Turkey probes Facebook’s move to collect WhatsApp data
The Turkish Competition Board said on Monday it launched an investigation into WhatsApp and its owner Facebook Inc after the messaging app asked users to...
Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday, saying that it broke antitrust law and should potentially be...
WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after report of spyware attack
Facebook’s WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable...
WhatsApp to limit message forwarding after India mob lynchings
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding messages that will apply to all users, the messaging app said on Thursday, after Indian...
UK says WhatsApp lets paedophiles operate beyond the law
Britain said WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption communication services allowed paedophiles and organised crime groups to operate beyond the reach of the law and called on the...
UK minister says encryption on messaging services is unacceptable
By Elizabeth Piper Technology companies must cooperate more with law enforcement agencies and should stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate” using encrypted...
The global top 10 android apps
The top ten Android apps in the world last month had a combined download figure of over 300 million. According to Priori Data, at the...
WhatsApp, Gmail roped into tougher EU privacy proposal
By Julia Fioretti Online messaging and email services such as WhatsApp, iMessage and Gmail will face tough new rules on how they can track users...
WhatsApp relaxes privacy stance, to share phone numbers with Facebook
Popular messaging service WhatsApp said it would start sharing users’ phone numbers with parent Facebook Inc, marking a notable shift in its stance on privacy....
Competition leaves Twitter in the dust
When Twitter reported its results for the second quarter of 2016 on Tuesday, the company once again disappointed its investors with lackluster user growth. Instead...
Facebook shares soar as mobile drives big jump in ad sales
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Abhirup Roy Facebook Inc smashed investors’ expectations with a 52-percent jump in quarterly revenue as it sold more ads targeted at...
Privacy bill to allow past evidence in court
By Elias Hazou BY a narrow majority the House on Thursday passed a government bill allowing the court-ordered lifting of communications privacy, considered a crucial...