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According to the co-founder of Facebook, there are millions of users who have Facebook Messenger as their default SMS app.

Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp integration confirmed, but it is not arriving soon

Zuckerberg cautioned that the measure will be made available in 2020 or beyond as there is a lot of planning which will go into it.

31 Jan 2019 1:51 PM

Facebook said it is working on adding end-to-end encryption, which protects messages from being viewed by anyone except the participants in a conversation, to more of its messaging products, and considering ways to make it easier for users to connect across networks.

Mark Zuckerberg plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger

The three services will, however, continue as stand-alone apps, the report said, citing four people involved in the effort.

26 Jan 2019 12:07 PM

The outage comes just a few hours after the messenger announced that it would be curbing the number of forwards for users worldwide.

WhatsApp down: Twitterverse goes into a tizzy

Many of the over 1.5 billion users, both on Android and iOS, were unable to log into their app on Tuesday.

23 Jan 2019 5:36 PM

WhatsApp, which has around 1.5 billion users, has been trying to find ways to stop misuse of the app, following global concern that the platform was being used to spread fake news, manipulated photos, videos without context, and audio hoaxes, with no way to monitor their origin or full reach.

New WhatsApp rule: Restricted message forwarding

Previously, a WhatsApp user could forward a message to 20 individuals or groups.

22 Jan 2019 10:03 AM

WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding that will apply to everyone using its app. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp introduces further changes to forwarding to control fake news

With the new update WhatsApp users cannot forward messages to more than chats people at once.

21 Jan 2019 5:49 PM

The forward limit significantly reduced forwarded messages around the world. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp to cap message forwarding to 5 chats globally

WhatsApp carefully evaluated this test and listened to user feedback over a six-month period.

21 Jan 2019 3:39 PM

The GDPR, implemented in May, gives users the right to access their data and information about the sources and recipients of the data.

Austrian data privacy activist files complaint against Apple, Amazon, others

The GDPR foresees fines of up to 4 per cent of global revenues for companies that break the rules.

19 Jan 2019 10:30 AM

'This is unheard of. This is the first step of emergency in India where an opposition leader's PRO's phone is banned,' Munde said. (Photo: File)

'First step of emergency': NCP leader claims aide's WhatsApp disabled

Prashant Joshi, the PRO of Dhananjay Munde, said his WhatsApp service stopped functioning suddenly on Wednesday afternoon.

17 Jan 2019 11:24 AM

The Bild am Sonntag newspaper said the watchdog will present the US company with its ruling on what action it needs to take in the next few weeks.

German antitrust watchdog to act against Facebook: report

The antitrust plans to order Facebook to stop gathering some user data.

14 Jan 2019 8:39 AM

US and India lobby groups, representing Facebook and other companies, have sought legal opinions from law firms on the impact of the federal proposal.

Social media giants plan push-back on India's new regulations

The proposal, which caught many holidaying industry executives off guard, is open for public comment until Jan. 31.

13 Jan 2019 10:54 AM

Social media firms have long battled efforts by governments around the world to hold them responsible for what users post on their platforms. (Photo: ANI)

Social media giants plan push-back on India's new regulations: sources

The move comes ahead of India’s national election due by May and amid rising worries that activists could misuse social media.

11 Jan 2019 1:48 PM

They are looking for people who can send them hacks and exploits done remotely, and are ready to pay u to $1 million. This also includes remote iOS jailbreaks and Windows exploits, reported Motherboard.

How hacking into WhatsApp, iMessage can make you a millionaire

This company is ready to pay you $1 million if you can remotely hack into iMessage or WhatsApp.

08 Jan 2019 11:36 AM

The woman, who got married to Imtiaaz in April 2005, said she was harassed by her in-laws too. (Representational Image)

UP woman given triple talaq on WhatsApp from husband in Saudi

When she protested against the pictures sent by her husband, he gave her triple talaq over WhatsApp on November 8.

28 Dec 2018 11:27 AM

Govt mulls law to force firms trace fake news

The ministry is seeking feedback from the public on the draft amendments by January 15 before taking a final decision.

25 Dec 2018 1:18 AM

Instagram promoted its director of product management Vishal Shah as the head of product, effective immediately.

Instagram promotes Vishal Shah as head of product

Shah headed consumer, business, and revenue products divisions, including search, explore, Ads, IGTV, and shopping.

11 Dec 2018 9:21 AM

Spyware is endangering people’s lives

What they found was a form of spyware they had not yet seen, despite the fact that their entire job is to root out and counter such malicious tools.

11 Dec 2018 1:32 AM

Such misinformation has led to the lynching of over 30 people since January last year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Government meets with WhatsApp over tracing of fake news: source

WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed “sinister” content.

07 Dec 2018 6:29 PM

Arora had been with WhatsApp since 2011 and through Facebook's USD 19 billion acquisition of the messaging company in 2014.

WhatsApp's Chief Business Officer Neeraj Arora quits

Arora, an IIT- Delhi alumnus and the number four in the company, was being touted to take over as WhatsApp CEO earlier this year.

27 Nov 2018 1:27 PM

The appointment of Ezetap’s Bose highlights California-based WhatsApp’s ambitions in the payments space.

WhatsApp hires Ezetap's Abhijit Bose to be its India head

Bose’s appointment is the first time WhatsApp has created a country head role anywhere in the world.

22 Nov 2018 4:17 PM

Whatsapp picks Abhijit Bose to head India ops

Bose will build WhatsApp’s first full country team outside of California and will be based in Gurgaon. He will join WhatsApp in early 2019.

22 Nov 2018 12:43 AM

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