Facebook profits jump 71% while WhatsApp growth surges

Facebook is 13 this year, and while its teenage years have caused concern about the sociological implications for a network that connects almost a third of the world’s population, it sure is effective at printing money. The two billion people who log in to the site every day ensured revenue hit a whopping $9.3 billion (~£7.09 […]

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Facebook profits jump 71% while WhatsApp growth surges

Facebook is 13 this year, and while its teenage years have caused concern about the sociological implications for a network that connects almost a third of the world’s population, it sure is effective at printing money. The two billion people who log in to the site every day ensured revenue hit a whopping $9.3 billion (~£7.09 […]

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WhatsApp adds an extra layer of security with 2-step verification

WhatsApp just introduced a major update to its security settings and you should take advantage of it as soon as you can. The app is officially adding support for two-step verification, which prevents someone else from activating your phone number without a six-digit passcode. The feature, which has been testing in beta since November, is […]

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Does WhatsApp have a backdoor in its encryption?

Neither WhatsApp nor The Guardian are having a good day. The UK-based newspaper published a scathing exclusive report early Friday morning, purporting to reveal disturbing news about the encryption used by WhatsApp’s, the Facebook-owned messaging service. Almost as soon as the article went live, however, security experts took to the internet to publicly question the […]

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India wants more details from WhatsApp on its data sharing policy

WhatsApp won’t be able to get away with its privacy policy changes so easily in India. India’s Supreme Court today sent a notice to the central government, telecom regulator TRAI, as well as Facebook and WhatsApp to address a petition that raises issues with WhatsApp’s move to share some user data with its parent company […]

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