WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to infiltrate phones
The discovery is being termed as a targeted surveillance attack
Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook's "privacy-focused" future
Zuck believes private messaging is the way forward
Google's 'Duo' video calling app is reportedly arriving for desktop users
It all happens within your browser
Facebook wants to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger
End-to-end encryption is also reportedly in the cards
Google Hangouts to be officially retired in October
G-Suite customers will be the first to transition
What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for the phrase "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for standalone instant messaging clients when it arrived in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and those with a reason to have a cell phone actually used it to talk on.
Slack is preparing for an IPO that may raise as much as $10 billion
The company's value has skyrocketed this year
Verizon is launching 'RCS' messaging, but only for the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL
SMS is finally being replaced
Yahoo returns to messaging with group chat app Yahoo Together
Yahoo's take on mobile group messaging
WhatsApp co-founder shows remorse for selling out his users' privacy
He is currently funding fully encrypted messaging app Signal
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WhatsApp will charge businesses that take too long to reply
Facebook wants to monetize the popular platform
Microsoft counters Slack with a free version of Teams
Microsoft's collaboration tool is now free to use
Samsung Messages glitch could be sending your photos to random contacts
And you wouldn't even know about it
Google starts rolling out Android Messages for the web
Send and receive texts from your desktop
Walmart supports startup Jetblack that allows you to shop via text message
A modern ChaCha that can do your shopping
Apple pandering to Russia by blocking Telegram app updates globally
Cupertino collusion with the Russians
Discord celebrates its third birthday by revealing significant 2018 growth numbers
User numbers have climbed from 45 million to 130 million
Skype has gone from popular free calling app, to promising acquisition, to utterly mismanaged and now enterprise tool
Despite worsening public perception, Microsoft may have found a place to be with Skype for Business
Google wants to replace SMS with Chat, an RCS-based messaging service
Development of Allo is being put on pause
France is scared of Telegram, so they are making their own encrypted messaging app
Citing worries over snooping by Russian and US governments