Facebook’s WhatsApp has begun alerting its two billion users of an update to its privacy policy — and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it.
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Shares of Twitter slumped 7% on Monday, on course to knock off about $2.5-billion from the market value of the company, after it permanently suspended the account of US President Donald Trump.
The Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp’s updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media.
Investors are weighing how big to go on US technology stocks in the coming year, as pricier valuations, regulatory risks and a revival of the market’s beaten-down names threaten to dim their allure.
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out a beta version of its desktop app that features voice and video calls for the first time.
Facebook has attacked Apple in a series of full-page newspaper advertisements, claiming the iPhone maker’s anticipated mobile software changes around data gathering are bad for small businesses.
Facebook and Google, the two biggest players in online advertising, used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally, Texas and nine other states alleged in a lawsuit against Google.
Even in a year when bashing tech companies has become a bipartisan avocation, last week’s US antitrust assault on Facebook stands out.
The US took a major step toward the possible breakup of Facebook by formally filing an antitrust lawsuit against the technology giant. Here’s how a forced breakup would impact Facebook’s prospects.
Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company on Wednesday.