By August 2014, WhatsApp had ballooned to 600 million users and become the popular messaging app in the world. Experts predicted the app could force the telecommunications industry to lose billions.

As well as blocking almost 7 million accounts from its platform, WhatsApp also says it is now working on a bunch of new features that will help to stop cyber crooks in their tracks. These include a ...

Mention groups on Status: WhatsApp enabled users to mention friends and family in their status last year. Now, you can also mention your groups. All group members will receive a notification in ...

Both platforms had their run-ins with the Russian authorities in the past. The Kremlin tried to block Telegram between ...

Google can now read your WhatsApp messages by default, a move experts told Metro raises ‘concerns about user consent’. Android phone users received an email last week from the tech giant saying that, ...

WhatsApp said Monday that users will start seeing ads in some parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messag… ...

After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen ...

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s two billion users — many of ...