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• Why Germany wants to block Facebook's Messenger-Instagram-WhatsApp merger

  Facebook made a splash recently when CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to integrate its messaging platforms on Instagram, Messenger, ...

  • Vishwam Sankaran

• WhatsApp can now protect your chats with TouchID and FaceID (and I hope it gets copied)

  WhatsApp is launching a new security feature that's so simple and useful, I'm surprised more messaging apps haven't implemented ...

  • Napier Lopez

• After Facebook, Google apologizes for running a user data collection program on iOS

  Last night, just when we were trying to get our heads around Facebook's data collecting program, TechCrunch reported that ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• It's not just WhatsApp - India's fake news problem plagues several popular social networks

  You can't discuss the 'fake news' phenomenon in India without bringing up WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Open standards can disrupt Facebook’s messaging monopoly

  Facebook is working on integrating Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp's messaging platforms into a monopoly. Here's how it ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• How to send files, links, and text from your phone to your desktop

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• WhatsApp to roll out forwarding limit globally

  In order to curb fake news, WhatsApp tested limits on forwards in India including containing forwarding a message to only ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Report: WhatsApp surpasses Facebook as the social network's most popular app

  In recent years, Facebook has arguably been the most popular app in a lot of major markets across the globe. However, WhatsApp, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• This study shows why people fall for fake online profiles

  The first step in online propaganda and misinformation campaigns is a fake social media profile. According to this study, ...

  • The Conversation

• WhatsApp could be getting its own cryptocurrency

  Kik might not be the only messaging app to support cryptocurrency payments if Facebook's latest dream for WhatsApp comes ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Turn any photo into a WhatsApp sticker with this free Android app

  Snap photos or import images into Sticker Studio, and you can quickly create stickers to use in WhatsApp on your Android ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Instagram gets WhatsApp-style walkie-talkie voice messages

  Facebook-owned Instagram has just added one of the best features from its sister app, WhatsApp: direct voice messages.

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• WhatsApp Business finally rolls out for Android — and it’s totally free (for now)

  After years of waiting and limited trials, businesses finally have their own WhatsApp solution. The company today launched ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Nigeria caught in WhatsApp fake news whirlwind ahead of elections

  After numerous infamous cases of people in India and Brazil falling prey to fake news spread on WhatsApp, the problem is ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• I communicate with my parents via email... is that weird?

  Parents are weird — you love them, but also want them as physically far from you as possible. Until you miss them, or want ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Study: WhatsApp helps Nigerian women get their voices heard

  Mobile phones have become widespread all over the world, including in rural and low-income communities. As research shows, ...

  • iAfrikan News

• The 7 deadly sins of email security

  Email is one of the most fundamental forms of business communication today. Not many of us can imagine our lives without ...

  • Mark Forrest

• 50% of American WhatsApp users don't know it's owned by Facebook

  Research from the search engine DuckDuckGo has revealed 50 percent of American WhatsApp users don't realize Facebook owns ...

  • Callum Booth

• Now is the perfect time for foreign developers to focus on the Chinese app market

  Although there are issues with China's tech scene — like its harsh censorship. Now is the perfect time for us developers ...

  • Matej Michalko

• WhatsApp's label for forwarded messages won't be enough to battle fake news

  Continuing its mission to help fight the spread of misinformation on its platform, WhatsApp is introducing a label to help ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal