Sunday, February 23, 2014

WhatsApp works again, after hours of failure - Le Nouvel Observateur

New York (AFP) – The mobile messaging service WhatsApp working normally again Saturday night after a global outage of several hours, only three days after his redemption price of gold by Facebook

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“WhatsApp services have been restored. Sorry for the downtime,” could be read Saturday at 2300 GMT on the Twitter account of the mobile application acquired for $ 19 billion Wednesday by the social network.

Earlier, another message announced that the courier was experiencing server problems without further explanation.

“Sorry we currently have server problems. Hopefully everything will start shortly,” wrote the group.

launching the WhatsApp application of its smartphone, it was impossible for users to log in and access their conversations. They could no longer send or receive messages.

WhatsApp has not indicated when the outage began, nor what had been the cause. He did not release either the number of affected countries.

after speculation relayed on his own Twitter account, the One explanation was that the application was a victim of its success since its spectacular redemption.

servers were not prepared for large crowds, according to techcrunch.com specialized site.

Facebook bought Wednesday WhatsApp for $ 19 billion in cash and in action in the hope of seeing double the number of users WhatsApp, currently 450 million worldwide.

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