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WhatsApp has added end-to-end encryption to all of its messages – meaning that the company couldn’t give information to governments, even if it wanted to. The latest version of the app will use security technology that means that messages can’t be intercepted as they...

As of today, one billion people are using WhatsApp – that’s nearly one in seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends and their family. The mobile messaging service was acquired by Facebook little more than...

Facebook announced on Wednesday afternoon that it reached an agreement to buy popular mobile messaging startup WhatsApp for an upfront total of $16 billion, including $4 billion in cash and about $12 billion in Facebook shares. Cofounder and CEO Jan Koum will join Facebook’s...