Technology and the Internet
WhatsApp says it is using a powerful form of encryption to protect the security of photos, videos, group chats and voice calls in addition to the text messages sent by its more than 1 billion users worldwide.
April 5, 2016
Facebook Inc.’s global outage — which hit users of its namesake social network as well as sister services Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp — is winding down, the company announced Thursday.
March 14, 2019
Business
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging service has begun to globally restrict the number of people a message can be forwarded to, in an attempt to fight fake and misleading information from going viral on the platform.
Jan. 21, 2019
The $19-billion deal for the messaging app underscores tech giant’s mobile push.
Feb. 19, 2014
Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in Facebook Inc.’s popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of targeted phones without any user interaction.
May 14, 2019
Facebook to acquire WhatsApp
The war for mobile messaging is on
May 11, 2013
WhatsApp price ups the ante in a big-spending industry
Feb. 21, 2014
BlackBerry Ltd. is suing Facebook Inc., accusing the social media giant of patent infringement.
March 6, 2018
Stratospheric valuations, such as the $19 billion that Facebook is paying for WhatsApp, are becoming common for hot tech start-ups that have many users but few prospects for making money.