Messaging Apps

Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp is currently working on several new features as it looks to catch up with its peers like Telegram. We have compiled a list of some of the biggest new WhatsApp features currently under development. What Happened: WhatsApp has added several new features...

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly planning on flagging and blocking certain keywords linked to unions on its internal messaging app. What Happened: The words on Amazon’s watchlist include “Union,” “Living Wage,” “Petition,” “...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is holding back evolved Text messaging by not incorporating the “industry standard” on iMessage, a Google executive said Monday. What Happened: Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president at the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary for...

Matthew Rosenfeld, also known as Moxie Marlinspike, says he is replacing himself as CEO of Signal, a privacy-focused messaging application.  What Happened: Marlinspike’s place will be taken in the interim by Signal founder Brian Acton. Acton is the co-creator of Meta Platforms Inc...

Signal, a messaging app that rivals Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp, has stopped working in China, CNBC reported Tuesday. What Happened: The privacy-centric messaging app is still available for download on Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store, according to CNBC. CNBC hinted that...

The co-founder of Signal, Brain Acton, said the pouring of outrage over Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) changes to WhatsApp privacy policy is an “opportunity for Signal to shine,” TechCrunch reported Tuesday. What Happened: Acton told TechCrunch in an interview that the user base of...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk sent Signal downloads soaring as he advocated for the messaging app last week. The app was installed 7.5 million times on Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android app stores between Jan. 6 and Jan. 10,...