After Facebook bought WhatsApp at $19 billion trillion, mobile apps have become a spotlight on the mobile internet arena. Take stock of 10 of the most popular mobile applications in this article, so that you can better understand mobile applications and see how mobile apps have changed our life communication habits.
United States: WHATSAPP
WhatsApp is an app for smartphones, Android phones, Windows phone phones, Symbian phones and BlackBerry users to communicate with each other. In 2009, WhatsApp was founded by former Yahoo employees, Koum, who has 450 million active subscribers, February 19 this year, Facebook announced a full 19 billion dollar acquisition of WhatsApp.
Cyprus: Viber
Viber is a mobile communications application launched in 2010 by Cypriot Viber Media, which currently registers more than 300 million users. Viber was bought 900 million dollars by Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce and Internet services company, in February this year.
China: micro-letter
The micro-letter was launched in 2010 by Tencent, the Chinese internet company. At present, the micro-letter has a global monthly active users of 272 million, and Tencent in the continuous upgrading of software to add a circle of friends, game center, such as a number of service plug-ins.
Japan: Line
Line by the Japanese Naver development, with its unique cartoon sticker expression received the love of young people. It can chat alone, also support group chat, and support the iphone, Android, Windows, BlackBerry, Nokia Asha and many other models. Currently registered users are over 300 million
South Korea: Kakao Talk
KakaoTalk, from Korea, has more than 100 million registered users. March 2010 Kakao Talk from a pioneering team, the founder of a strong background. The number of daily messages sent by the app is three times times the total number of SMS messages in the three major Korean carriers. Of the 55% market penetration rate in South Korea's smartphone, 95% are Kakao Talk users. 2013, Evernote low-key and kakaotalk marriage, Evernote related functions are also integrated into the KakaoTalk application.
Canada: Kik
Kik was founded by University of Waterloo students in 2009 and now has more than 130 million registered users. The Canadian Ontario Prov. app attracts 200,000 people a day to register.
United States: Tango
Tango users of mobile applications from Silicon Valley are already in 224 countries and regions, and according to the survey, Tango currently has a registered user of 900 million, and is still growing.
India: Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz, with 150 million registered users, is headquartered in Gurgaon, India. Founded in 2006, our products focus on Internet voice and social networking.
India: Hike
Another mobile application from India, 60% of the registered users of Hike1500, is from home, while the other 40% are mainly spread across Europe and the Middle East.
United States: MessageMe
Born in San Francisco, MessageMe, online in 2012, currently has 5 million registered users. It is worth mentioning that MessageMe received 1.9 million dollars of investment on March 20, 2013.