Koum were to find the popularity of the tool that was launched in 2009 as an alternative to traditional services messages between mobile phones. WhatsApp messenger is a network application that has a cost of 99 cents (or annual subscription, depending on the OS) that lets you sendunlimited messages between users at no additional cost.. Currently produced 18,000 million messages a day on this platformthat has millions of users, but Koum not specify their number and just confirm that is higher than is the social network Twitter. Twitter officially estimated at 200 million the number of users per month for short message service. Despite rumors of acquisition by Facebook and Google, WhatsApp has denied it is in talks to be sold , according to All Things Digital. Koum sensed a bright future for WhatsApp as to increase the number of people with access to a phone with an Internet connection. "Once that happens it will be extremely easy to monetize the application" , said in that forum Koum Yorker who began Monday and concludes today, and have passed the executives from Facebook and Google, among other companies. Koum denied that in an effort to get more revenue WhatsApp was considering changing its policy on the inclusion of advertisements. " We have a manifesto opposes advertising.'re proud . Whom do you like the ads? They bombard us both in our daily life we feel that smartphones are not the place for that. not want to be interrupted with ads when you're talking with your loved ones, "said Koum.
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