Category: Instant Messaging

Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree

Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking to break into the U.S. market are spending huge sums to get their wares in front of American consumers.
Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules

For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally compelled them to make major shifts to their products and businesses.
Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate

The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder to track criminals.
Runners, on Your Marks: Strava Just Opened DMs

The popular fitness app’s new direct-message feature has users split between titillation (a new place to flirt!) and trepidation (a new place to flirt …).
Apple Is Doing Its Part to End Green Bubble Shaming. It’s Our Turn.

While texting technology will soon get better, the “blue versus green bubble” disparity is far from over.
Apple Texting With Android Users to Improve Next Year

Longstanding texting problems between Android and Apple owners will ease next year. Among other changes, users will be able to send better-quality videos and photos.
Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.
Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.
Meta Will Charge up to €12.99 for Ad-Free Versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe

Starting in November, subscriptions will cost between 9.99 euros and 12.99 euros per month, the company said.
Meet the A.I. Jane Austen: Meta Weaves A.I. Throughout Its Apps

Meta introduced artificially intelligent characters based on Jane Austen, Snoop Dogg and others into Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, as the race to lead the technology heats up.
Meta May Offer Ad-Free Subscriptions for Instagram and Facebook in the E.U.

The subscription plan is a response to European Union policies and court rulings to restrict Meta’s data-collection practices.
Meta May Offer Ad-Free Subscriptions for Instagram and Facebook in the E.U.

The subscription plan is a response to European Union policies and court rulings to restrict Meta’s data-collection practices.