Secure messaging app Signal has recieved a boost of $50 million from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who left Facebook just last year. In a move that will also see Acton become executive chairman of the Signal's new not-for-profit organisation, The Signal Foundation, the cash injection will enable … Read More

A student is facing life behind bars for stabbing a 19-year-old to death following a petty WhatsApp spat. Paul Akinnuoye, 20, from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, traded gay insults with Jordan Wright in a group called “Ice city boyz”, a court heard. The defendant called Mr Wright a “batty boy” …

WhatsApp is now rolling out a new 'Group Description' feature in its latest beta update version 2.18.54 on Android and for version 2.18.28 on Windows phones. The new feature, first spotted by WABetaInfo, can be seen at the top of the Group Info Section and it allows users to set …

I first met Moxie in 2013 when I was at WhatsApp and we were working on a joint effort to add end-to-end encryption to the app. I was blown away by his technical ability and admired his passion and absolute commitment to data protection and personal privacy. Moxie will continue …

Brian Acton left WhatsApp, the company he co-founded with Jan Koum, after eight years in September 2017. Since then, the tech billionaire had been discussing plans to create a non-profit with technology and communications elements. It emerged this week that Acton personally put $50m of his own … Read More

NEW DELHI: In an apparent hint that Facebook is set to monetise its WhatsApp operations, a new Terms of Service (ToS) spotted in the Google Play Beta Programme says that WhatsApp will work with Facebook companies over the next year to help businesses connect with its 1.5 billion users. Read …

"For example, you might see Facebook options to start a conversation with a business on WhatsApp," the new ToS read. "If you use Facebook Company Products, we will ask Facebook to use the information it has about you and your interests to help us provide you a way to connect …

A student has been found guilty of stabbing his 19-year-old friend to death over a "petty" WhatsApp argument. Paul Akinnuoye and Jordan Wright traded "gay" insults on a group chat on 19 April 2017. The argument escalated and the pair agreed to a fight in Shooters Hill, south-east London, where … …

LONDON: Instant messaging platform WhatsApp announced that the administrators of group chats on the app can soon add a description for the group. In a new … To counter this, WhatsApp said admins would be able to prevent non-admins from modifying a group description in the days to come. Read …

“As well as not having a safety alarm, Whatsapp is too open,” added Mr Glazer. “It has too much irrelevant information spoken about in groups. “It is better to set up a Neighbourhood Watch first and then get neighbours in a group through that – then you all know each …