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26-06-2015, 09:12 AM
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Facebook's messenger could one day be bigger than Facebook
LOS ANGELES — Facebook is now allowing users in some countries to sign up for its Messenger app without having a Facebook account, a move that could further accelerate Messenger’s growth, and possibly even help the app to eventually have more users than Facebook itself.
The company announced yesterday (June 24) that users in Canada, the US, Peru and Venezuela are now able to sign up for Messenger with just their name and phone number. Facebook still encourages users to use their Facebook account for Messenger, pointing out in a blog post that it may help to find contacts, as well as access Messenger via Facebook’s website on their PCs.
Facebook’s decision to further decouple Messenger from its social network goes to show the growing importance of messaging for the company. Facebook acquired messaging app Whatsapp for US$16 billion (S$21.5 billion) in early last year and spun out Facebook’s own messaging functionality into the separate Facebook Messenger app last April.
Messenger has since become the most popular free app on Google Play, surpassing even the traditional Facebook app. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg revealed this month that Messenger now has 700 million monthly active users. That’s still less than Facebook’s 1.4 billion monthly active users, but Messenger is growing quickly: In November it had 500 million users; by March, it had 600 million. VARIETY.COM/REUTERS
http://www.todayonline.com/tech/facebook...r-facebook
(not vested)
Facebook's messenger could one day be bigger than Facebook
LOS ANGELES — Facebook is now allowing users in some countries to sign up for its Messenger app without having a Facebook account, a move that could further accelerate Messenger’s growth, and possibly even help the app to eventually have more users than Facebook itself.
The company announced yesterday (June 24) that users in Canada, the US, Peru and Venezuela are now able to sign up for Messenger with just their name and phone number. Facebook still encourages users to use their Facebook account for Messenger, pointing out in a blog post that it may help to find contacts, as well as access Messenger via Facebook’s website on their PCs.
Facebook’s decision to further decouple Messenger from its social network goes to show the growing importance of messaging for the company. Facebook acquired messaging app Whatsapp for US$16 billion (S$21.5 billion) in early last year and spun out Facebook’s own messaging functionality into the separate Facebook Messenger app last April.
Messenger has since become the most popular free app on Google Play, surpassing even the traditional Facebook app. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg revealed this month that Messenger now has 700 million monthly active users. That’s still less than Facebook’s 1.4 billion monthly active users, but Messenger is growing quickly: In November it had 500 million users; by March, it had 600 million. VARIETY.COM/REUTERS
http://www.todayonline.com/tech/facebook...r-facebook
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