Messaging Apps news and trends

Apple Blocks Third-Party Apps Using iMessage to Link Android Phones
Apple // December 10, 2023

Apple has reportedly shuttered third-party apps that let Android and iPhone users communicate via iMessage. The tech giant has “taken steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage,” according to a statement by the...

Coinbase Enables Sending Money Through Messaging and Social Media Apps
Cryptocurrency // December 05, 2023

Coinbase Wallet has added new features that aim to simplify and expedite money transfers globally. The updates allow Coinbase Wallet users to send money through any platform that supports link sharing, including popular messaging apps, social media apps and email, Coinbase said in a Tuesday (Dec. 5) blog post....

WhatsApp Business Adds QR Codes, Product Catalogs
Facebook // July 09, 2020

Facebook is expanding the capabilities of its WhatsApp Business messaging app, which the company says now has about 50 million users. The company said in its announcement of new features that it is making the changes because “people need easy ways to get in touch...

Facebook Could Face Challenge To Integrating Messaging Apps In EU
Regulation // January 29, 2019

Facebook could face challenges by the European Union if it integrates Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger messaging functions, reported  CNBC. The report, citing the Irish Data Protection Commission, reported the DPC said Facebook’s proposed integration of the messaging apps can only happen in the EU if...

Quick Reads
Telegram Ponders IPO as It Approaches Profitability

March 12, 2024
The owner of messaging app Telegram is reportedly considering taking the company public. In an interview with the Financial Times posted Tuesday (March 12), Pavel Durov said that his Dubai-based platform has 900 million users, and is making “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenues thanks to advertising and premium subscription services. “We are hoping to become profitable next year, […]

Apple Blocks Third-Party Apps Using iMessage to Link Android Phones

December 10, 2023
Apple has reportedly shuttered third-party apps that let Android and iPhone users communicate via iMessage. The tech giant has “taken steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit...

Coinbase Enables Sending Money Through Messaging and Social Media Apps

December 05, 2023
Coinbase Wallet has added new features that aim to simplify and expedite money transfers globally. The updates allow Coinbase Wallet users to send money through any platform that supports link sharing,...

WhatsApp Business Adds QR Codes, Product Catalogs

July 09, 2020
Facebook is expanding the capabilities of its WhatsApp Business messaging app, which the company says now has about 50 million users. The company said in its announcement of new features...