Meta's paid subscription: Soon you have to pay more for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Plus to access new featuresMeta subscription: Meta has introduced paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. These plans offer users extra feature...
28 May, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
India is facing a data obesity epidemic—as storage in phones fails to keep up with people’s voracious appetite for visualsIndia’s growing use of smartphones, AI tools and social media is driving a surge in demand for digital storage, with experts warning of a “...
10 May, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
India powers Meta’s $1 billion paid messaging businessSandhya Devanathan, who now heads Meta’s India and Southeast Asia region, said the region constitutes a large chunk of users for Meta platf...
15 Jan, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
AI scanning chats? WhatsApp responds after Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma's warningWhatsApp's latest update brings AI integration, raising privacy concerns. Vijay Shekhar Sharma alerts users about potential AI access to ch...
19 Aug, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
WhatsApp calling gets major update; call scheduling, reactions now availableThe move is aimed at making the Meta-backed messaging platform more interactive and planned and catering to both personal and professional ...
18 Aug, 2025, 10.21 PM IST
WhatsApp introduces first major advertising featuresWhatsApp will introduce advertising features. This marks a shift for the messaging platform. Meta aims to monetize WhatsApp's user base. Ne...
16 Jun, 2025, 06.44 PM IST
Elon Musk’s XChat feature enables audio, video calls on X without a phone numberXChat's encrypted feature is similar to what Meta Platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram are trying to achieve. WhatsApp uses a protocol for...
02 Jun, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
Snapchat rolls out subscription service in India at Rs 49 per month, set to offer exclusive featuresThe brand announced the service amid reports of massive losses and layoffs.
10 Aug, 2022, 10.04 PM IST
Snapchat brings paid subscription service to India amid layoffs, poor growthSnapchat subscribers in India will receive a Snapchat+ badge for their profile with a Star designation.
10 Aug, 2022, 02.34 PM IST
Messaging app Telegram: few paid subscribers needed to cover costsTelegram Premium service users will get a higher limit for chats, media and file uploads, founder Pavel Durov said on June 10, noting that ...
22 Jun, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
After Telegram and Twitter, Snapchat working on a paid subscription feature; will allow users early access to updatesFor Snapchat, it would be the first subscription product.
17 Jun, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
WhatsApp is working on new features for its Business accounts, but you will need a subscription plan to use themThe platform is working on some key features exclusively for the paid subscribers.
20 Apr, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
RIL brings back chatbot to assist investors on rights issueIn a regulatory notice, Reliance said it had issued and allotted 42.26 crore partly paid-up equity shares of a face value of Rs 10 each for...
15 May, 2021, 06.58 PM IST
450 million users is the magic number of WhatsApp valuationWhatsApp’s 450 mn users are already on FB but that is par for the course in acquisitions, where acquirers take actions on faith, rather tha...
07 Mar, 2014, 07.25 AM IST
How will Facebook monetize WhatsApp?While direct advertising seems off the table for now, here are some possible ways that Facebook can use for monetizing WhatsApp.
21 Feb, 2014, 04.44 PM IST
Games, apps market in India to touch Rs 2,700 cr by 2016: ReportMore than 50 per cent of mobile Internet traffic and paid content revenues come from smartphones, dominated by Google and Apple app stores.
29 Sep, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
WhatsApp to stay ads-free, tie up with more telecom firmsMobile messaging company WhatsApp, which claims more users than Twitter’s 200 million, is looking to expand in India through tieups with te...
14 May, 2013, 04.44 PM IST