Instant messaging clients
If You Receive This Message On Whatsapp, Delete It Immediately
If you get a message inviting you to change the colours on your WhatsApp, ignore it. Seriously. As much as new colours...
Russia Blocks China’s Biggest Messaging App
Moscow's communications regulator has added WeChat to its list of prohibited websites, according to Russian state news...
Facebook Tests Reactions and Dislike Button On Messages
Facebook finally has a Dislike button, but it’s not where you’d expect. How do you reply to a specific message in a...
China’s Tencent ‘deeply Sorry’ For Russia WeChat Block
Chinese internet giant Tencent said Saturday it was "deeply sorry" its messaging app WeChat was blocked in Russia,...
WhatsApp Back Online After Global Outage of ‘a Few Hours’
WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a widespread global outage on Wednesday that...
Iran Blocks Telegram App Voice Calls
Iran's judiciary has blocked newly introduced voice calls on Telegram, the most popular messaging app in the country,...
Security Flaw Found In WhatsApp, Telegram
Hundreds of millions of users of the web versions of WhatsApp and Telegram messengers were put at risk by a serious...
Security Flaw Found In WhatsApp, Telegram
A computer security firm on Wednesday revealed a flaw that could let hackers break into WhatsApp or Telegram messaging...
Why Snapchat’s Owner Is Hiring In China
Snapchat may be banned in China, but that isn't stopping the messaging app's parent company from building a toehold in...
Facebook Accused Over WhatsApp Takeover
Facebook has been accused by the European Commission of misleading it during its investigation of the company’s 2014...
Viber Update Adds Instant Video Messages and Chat Extensions
Today, Viber is rolling out a brand new update that brings the ability to share short video messages with your friends...
WhatsApp Has Finally Added Video Calling
WhatsApp has upped the ante in the battle to be a one-stop shop for communication with the launch of video calling...
WhatsApp Video Calling Is Finally Here
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new features in recent months but perhaps the most eagerly awaited has been video...
WhatsApp Finally Launches Video Calling
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new features in recent months but perhaps the most eagerly awaited has been video...
Black Freshmen At University of Pennsylvania Receive Racist Messages
A number of black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday received multiple messages via a mobile group...
Tencent To Budget $295m For Backing Movie Projects
Tencent Holdings Ltd’s main movie arm plans to spend at least 2 billion yuan ($295 million) investing in Hollywood...
Facebook and WhatsApp Data Exchange Blocked
Facebook has been told it must not use data gathered from UK members of its WhatsApp messaging app to target ads on its...
A Journey From Chat To Welfare
It was the new thing, everybody wanted to be on. People will often ask “Are you on WhatsApp”?This question was...
Facebook Messenger Made 95% Slimmer
Facebook has announced a “slimmed down” version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and...