Tag: whatsapp
-
WhatsApp vs. Signal: The Privacy Wars Begin
On Wednesday, January 6, Facebook-owned WhatsApp informed its users of an update to their terms and privacy policy. The revamped terms entirely jettison the formerly existing boundaries involving WhatsApp and its parent firm, Facebook, verifying the long-held concern of several users that their personal data will feed Facebook’s indulgences. The upgraded privacy policy came combined…
-
Signal vs WhatsApp: Indian tech chiefs take sides
Some of India’s top entrepreneurs are joining a chorus of technology industry leaders in Silicon Valley, pushing for users to quit WhatsApp and join Signal, a messaging service backed by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton. These reactions follow WhatsApp updating its privacy policy and terms of service to share more user data with its parent Facebook.Prominent…
-
Chaotic protests erupted in Lebanon after its cash-strapped government tried to launch a 20¢ per day tax on using WhatsApp and Skype
Mariam Mroue Protests broke out in Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday just hours after the authorities tried to impose taxes on messaging services like WhatsApp, Skype, along with Viber. The information minister announced on Thursday that the authorities planned to charge people with the country 20¢ per day for utilizing online calling services, according to local…
-
Facebook ha problemi di crescita (per colpa di Instagram e WhatsApp) e forse non ha una soluzione
Il numero di utenti giornalieri del societal networking Facebook e dell’app Messenger è aumentato a 1,6 miliardi di persone nel secondo trimestre, ha dichiarato Facebook mercoledìutenti e il tasso di crescita dell’8 percent rispetto a un anno fa è il secondo più lento nella storia dell’azienda. In Europa, Stati Uniti e Canada – che insieme…