Delayed mandatory privacy policy update by Facebook’s WhatsApp, to reportedly trigger questions from Indian parliamentary panel

Signal reportedly hiring more staff to cope with surge, as it and Telegram benefit from WhatsApp data policy update controversy
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
Rough start to the year for communication platform Slack, which is in the process of being acquired by CRM giant Salesforce
Watch out Zoom! WhatsApp is reportedly deliver voice and video calling to WhatsApp Web, its desktop based offering
Devastating bug found by Check Point that can permanently destroy group chats within WhatsApp with just one text
Global outage “just about fixed” but problems are still ongoing after significant disruption
Used by millions around the world, Kik Messenger is closing down as developers want to concentrate Kin cryptocurrency
Crush Analyser. Messaging app that includes an AI assistant to improve personal relationships, arrives on iOS
Going offline. Protesters in Hong Kong are reportedly using a Bluetooth-based messaging app to communicate
Development of new Threats app to give social networking giant ability to ramp up pressure on Snapchat
Users can now more easily access Outlook calendar events and emails and OneDrive files from within Slack
Criminals increasingly utilising encrypted apps, rather than the dark web, to trade child abuse images
Facebook limits WhatsApp message forwarding to just five people, down from the previous 20
Redesigned to make mobile app more streamlined with a simplified user interface
Facebook service fixes video call flaw that could allow hackers to hijack user accounts
Its good to talk? Not according to Ofcom study, as messaging apps overtake number of mobile calls
Out with the old…twenty years after it was first launched, Yahoo Messenger is to be retired in mid July
The TeleGrab malware steals chats from Telegram’s desktop application, which doesn’t support end-to-end encryption
Hush hush at Twitter, as it secretly adds the ability to send encrypted direct messages on its Android app
First Russia now Iran becomes latest country to begin blocking access to Telegram services
But will it work? Russian court orders telecom firms to block Telegram messaging app in Russia
WhatsApp Business promises to overhaul the experience for SMBs
Long before Skype or WhatsApp achieved their domination, AIM was the pioneer of instant communications (IM)
The text (or SMS) message was once more widely used than mobile phone calls, but its use in recent years has declined in favour of instant messaging
WhatsApp for iPad could arrive soon as Facebook continues push into business market