Image Source: WhatsApp
Days after Facebook said it would acquire messaging service WhatsApp, the company experienced a service outage for several hours.
WhatsApp sent out a Twitter message around 3 p.m. apologizing for service issues, saying it hoped to "be back up and recovered shortly."
It sent an update shortly before 6 p.m. saying its services were restored, though some users still reported issues on the company's Twitter feed.
Some speculated WhatsApp was overwhelmed by traffic following the $19 billion deal.
Read more about the outage at Re/code, here.
—By James Temple, Re/code.net.
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