WhatsApp is back up after it went down a little after 4pm. in some countries for an hour

A map from DownDetector showing countries that suffered from WhatsApp outage. — DownDetector

WhatsApp is back up after almost an hour of outage

WhatsApp is back up after it went down a little after 4pm. The popular messaging service, owned by Facebook, was also down in countries like the United States, Britain, India and Singapore.

Complaints flooded social media network Twitter with various hashtags such as #WhatsAppDown.

At this point it's not clear what caused the downtime. WhatsApp used to maintain an account on  Twitter at @wa_status to post the status of the service but it has gone dormant since 2014.

DownDetector, a site that reports on downtimes, has received 1,704 reports of outages so far. Based on the map on DownDetector, Singapore, Jakarta and some parts of Europe were the most affected.

Even though the service was down for less than an hour, it caused a lot of frustration, as it’s one of the top messaging service. Maybe it’s time to have an an alternative or two such as Telegram, WeChat or Facebook Messenger.

Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2017/11/03/whatsapp-down/#Pg3X4Qs7LjOB5Q6p.99