WhatsApp has apologised to users after its system went down for more than two hours on this evening. The team behind the instant messaging service blamed server issues for the crash. WhatsApp has more than 450 million global users every month. On Wednesday Facebook announced it was buying the company in a deal worth £11bn. Problems were noticed by users including Olympic diver Tom Daley who tweeted: Anyone elses WhatsApp stopped working? At 8.16pm WhatsApp tweeted: Sorry we currently experiencing server issues. We hope to be back up and recovered shortly. At 10.48pm they announced: WhatsApp service has been restored. We are so sorry for the downtime. Around 70% of WhatsApps users use the app every day, according to Facebook The service allows users to send messages over internet, avoiding text messaging fees. Its claimed it is currently registering one million new users a day. Speaking after Wednesdays takeover, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApps services as incredibly valuable. Facebooks deal to buy WhatsApp is not expected to go through until later in the year.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:14:06 +0000
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