WhatsApp apologises to users for system crash

WhatsApp has apologised to users after its system went down for more than two hours on Saturday evening.

The team behind the instant messaging service blamed "server issues" for the crash.

WhatsApp has more than 450 million global users every month.

On Wednesday Facebook announced it was buying the company in a deal worth £11bn.

Problems were noticed by users including Olympic diver Tom Daley who tweeted: "Anyone else's WhatsApp stopped working?"

At 8.16pm WhatsApp tweeted: "Sorry we currently experiencing server issues. We hope to be back up and recovered shortly."

At 10.48pm they announced: "WhatsApp service has been restored. We are so sorry for the downtime."

Around 70% of WhatsApp's users use the app every day, according to Facebook

The service allows users to send messages over internet, avoiding text messaging fees.

It's claimed it is currently registering one million new users a day.

Speaking after Wednesday's takeover, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp's services as "incredibly valuable".

Facebook's deal to buy WhatsApp is not expected to go through until later in the year.
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WhatsApp apologises to users for system crash

WhatsApp has apologised to users after its system went down for more than two hours on Saturday evening.

The team behind the instant messaging service blamed "server issues" for the crash.

WhatsApp has more than 450 million global users every month.

On Wednesday Facebook announced it was buying the company in a deal worth £11bn.

Problems were noticed by users including Olympic diver Tom Daley who tweeted: "Anyone else's WhatsApp stopped working?"

At 8.16pm WhatsApp tweeted: "Sorry we currently experiencing server issues. We hope to be back up and recovered shortly."

At 10.48pm they announced: "WhatsApp service has been restored. We are so sorry for the downtime."

Around 70% of WhatsApp's users use the app every day, according to Facebook

The service allows users to send messages over internet, avoiding text messaging fees.

It's claimed it is currently registering one million new users a day.

Speaking after Wednesday's takeover, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp's services as "incredibly valuable".

Facebook's deal to buy WhatsApp is not expected to go through until later in the year.
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94year old Cecilia Chiang: Bring Chinese food to America

Before the 1960s, Chinese food in the United States was relatively unheard of, a bastardized version of the
authentic.

The tipping point came when, in 1961, the now 94-year-old Cecilia Chiang opened a restaurant in San
Francisco. A documentary on her life has been touted over the weekend at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami.

Meet the top chef who brought authentic Chinese food to America - Ninety-four-year-old Cecilia Chiang is at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami for a documentary centred on her journey to the country.

Chiang still remembers Chinese food in the U.S. when she first arrived.

"Pretty bad. It's all chop suey. And that's really not Chinese food," Chiang said. "And so at that time I decided I really have to do something, try to educate Americans and tell them what is the real Chinese food."

"Today, a little bit better. It's not that much better. I think some people always think Chinese food should be cheap.

When it's cheap, you don't get good ingredients. How could you produce good food? So that's very hard," she
added.

Cecilia Chiang brought authentic Chinese food to America.

The movie, "Soul of a Banquet" by Wayne Wang Productions, details Chiang's early life in China, her family
tragedy after moving to the U.S. and her experience as a businesswoman.

Oddly enough, she never cooked until she was raising her two children with her husband and decided to open a
restaurant in San Francisco.

"I'm not a cook at all, then after I came to this country I of course could not afford to have cook. So I started to learn how to cook. Started with rice, making rice and soup and then cook the meals for two of my children," she said.

She said she never thought there would be a movie about her and her life, but her mission to educate the American public about Chinese food has been accomplished.
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