https://ict-pulse.com/2014/02/top-5-free-iphone-apps-caribbean-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-free-iphone-apps-caribbean-2&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-free-iphone-apps-caribbean-2 Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://ict-pulse.com/2014/02/top-5-free-iphone-apps-caribbean-2/#comment-170795 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:08:30 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=50402#comment-170795 […] On Wednesday, 19 February, shockwaves went through the global tech community by an announcement that social networking giant, Facebook, would be purchasing WhatsApp, an instant messaging smartphone application (app) for USD 19 billion (a combination of cash and stocks paid over four years). Released in 2009, WhatsApp’s proprietary cross-platform service had a subscriber base of 450 million as at December 2013, and is reportedly growing by 1 million subscribers per day (Source: Wall Street Journal). It is also the fifth most downloaded app on the Android platform, and as reported last week, was among the top five most downloaded free apps in the Caribbean. […]

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