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A phenomenal app that
allows you to communicate quickly and
clearly with anyone around the world! With
450 million users in over 250 countries
across the globe, Whatsapp is on the cutting
edge of global communication.
What makes it so great? Well, for one thing,
WhatsApp is free and operates off Wi-Fi,
as opposed to a cell phone carrier, so data
rates and messaging fees are currently
nonexistent. You can do everything on
this app that you could do on a standard
messaging program: group messages, send
pictures and videos, even call someone
thousands of miles away, all presently free
of cost! The latest version of the app also
offers end-to-end encryption to ensure that
only you and your friend will be able to view
these messages. This means no third parties
prying into your personal details.
The sheer amount of coverage this app
provides is equally impressive. You can
instantly connect to people right next door
or the other side of the world. It doesn’t
matter if you are in Italy, Japan, Bangladesh,
or Norway; chances are that if a location
has access to Wi-Fi, they’ll have WhatsApp
users. Integrating your address book into
WhatsApp is done automatically, and will
show you all of your contacts that have also
downloaded the app!
This is a great app for Southeast students,
especially because of the international
presence found on campus. With this app,
you can maintain those relations even after
you or your friends have returned home. It is
a fantastic social and networking tool that is
continually improving, and should be the next
app on your list of things to download!
- Jacob Hill, User Sevices
The What’s What
On Whats App
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WhatsApp!