A nonprofit organization was just revealed, made by the folks at Signal (the chat platform and app) and co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton. This nonprofit organization was “made possible” by Brian Acton and aims to “support, accelerate, and broaden Signal's mission of making private communication … Read More

Signal uses end-to-end encryption, so your messages and images are safe from prying eyes. The encryption developed by Signal has become a sort of gold standard for secure communication. Since it's open source, Signal has been used in other chat products like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, … Read More

Perhaps the most surprising thing I learned about Signal when I spoke with Moxie Marlinspike, the encrypted chat service's creator, last year at Disrupt, was that it was essentially running on a shoestring budget. An indispensable tool used by millions and feared by governments worldwide, barely getting … Read More

Open Whisper Systems, the company behind the end-to-end encrypted Signal messenger, announced the creation of the Signal Foundation. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who left WhatsApp and Facebook last year, will join the foundation as Executive Chairman and invest $50 million to expand … Read More

Facebook-owned popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp has today released another new feature for its WhatsApp Beta app for Android and Windows Phone. With this new update, you can add a group description on your groups. The feature will soon be roll out to the main app and for iPhone users … …

Police are on the hunt for an unidentified man, who has been sexually harassing a 26-year-old woman from Bandra by creating fake profiles of her on Facebook and WhatsApp, claiming that she is a sex worker, posting morphed photos of her and sending her rape threats. Police said the woman …

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has also joined as the foundation's executive chairman, his first new role since leaving WhatsApp last fall. And Acton's not only devoting the next phase of his post-WhatsApp career to Signal, but a fair-sized chunk of his WhatsApp billions, too: He's personally injecting … Read More

The new feature lets you add a description to a WhatsApp group with a 500 character limit. According to a report on WABetaInfo, any group member can add the description about the group, which will be similar to the 'About' feature seen on Facebook. The Group Admin can change the …

While the option to add group descriptions isn't a hugely significant new feature, it could prove useful for certain types of WhatsApp group chats, for instance, those created around an event. The person or people organising the event could post key information in the description box, which other members … Read …

After introducing the group description feature for Windows, it looks like WhatsApp is on its way to introduce another feature to make conversations interesting for users. Spotted in the Windows Phone beta version 2.18.24, the new feature is complemented with a redesigned notification icon. 'Stickers' are … Read More