Apple's messaging app Messages has adopted a new cross-platform messaging standard called RCS. Here's how to be sure you have it enabled on your iPhone, and what new features it gives you when ...

These days, after meeting someone in person or online, the first thing you might do is look them up on the internet. At some point, you've likely scrolled through a new connection's social media pages ...

If you don’t use secure messaging apps, now is a good time to start. U.S. officials say a massive Chinese hacking campaign, dubbed Salt Typhoon, has compromised the communications of an unknown number ...

Social messaging apps tend to make major news headlines a few times per year for either their use in planning some sort of crime or, more routinely, for users’ privacy concerns over how companies like ...

Users of Facebook’s Messenger app will soon be able to do more than just chat with friends and send them emoticons. They’ll also be able to send money. Facebook is adding a payments feature to its ...

Meta is making changes to WhatsApp and Messenger in order to add interoperability with third-party chat apps — in Europe, that is — and the company is sharing how it would work in a new post. Based on ...