WhatsApp, grew from 0 to 500 million users in 5 years!
WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app; the company says it has 2 billion daily users. These users send more than 100 billion messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. Some 400 million of those users are in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market, followed by another 120 million in Brazil.
This leela is from the AdiDaUpClose.org site.
The raspberry pi SBC (single board computer) began in England in 2012 as an idea to get a really low-cost computer into schools to teach children computer skills. “The original model became more popular than anticipated, selling outside its target market for diverse uses such as robotics, home and industrial automation, and by computer and electronic hobbyists, because of its low cost, modularity, open design, and its adoption of the HDMI and USB standards.”–wikipedia
I use Raspberry Pis for digital signage, and as a music player and as a backup server. They’re simple and low-power small deck-of-cards size computers.
I just bought a raspberry Pi zero, and hoped to use it for a kiosk in a local realtor’s office. However, the default browser, chromium, was a total pain to use–actually, it is unusable on this little computer… So I ordered a Raspy Pi 4, and a day passed, and I thought… why not look for a lightweight browser? See if that will work? And of course I got one and it’s working fine! That’s a win for patience and persistence.
What if I told you there’s a smartphone that costs 1/10th the price of some flagships but gives 95% of their features? Yeah, bargain time! The Moto G Play is available on Amazon for $130. April 2024.