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Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani yaqala inkonzo I-Viber ithengwe yi-e-commerce yaseJapan, okunye ukutholwa kohlelo lokusebenza olukhulu lokuxhumana kuyeza. I-Facebook ithenga inkundla edumile i-WhatsApp ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-16, lapho izigidigidi ezine zizokhokhwa ngokheshi kanti enye izokhokhwa ngezibambiso. Lesi sivumelwano sihlanganisa nokukhokhelwa kwezigidigidi ezintathu zezisebenzi zenkampani. Lokhu okunye ukuthengwa okukhulu kwenkundla yezokuxhumana yeselula ye-Facebook, ngo-2012 yathenga i-Instagram ngemali engaphansi kwebhiliyoni.

Njengaku-Instagram, kwathenjiswa ukuthi i-WhatsApp izoqhubeka nokusebenza ngaphandle kwe-Facebook. Kodwa-ke, inkampani ithi izosiza ukuletha ukuxhumana nokusebenzisana emhlabeni ngokushesha. Enkulumweni yabezindaba, isikhulu esiphezulu uMark Zuckerberg uthe, "I-WhatsApp isendleleni yokuxhuma abantu abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane. Izinkonzo ezifinyelela kulesi sibalo zibaluleke kakhulu.” Kuthiwa i-WhatsApp njengamanje inabasebenzisi ababalelwa ezigidini ezingama-450, kanti abangamaphesenti angama-70 kubikwa ukuthi basebenzisa lolu hlelo nsuku zonke. U-CEO u-Jan Koum uzothola isikhundla ebhodini labaqondisi be-Facebook, kodwa ithimba lakhe lizoqhubeka nokuhlala endlunkulu yalo e-Mountain View, eCalifornia.

Ephawula ngokuthengwa kwengosi ye-WhatsApp, uKoum uthe: “Lesi sinyathelo sizosinika amandla okukhula kuyilapho uBrian [Acton - umsunguli wenkampani] kanye nethimba lethu lonke bethola isikhathi esengeziwe sokwakha insiza yezokuxhumana esheshayo, ezithengekayo futhi ezomuntu siqu, u-Koum uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzisi akufanele basabe ukufika kokukhangisa nokuthi imigomo yenkampani ayishintshi nganoma iyiphi indlela ngalokhu kutholwa.

I-Whatsapp okwamanje ingenye yezinkonzo ezidume kakhulu zalolu hlobo futhi itholakala kunqwaba yamapulatifomu eselula, nakuba itholakala ngomakhalekhukhwini kuphela. Uhlelo lokusebenza luhlinzekwa mahhala, kodwa ngemva konyaka kuba khona imali yonyaka engu-$1. Kuze kube manje, i-WhatsApp iphinde ibe umncintiswano omkhulu we-Facebook Messenger, njengoba i-Instagram yayivame ukusongela uFacebook kwesinye sezizinda zayo, okwakuyizithombe. Lokho cishe kwakuyimbangela enkulu yokutholwa.

Umthombo: I-Business Insider
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