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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">According to Forbes.com,WhatsApp has launched a desktop client service called <a href="http://web.whatsapp.com/" target="_blank">WhatsApp Web</a>.
 WhatsApp Web can be used by scanning a QR code with your phone to log 
in. WhatsApp Web mirrors the conversations and messages from your mobile
 device so your messages will still live on your phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are several limitations with WhatsApp Web. The biggest 
limitation is that iOS devices are not supported. WhatsApp Web is 
accessible through Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry or <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/nokia/">Nokia</a> 
 S60 devices. You will need to have the latest version of WhatsApp 
installed on your phone and you have to run WhatsApp Web from the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/google/">Google</a> <span class="quotecard_hook initialized" data-exchange="NASDAQ" data-naturalid="fred/company/1821" data-quotes-closing="509.94" data-quotes-now="520.39" data-ticker="GOOGL" data-type="organization"><span class="wrapper increase"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/google/"><span class="ticker">GOOGL</span> <span class="change">+2.05%</span></a></span></span>
 Chrome web browser. WhatsApp plans to launch WhatsApp Web for iOS 
users, but that timeframe is unknown. The reason why WhatsApp Web is not
 available for iOS now is due to “<a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/apple/">Apple</a> <span class="quotecard_hook initialized" data-exchange="NASDAQ" data-naturalid="fred/company/280" data-quotes-closing="108.78" data-quotes-now="109.55" data-ticker="AAPL" data-type="organization"><span class="wrapper increase"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/apple/"><span class="ticker">AAPL</span> <span class="change">+0.71%</span></a></span></span> platform limitations.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img alt="WhatsApp Web / Credit: WhatsApp" src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/amitchowdhry/files/2015/01/WhatsApp-Web.jpg" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why do you have to take a picture of a QR code to log into WhatsApp Web? WhatsApp uses phone numbers and <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/sms/">SMS</a>  to verify users instead of traditional usernames and passwords. This is why you do not see a normal login screen. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/whatsapp-comes-to-the-desktop/?ncid=rss">TechCrunch also pointed</a>
 out that it somehow uses your phone for more than just the initial 
login. If you phone dies, then your WhatsApp Web session also 
disconnects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Earlier this week, a third party app built off of WhatsApp called 
WhatsApp+ shut down after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the 
messaging service. WhatsApp also temporarily banned users that 
downloaded and actively used the WhatsApp+ app.  WhatsApp+ allowed users
 to change the colors and background images in chat conversations. It 
also allowed users to block people from seeing when you read their 
messages and offered the ability to increase the size limit of audio and
 video files. WhatsApp+ was downloaded over 35 million times since 
launching in 2012. “Our goal is always to keep WhatsApp fast and secure 
for the people who use it – it’s the most important thing we do,” said a
 WhatsApp spokesman in an interview with <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30912823">BBC</a>.
 “Third-parties that have built unauthorized functionality on top of 
WhatsApp create issues for people including lost messages.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">WhatsApp was created by Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009. The two of 
them left Yahoo! in 2007 and applied for jobs at Facebook, but failed 
during the interview process. In February 2013, WhatsApp hit 200 million
 active users. One year later, Facebook announced that they <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2014/02/19/whatsapp-founders-become-billionaires-in-19-billion-deal-with-facebook/">acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion</a>
 — which is the largest purchase of a company backed by venture 
capitalists. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the acquisition of 
WhatsApp was connected to his vision for Internet.org, an initiative to 
develop basic Internet services for developing countries around the 
world. Now WhatsApp has over 700 million active users sending over 30 
billion messages per day. In the product development pipeline, WhatsApp 
also has plans to launch a voice-calling service.</span></div>

WhatsApp Is Now Available On The Desktop

According to Forbes.com,WhatsApp has launched a desktop client service called WhatsApp Web . WhatsApp Web can be used by scanning a QR cod...