Earlier this week, the European Commission announced the first list of gatekeeper companies and services for the European Union (EU). That's how we know Apple doesn't have to open iMessage to RCS ...

In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the project to merge Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, and WhatsApp. Last year, the company started unifying Instagram and Messenger by allowing you to message ...

The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) law is about to change the tech landscape in ways that other markets can only dream of, or dread, depending on who you ask. Features like iPhone sideloading and chat ...

In context: March 6 was the deadline for the biggest tech companies in the world to comply with the provisions of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA). The six so-called "gatekeepers," ...

While all three apps will continue to work as stand-alone applications, the underlying messaging infrastructure will be integrated. For example, a Facebook Messenger user could message a WhatsApp user ...

There’s an update shock coming for Facebook Messenger users, which has implications for the platform’s billion users as well as Meta’s other giant WhatsApp, which is even bigger... Major surprise for ...

No company is immune from the generative AI wave, and everybody wants in. Meta is the latest entrant in testing AI-powered tools for its products. Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is ...

Last year, Facebook merged WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram’s private messages into a single messaging platform. While each app remains a separate icon in your phone’s app library, users ...

Transferring your WhatsApp chats to Arattai Messenger is simple and secure. Just update both apps, ensure you have stable internet and enough storage, then export chats from WhatsApp (with or without ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The world’s leading tech giants look set to battle each other this ...

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