Facebook buying messaging app WhatsApp for $16B
Facebook to buy mobile messaging service WhatsApp
View ArticleWhatsApp deal highlights suite of similar apps
The stunning price tag for a company that employs just 55 people is likely to boost valuations of other messaging applications and also stoke worries about a new tech bubble. Many of the apps are still...
View ArticleWhatsApp to add voice to messaging service
WhatsApp, the popular messaging service for smartphones that's being acquired by Facebook, will soon be offering a voice service.
View ArticleFacebook closes WhatsApp purchase now worth $21.8B
Facebook has completed its acquisition of the mobile messaging service WhatsApp for almost $22 billion, up from the original $19 billion when the cash-and-stock deal was struck early this year thanks...
View ArticleHere we go again: Paris attacks may renew encryption debate
The deadly attacks in Paris may soon reopen the debate over whether — and how — tech companies should let the government sidestep the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily digital...
View ArticleWhatsApp to drop renewal fees for the messaging service
WhatsApp, a popular mobile messaging service owned by Facebook, says it will drop its 99-cent subscription fee over the next several weeks.
View ArticleWhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook
Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company.
View ArticleWhatsApp discovers spyware that infected with a call alone
Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.
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