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WhatsApp now shows when texts you sent have been read (whatsapp.com)
4 points by xmpirate 4235 days ago
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This is similar to Blackberry's BBM service. Note that this doesn't apply to text (aka SMS) messages, but only to WhatsApp messages sent via a data connection.

EDIT: Yes, pretty much any IP-based messaging service has this capability.