South Africa
Marketing & Media Mobile
Submit newsAdvertiseSubscribe
NewsPress Office NewsCompaniesJobsEventsPeopleMultimediaFeaturesOpinion
AdvertiseSubmit news

Industries

All industriesAgricultureAutomotiveConstruction & EngineeringEducationEnergy & MiningEntrepreneurshipESG & SustainabilityFinanceHealthcareHR & ManagementICTLegalLifestyleLogistics & TransportManufacturingMarketing & MediaPropertyRetailTourism & Travel

Features

BizTrendsWomen's MonthCannes LionsPendoringEffie AwardsBizTrendsTVWorld PR DayIMC ConferenceOrchids and OnionsThe Lead CreativeLoeries Creative WeekMore Sections..

In the news

PnetGoTyme for BusinessThe Media KrateIMC ConferenceBrandMappMakeReignJoe PublicASK AFRICABroad MediaTopco MediaHOT 102.7FMUniversity of PretoriaSo InteractiveHelmOnPoint PREnquire about a company Biz Press Office
Agriculture
Automotive
Construction & Engineering
Education
Energy & Mining
Entrepreneurship
ESG & Sustainability
Finance
Healthcare
HR & Management
ICT
Legal
Lifestyle
Logistics & Transport
Manufacturing
Marketing & Media
Property
Retail
Tourism & Travel

News

Industries

Companies

Jobs

Events

People

Video

Audio

Galleries

Submit content

My Account

Advertise with us

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies
    Post your Job Ad here >>
    Search jobs

    WhatsApp will no longer support BlackBerry, Nokia S40, Windows 7.1, earlier Android versions

    By the end of this year, WhatsApp users on BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, will no longer be able to use the instant messaging sevice.
    By Myolisi Sikupela
    3 Mar 2016
    Image source ©
    Image source © Memeburn

    In addition to cutting support for the BB OS, WhatsApp will no longer be compatible with Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 7.1 and earlier versions of Android, Android 2.1 and Android 2.2

    The Facebook owned IM announced that these devices and platforms will soon be incompatible with the platform, owing to their inability to offer the kind of capabilities that WhatsApp needs to expand its app’s features in the future.

    The company, which recently turned seven years old, now has one-billion monthly active users, meaning one in seven people in the world are now on WhatsApp...

    Continue reading the full article on Memeburn.

    Read more: Nokia, BlackBerry, Memeburn, Myolisi Sikupela
    Share this article
    TopicsNext
    Related
    Top stories
    More news
    Let's do Biz