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WhatsApp cofounder: 'It is time' to delete Facebook

WhatsAppcofounderBrianActonhasamessageforFacebookusers:DeleteFacebook.InatweetonTuesday,Actonjoinedthechorusofvoicescallingonpeopletodeletethesocialnetwork.Hisa

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Will 'WhatsApping' money change India's e-payment market?

WhatsApp,thebiggestinstantmessagingplatforminIndia,issettolaunchapaymentservicelaterthismonth.TheBBC'sDevinaGuptareportsonhowthiscouldaffectthecountry's$400bn(£

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WhatsApp starts digital payment tests in India

WhatsApphasfinallystartedtestingthedigitalpaymentsfeatureit'sbeenworkingonsinceearly2017.TheFacebook-ownedchatappiscurrentlygivingalimitednumberofusersinIndiath

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Indian lawyer threatens to sue WhatsApp over a rude emoji

AnIndianlawyerisn'ttoohappywithWhatsApp'ssuiteofemojis.There'soneemojionthislistthathasdrawntheireofanIndianlawyer.Specifically,hewantsthe"middlefinger"removedf

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Prescient messages about Indian companies circulate in WhatsApp groups

ThreedaysbeforeDr.Reddy’sLaboratoriesLtdannouncedquarterlyresultsthissummer,amessagecirculatedonaprivateWhatsAppgroupsayingtheIndiandrugmakerwouldnotpostgoodnum

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Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp, Telegram messaging services

Afghanistan’stelecomsregulatorwrotetointernetserviceprovidersthisweekorderingthemtoblockthemessagingservicesWhatsAppandTelegrambutitwasnotimmediatelyclearwhethe

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Facebook is said to take the next step to monetize WhatsApp

FacebookisgearinguptomakemoneyfromWhatsApp,themessagingserviceusedbymorethanabillionpeopleeveryday,theWallStreetJournalreportedonTuesday.WhatsAppwillbetestingne

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EU fines Facebook 110 million euros over WhatsApp deal

European Union antitrust regulators fined Facebook (FB.O) 110 million euros ($122 million) on Thursday for giving misleading information during a vetting of its deal to acquire messaging service WhatsApp in 2014.

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EU fines Facebook 110 million euros over WhatsApp deal

EuropeanUnionantitrustregulatorsfinedFacebook(FB.O)110millioneuros($122million)onThursdayforgivingmisleadinginformationduringavettingofitsdealtoacquiremessaging

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Facebook to appeal German order on WhatsApp data

Facebook (FB.O) said it would appeal against an order by a German privacy regulator on Tuesday to stop collecting and storing data of German users of its messaging app WhatsApp and to delete all data that has already been forwarded to it.

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Brazil judge briefly blocks WhatsApp over criminal case

​A Brazilian judge briefly blocked Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging service on Tuesday for failing to cooperate in a criminal investigation, before the nation's top court overturned the measure in the third such incident since December.

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Facebook's VP in Latin America arrested for not turning over user messages

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested Diego Dzodan, Facebook's vice-president for Latin America, for not complying with previous judicial decisions.

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WhatsApp will no longer work on BlackBerry and Nokia platforms

Here's some bad news for BlackBerry users, global messaging service WhatsApp is ending support for BlackBerry devices by the end this y

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WhatsApp to introduce voice calls in second quarter

WhatsApp intends to add voice calling to its free text messaging service in the second quarter of 2014, it was announced on Monday.