Fill in the Blanks Text "How it started"Online version Complete the story of how was Whatsapp was created using Past Simple or Past Continuous according to what you need. by Melisa Longone 1 was working studying was met Jan Koum and Brian acton are the founders of Whastapp . Koum , born in Ukraine , first Acton in 1997 , while he in a state unidersity in Silicon Valley and for a computer security firm , inspecting Yahoo´s advertising system . Acton an engineer at Yahoo ! 2 left spent was working grew Within a year , Koum also as an engineer at Yahoo ! During their time at the company their friendship a lot . They both their jobs on the same day in 2007 and a year travelling around South America together . 3 allowed started had became was watching In early 2009 , Koum movies at a friend´s place when he the idea for Whatsapp . It as an idea to send notifications to friends , but soon an instant - messaging app that any smartphone user to text without paying SMS fees . 4 were encouraged were thinking was living were told using But by June 2009 , nobody , not even Jan´s friends , the app . Both men off their savings and still unemployed . Koum Acton that he about looking for a job . Acton him to give it a few more months . 5 asked got released trhilled bought When Koum the second version of the app , he Acton to become a co - founder and Acton his friends from Yahoo ! to invest $250 . 000 in the business . Fortunately , in February 2014 Facebook Whatsapp for $19 billion . They were !
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