10 years ago to the day, Facebook announced that it was purchasing WhatsApp for $19.6 billion — that’s billion, with a B. The news rocked the online world for several reasons, not the least of which ...

If you use WhatsApp, Facebook, or other Meta-owned apps, chances are you had a rough afternoon today. Why? WhatsApp, Facebook, and other apps were down for a couple of hours. When did the outage start ...

Headlines this week following Elon Musk’s fight with Meta should be a serious reality check for 3 billion messaging users across WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Here’s what you need to know. Do these ...

Meta is now allowing you to connect WhatsApp to Accounts Center for streamlined settings and cross-platform sharing. Integration is not automatic -- users must manually enable it, and it will change ...

Meta platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are experiencing a global outage with thousands of reports of the app not working properly since roughly 2 p.m. ET Wednesday.WhatsApp appears to have ...

Acquired a decade ago for $22 billion, WhatsApp has yet to become a big business for Facebook. This has become something "we have to do," said Matt Idema, a vice president of business messaging.

In its biggest acquisition yet, tech giant Facebook has snapped up popular messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition finally makes Facebook a big player in the world of ...

There’s an update shock coming for Facebook Messenger users, which has implications for the platform’s billion users as well as Meta’s other giant WhatsApp, which is even bigger... Major surprise for ...

Hundreds of thousands of users are reporting issues using Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday afternoon. Here's what we know so far. Are Facebook and Instagram down? Downdetector, which tracks ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp could soon have specialized features available only to users willing to pay for them. Meta is forming a new division called New Monetization Experiences that will be ...

In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship application. I wrote about WhatsApp because it was a no-brainer. I was an international student from India, ...