Messaging

iOS 19 Gets Even Better as Apple Plans to Unveil Significant Texting Upgrades

Apple has announced major improvements to its messaging experience with the upcoming iOS 19 update. One of the biggest highlights is the company’s commitment to adopting RCS Universal Profile 3.0,…

Controversial EU proposals would require the scanning of private messages to guard against child abuse

The European Commission – the executive branch of the European Union (EU) – has set out new regulation that would oblige chat apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp to…

WhatsApp to stop auto-saving media to Photos when users have disappearing messages enabled

The messaging platform WhatsApp is changing how it saves media to the iPhone Photos app. Instead of photos, GIFs and videos being saved to the gallery on a user’s device…

WhatsApp Deal Highlights Suite of Similar Apps

Facebook’s announcement it is paying $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire WhatsApp is a milestone in the short history of mobile messaging apps. Hundreds of millions of people…

Instagram Launches Direct Messaging Feature

NEW YORK — Instagram has added a new feature that lets users share photos and videos with up to 15 people rather than everyone who follows them on the popular…

Sprint Rolls Out Messaging Plus

Sprint said that connecting with friends and family just got easier for its customers via the launch of Messaging Plus on select iPhone and Android-powered smartphones. According to a release,…

Messaging Plus Makes it Easier Than Ever for Sprint Customers to Connect and Share with Friends and Family on any Carrier

App seamlessly combines texting, instant messaging, video chat, group messaging; along with video and photo sharing Connecting with family and friends just got easier for Sprint (NYSE: S) customers with…