WhatsApp is being used by many immigrants and migrants to stay in touch with family members and friends back home, thanks to its security, simplicity, ubiquity
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : Tweets: @sub8u , @nytimesbits , and @melissarfleming . Thanks: @ravichandrans25 Tweets: Subrahmanyam KVJ / @sub8u : Whatsapp has probably helped make a stronger case for mobile data than any telco initiative ever has. Via @fmanjoo. http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... NYTimes Bits / @nytimesbits : WhatsApp has quietly become the lingua franca of immigrant life, says @fmanjoo. http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Melissa Fleming / @melissarfleming : Wherever there are people leaving their homes for uncharted shores, you are likely to find them on WhatsApp. http://www.nytimes.com/... Thanks: @ravichandrans25