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Popular messaging app Telegram seems to be exploring a new way to make money: a “premium” subscription with exclusive stickers and reaction emojis.  As earlier reported by Android Police, beta testers for Telegram’s iOS app noticed the features in version 8.7.2. Telegram users will reportedly be prompted to sign up for a paid subscription once they …

WhatsApp is adding a new way for users to gather and chat with Communities, which is intended for organizations like schools and neighborhoods to coordinate and share media. Communities are WhatsApp’s answer to Telegram’s massive Groups and Channels, and while it’s unclear how many users can join a Community, they won’t be as much as the “hundreds of thousands of …

Your phone doesn’t need to be working to access texts on WhatsApps. Thanks to the web and desktop app’s new Linked Devices feature, previously in beta and rolling out to the public over the next several months, you can get faster access to chats from nearly any computer or tablet you choose, while preserving much of the encryption and security …

The internet is pretty much the air we all breathe now. It’s where we communicate, shop, find entertainment and discover what’s happening. It’s also where businesses track so much of what we do. So it behooves us to know how all that works, for good and for ill, and to learn how we can take control of our online lives. …

WhatsApp is updating voice messages for all those times when sending short audio recordings is more convenient — or expressive — than typing out your texts. The voice message feature is apparently quite popular, with WhatsApp announcing that 7 billion of these are sent on average per day. The new voice features should make it more flexible to listen to …

Landmark European Union legislation could mean WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Apple’s iMessage will have to let their users communicate with one another. Approved by EU members on Friday and awaiting official adoption, the Digital Markets Act is aimed at regulating massive “gatekeeper” providers, requiring them to exchange more information between services and provide space for smaller platforms to thrive in …

If you’re looking to delete your Facebook account, you might have any number of reasons for pulling the plug. Perhaps you’ve noticed social media usage taking a toll on your mental health. Maybe you take issue with the platform for reports of privacy violations, political brawling, damaging misinformation and other content that could be harmful to teens. Or you could be trying to wipe your personal …

With pandemic lockdowns worldwide last year, we all had plenty of time to play with our favorite handheld devices. In the top 10 markets, the average time spent on mobile devices was 4.8 hours a day in 2021, according to mobile-analytics firm App Annie, an increase of 30% from 2019. Consumer spending on mobile games grew to $27.3 billion in …

I decided to switch from my Android phone to an iPhone last summer, and I figured it wasn’t going to matter very much. I would need to relearn how to use iOS, but otherwise I’ve been using many non-iOS services, like WhatsApp, Signal and Instagram, to text and video chat with my family and friends for years. I barely even think …

Signal, the encrypted-messaging app, is on the lookout for a new CEO after Moxie Marlinspike said Monday he’s stepping down. After leading the company for almost a decade, Marlinspike says now is a good time to find a replacement.  “I now feel very comfortable replacing myself as CEO based on the team we have, and also believe that it is …