WhatsApp to offer in-app purchases, cloud hosting services

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Facebook moves to boost app's revenue.

WhatsApp to offer in-app purchases, cloud hosting services
Facebook on Thursday said its WhatsApp messaging app would start to offer in-app purchases and hosting services, as it moves to boost revenue from the app while knitting together e-commerce infrastructure across the company. The world's biggest social media company has been trying to boost ...

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