Messaging Apps

• France, Germany want messaging apps to limit encryption to fight terrorism

  France and Germany pushed Tuesday for Europe-wide rules requiring messaging apps to limit encryption to help governments monitor communications.

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  Aug 23, 2016
  
• Messaging app Viber turns on end-to-end encryption for its 700 million users

  Messaging app Viber has turned on end-to-end encryption for over 700 million users, as the debate over encryption and data privacy continues to evolve.

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  Apr 20, 2016
  
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• WhatsApp just provided encryption to a billion people

  WhatsApp – the Facebook-owned messaging app used by more than a billion people around the world – has switched on full end-to-end encryption for all of its users.

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  Apr 6, 2016
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• Texas jury orders Apple to pay $625.6 million in patent case

  A federal jury in East Texas has ordered Apple to pay $625.6 million after finding that Apple services like FaceTime and iMessage infringed on patents held by VirnetX.

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  Feb 5, 2016
• Gmail and WhatsApp each top 1 billion users

  Facebook and Google have both reached a significant milestone with two of their products.

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  Feb 2, 2016
• WhatsApp drops subscription fee to become entirely free

  Popular messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it will drop its $0.99 subscription fee to make the platform free for nearly one billion users worldwide.

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  Jan 18, 2016
• Facebook Messenger now has over 800 million monthly users

  Facebook announced Thursday that it's standalone app Facebook Messenger now has more than 800 million active monthly users.

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  Jan 8, 2016
• Google reportedly working on an artificially intelligent messaging app

  Google may be working on a new messaging app that would use artificial intelligence to give users answers to search queries, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

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  Dec 23, 2015
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• WhatsApp back online in Brazil after ban

  WhatsApp is blocked throughout Brazil following a judicial order requiring cellphone operators here to disable the messaging app for 48 hours.

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  Dec 17, 2015
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• Facebook’s untapped potential: Instagram, video and other services

  If you're starting to notice more ads on Instagram, it's all part of Facebook's plan.

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  Nov 5, 2015