The text specialists at WhatsApp say they now have a whopping 300 million monthly active users. “WhatsApp users now send 11 billion messages and receive 20 billion messages per day,” AllThingsD reports. Simply put, WhatsApp “helps users send text messages between all different types of mobile phones on all different carriers in every country.” 

Crying copyright infringement, the National Music Publishers Association is suing popular YouTube channel Fullscreen. “The NMPA, the biggest trade association for music publishing, alleges that numerous artists in Fullscreen’s network of more than 10,000 channels illegally use songs in their videos, and that both the artists and Fullscreen profit from the advertisements that appear with those videos,” The Wrap reports. Domestically, Fullscreen is currently the second biggest network after VEVO. 

Why is Zynga shutting down OMGPOP after spending a reported $200 million for the mobile-game developer in 2012? For one, “Zynga has to trim the fat,” write TechCrunch. “If it doesn’t, it risks the whole company going under.” But, what about letting OMGPOP exist independently, as some employees reportedly suggested? “The fear might have been that if OMGPOP succeeded … it could have been embarrassing for Zynga,” TechCrunch suggests. 

Despite solid growth, both Samsung and Apple lost mobile marketshare to Chinese vendors during the second quarter of the year, according to new data from Canalys. All told, “Samsung and Apple managed to grow their smartphone shipments in Q2 2013, by 55% and 20% respectively to maintain first and second place,” The Next Web notes, citing the analyst firm’s new reports. 

TV shows do in fact benefit from Twitter buzz, Nielsen confirms in a new report. “It’s the first research that conclusively states that an increase in Twitter commentary about a TV show can increase viewership of that same show as it airs live,” AllThingsD reports. “That’s a very big deal for Twitter.” 

How can cable companies prevent more customers from cutting the proverbial cord in favor of broadband services? Get rid of the cord, Cablevision CEO James Dolan suggested, this week. Yes, as Dolan told The Wall Street Journal, "There could come a day" when Cablevision abandons its TV service in favor of broadband. “His comments may be the first public acknowledgment by a cable CEO of the possibility of such a shift,” WSJ notes. 

Taking its mobile strategy very seriously, LinkedIn is now letting users apply for jobs via its iOS and Android mobile apps. “The ability to apply without resumes is an interesting development for LinkedIn,” TechCrunch notes. It was only last month that the social network for business professionals introduced the ability for users to search for jobs via its apps. 

Like many in the media world, Bob Cohn, editor of Atlantic Digital, remains deeply conflicted about online comment sections, and the questionable contribution they make to Web sites’ overall experience. “The main issue here is whether comments create such a negative environment that they detract from the reading experience, a proposition to which many would answer yes,” Cohn writes in Folio:. 

Popular RSS reader Feedly is rolling out its premium service, this week. At $5 per month, Feedly Pro will afford subscribers full article search, along with https for extra security, one-click saving via Evernote, and better customer support. As WebProNews reports, “Feedly says that Feedly Pro will keep getting better.” 

Facebook has tapped Gary Briggs -- most recently chief marketer of Google’s Motorola Mobility unit -- as its first CMO. As AdAge reports, Briggs will be replacing Eric Antonow, who, as vice president of product marketing, has overseen Facebook’s marketing efforts since 2010. “The change in title reflects an expanded scope for the role,” AdAge writes.