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Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was not worried about the $7 Billion lost or the number of users who migrated to other social media platforms due to a seven-hour outage of Facebook Inc.’s services on Monday. Zuckerberg made this known in a Facebook post Tuesday evening. He said he was rather concerned about those who rely on his products to connect with friends and family. About three billion social media users regained access to their online community late Monday as Facebook-owned services, Facebook App, WhatsApp and Instagram, came back online after the record seven-hour outage. With Monday’s outage of his apps, Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion, knocking him down on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline, according to Bloomberg. The stock immediate slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $120.9 billion, dropping h...

The crashed of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook took the world by surprise and rendered millions of individuals and businesses incommunicado thereby leading to loss of huge amount of money. In order to avoid future occurrences and to avoid putting ones eggs in one basket, here are the best WhatsApp alternatives to keep lines of communication flowing. What other social application can I use instead of WhatsApp? Telegram Telegram attracts attention with its low internet requirements, has increased its popularity especially since the WhatsApp privacy policy long before the crashed saga. The application great media sending to public channels without losing quality, is considered the biggest competitor. Also, WhatsApp group capacity is less than 300 members while Telegram can accommodate thousands and many other advantages. Signal Signal application was released on Google Play on May 25, 2010. However, it became better in 2018 to become lovable by its users. The platform, which especially e...

As Telegram approaches 500 million active users, many of you are asking the question – who is going to pay to support this growth? After all, more users mean more expenses for traffic and servers. A project of our size needs at least a few hundred million dollars per year to keep going.  For most of Telegram’s history, I paid for the expenses of the company from my personal savings. However, with its current growth Telegram is on track to reach billions of users and to require appropriate funding. When a tech project reaches this scale, typically there are two options – start earning money to cover the costs, or sell the company.     Pavel Durov makes a few points to clarify the company's plan: 1. We are not going to sell the company like the founders of Whatsapp. The world needs Telegram to stay independent as a place where users are respected and high-quality service is ensured. Telegram must continue to serve the world as an example of a tech company that strives ...