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26 Sep
China blocks Whatsapp ahead of the Communist Party’s national congress
The Chinese government has interfered with WhatsApp, the instant messaging service, in a censorship push ahead of a Communist Party meeting on October 18.
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30 Aug
Messaging apps are beginning to work with cryptocurrencies — here’s why
Monetisation of the messaging market is in full swing, and many apps are starting to use advertising to keep the lights on.
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2 Aug
India’s Paytm is looking to launch a messaging app to rival WhatsApp
Paytm, India’s leading digital payments app is looking to launch its own messaging app to take on Facebook’s WhatsApp.
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27 Jul
Facebook’s earnings show the company officially dominates social media now
Facebook released its quarterly earnings this week and announced a bigger profit than expected thanks to huge ad revenue growth.
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17 Jul
Australia and Indonesia turn on encrypted apps in the fight against terror
Another day, another government fight against encrypted messaging apps.
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2 Jun
WeChat Pay has shown Facebook payments could actually work
In China, the mobile payment market is no longer monopolised by Alipay as competition from WeChat has dented its market share.
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18 May
EU Commission fines Facebook €110m for misleading information in WhatsApp deal
The European Commission has fined Facebook €110m ($122m) for providing incorrect or misleading information during its acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp back in 2014.
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31 Mar
The UK government is launching an offensive against encryption — what could this mean?
After last week’s terror attack at the Houses of Parliament, the UK government wants to crack down on the secure ways terrorists can communicate with one another.