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World's largest messaging platform adds new coronavirus related restrictions
World's largest messaging platform adds new coronavirus related restrictions
All sorts of information and social media platforms are currently struggling with misinformation as informing the public about COVID-19 and ...... 08 Apr 2020
Messaging app ToTok is spying on its users
Messaging app ToTok is spying on its users
A fairly new and reasonably popular messaging app ToTok has been found to come with spyware. Reports from the likes of The New York Times say ...... 23 Dec 2019 - 1 comment
Google launches iMessage-like feature to U.S. Android phones
Google launches iMessage-like feature to U.S. Android phones
Google has today started the rollout for its Rich Communication Service messaging feature on Android. RCS allows rich messaging on Android's ...... 14 Nov 2019 - 1 comment
WhatsApp support for Android Gingerbread and iOS 8 ends in early 2020
WhatsApp support for Android Gingerbread and iOS 8 ends in early 2020
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform with over a billion users around the world. While most of these users have a fairly up-to-date ...... 30 Sep 2019
Facebook looking to reverse the removal of Messenger from Facebook app
Facebook looking to reverse the removal of Messenger from Facebook app
Facebook has had its own Messenger app for mobile devices for nearly 8 years now, but it was five years ago they made one of the oddest and ...... 13 Apr 2019
Facebook's revamp on Messenger is ready for limelight
Facebook's revamp on Messenger is ready for limelight
Facebook is of course known for its core business, that is the world's most popular social media site, but the company is perhaps even more ...... 25 Oct 2018
Google ready to give up and copy iMessage
Google ready to give up and copy iMessage
Google's mobile operating system is the most popular around the world, but it is not without faults, far from it. Many of you are familiar with ...... 21 Apr 2018
Amazon wants to challenge Facebook's messaging empire
Amazon wants to challenge Facebook's messaging empire
Two two most populous instant messaging platforms are WhatsApp and Facebook's Messenger. Well, one should say Facebook's WhatsApp and Facebook's Messenger. ...... 18 Jul 2017
Snapchat introduces new filters called World Lenses
Snapchat introduces new filters called World Lenses
Snapchat has today announced that its instant messaging app will be receiving new digital candy to decorate your pictures and videos. Unlike ...... 19 Apr 2017
Facebook Messenger reaches 1 billion users
Facebook Messenger reaches 1 billion users
Facebook has yet another service that has reached 1 billion users. 22 Jul 2016 - 2 comments
WhatsApp will drop support for dead operating systems by end of the year
WhatsApp will drop support for dead operating systems by end of the year
In news that will likely not affect you - popular messaging application WhatsApp has announced it will drop support for some older, dead operating systems. 28 Feb 2016
WhatsApp launches Web client
WhatsApp launches Web client
WhatsApp has launched their first web client, allowing desktop users to use the cross-platform messaging service directly from their Web browser. 24 Jan 2015 - 1 comment
Britain wants to ban secure messaging because of terrorists
Britain wants to ban secure messaging because of terrorists
As Je suis Charlie has become the trending topic around the internet politicians are pressured to make decisions on new anti-terrorists acts. ...... 13 Jan 2015 - 3 comments
WhatsApp reaches 200 million monthly users
WhatsApp reaches 200 million monthly users
Active userbase bigger than that of Twitter 16 Apr 2013
WhatsApp expanding subscription model to iOS
WhatsApp expanding subscription model to iOS
Will cost $1 per year 19 Mar 2013 - 9 comments
     

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