Telegram reached 1 billion users — and became the world’s second largest messenger after WhatsApp, or «a miserable copy» according to Durov
Telegram founder Pavel Durov saidreported that Telegram has become the second most popular messenger in the world, with 1 billion active users per month.
Goodbye, Skype: How the legend of the 2000s came to an end
Today, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger rule the world of convenient messengers. Signal is also gaining popularity. And we have gradually begun to forget how in the early 2000s, everyone who had a computer used «ICQ». Gradually, ICQ turned into something from the long-forgotten past, and in 2024, the messenger ceased to exist. Now Skype…
No more Premium: WhatsApp announces free voice-to-text conversion
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Less than three years have passed: Meta bans Russian state media from Facebook and Instagram
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has announced that it is banning RT and other Russian state media from its platforms.
No VPN and no government permission: banned WhatsApp suddenly launched in China
WhatsApp has been miraculously working on some devices in China for two weeks — despite a longstanding government ban on the messaging service.
WhatsApp’s new beta feature allows file sharing without the Internet — over a local network
WhatsApp developers are working on several updates to the messenger’s features. Among other things, they plan to give users the ability to share files via a local network without the Internet. They will also add a way to write notes for people in the contact list.
Rakuten Viber announces AI feature based on ChatGPT that creates a chat summary
The most popular messenger in Ukraine, Rakuten Viber, has announced the launch of a new feature «Chat Summary», which will provide a summary of unread messages in a group chat (whether parental or home) on demand. It works on based on ChatGPT technology and now is being tested among 10% of iOS and Android users in Ukraine, the USA, Japan,…
Last year, Rakuten Viber blocked almost 40 thousand fraudsters and spammers in Ukraine — against 130 thousand in 2022
The Japanese company Rakuten (owner of Viber) has reported on counteracting phone fraudsters and spammers in Ukraine for 2022-2023.
WhatsApp plans to put Meta AI right in the search bar
The popular WhatsApp messenger is working on placing Meta AI right in the search bar.
Court orders spyware maker Pegasus to hand over code to WhatsApp representatives
A US court has ordered NSO Group, the maker of the Pegasus spyware, to hand over its code and other WhatsApp spyware.
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