[DS Notes] WhatsApp Crosses 300 Million Monthly Active Users, Adds Voice Mssaging

WhatsApp today updated its mobile messaging app to add voice messaging capability across multiple platforms. As the most traditionalist among all mobile messaging companies, this addition is quite a leap as the company had been maintaining a comparatively limited set of features. Voice messages are recorded by holding the microphone icon on the app and gets delivered as soon as the finger is lifted. To AllThingsD, CEO Jan Koum revealed that WhatsApp now has 300 million monthly active users who share 325 million photosphere day, dominating the messaging landscape in dozens of countries.

Read more of the interview with WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum at AllThingsD.