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Four months ago Facebook paid a whopping $19 billion for Whatsapp and a few people may have thought that it was an exorbitant price to pay. For any doubters out there, Whatsapp is worth every cent of the $19 billion that was paid for it. Why is it really worth so much? As of the time of the deal in February 2014, Whatsapp had an estimated 450 million users. It is still growing daily and said to be adding an estimated one million users daily. It currently has an  estimated 500 million  active   users  as of April 2014  and so has the largest user base of any messaging service in the world. However, what makes it truly appealing is that it exists on almost all mobile OS platforms available - iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and even Symbian and Asha. Android may rule the world and the USA may worship the iPhone but hundreds of millions of users around the world still use other platforms. Many people in countries like India and Nigeria (with a combined...

Twitter is a free social networking website like Facebook, Google Plus or LinkedIn. A social networking site is a place where people meet other people who share similar interests and activities to communicate or share information with them. Twitter's main difference is that it is also a micro-blogging service. It allows its users to send and receive updates composed of up to 140 characters known as Tweets. First of all here are a few terms which a beginner to  Twitter  should learn: Tweet: An update or post on Twitter Tweeting : The act of posting on Twitter Tweeter : A person who uses Twitter Retweet (RT) : A tweet that has been repeated Tweeps  : Also known as Followers . These are the people who follow you and receive your updates on Twitter Others include Tweeple : People who use Twitter Twaffic : Twitter traffic consisting of tweets and retweets There are more words which are part of the Twitter vocabulary. You can find them at Twictionary.com,...