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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook offered $3 billion to buy the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat in 2013. Snapchat’s founder, Evan Spiegel, turned down the offer. Ever since, Facebook and some of its top apps — including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger — have been trying to tap into the explosively popular photo-sharing features pioneered by Snapchat. The latest sign of that came on Monday as WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application used by 1.2 billion people, unveiled a version of its Status feature that takes a significant number of cues from Snapchat. Similar to Snapchat’s Stories feature, WhatsApp’s Status now lets people share images, GIFs and videos as a status update, all of which last for 24 hours before disappearing. The move follows a string of actions by Facebook to emulate Snapchat. In August, Instagram introduced a Stories feature that was a near exact copy of Snapchat’s. In December, Messenger revamped its look and feel to emphasize sending photos, just like Snapchat. ...

The Whatsim has been launched since last year but FBL feels like bringing the idea back to our mind. Just as the name implies, WhatSim, it allows you to browse and chat with your Whatsapp Application for one full complete year without any other extra charges. Well, Whatsim is too popular! Did you know that WhatSim connects WhatsApp in about 150 countries with more than 400 operators? And the inventor of the Sim card is Manuel Zanella, who also happens to be the founder of Zeromobile and the first mover of wearable technology with his i’m Watch, the world’s first smartwatch. What’s A WhatSim? If you are asked what is Whatsim? The answer is really simple, the name implies the meaning. In other words, WhatSim is a SIM card available to purchase online for €10, plus €5 shipping. But it’s not like any other SIM card. It allows the user to use Facebook-owned IM service WhatsApp in any country, without limit, for a year. It’s available in nano, micro, and standard SIM sizes, and...