NNPA NEWSWIRE — At Eastern, Belay studied Computer Science and Business Information Systems, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA in both majors! He...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Heisman Trust fulfills its mission by providing funding for youth development programs. These programs are vetted and funded through partnerships with the...
(Wired) – WhatsApp is the world’s most popular smartphone messaging app, letting more than 800 million people send and receive texts on the cheap. But...
(BBC) – In the old days we stored our treasured memories in photo albums and paper diaries. Physical things which could be passed on in a will....
(Trusted Reviews) – WhatsApp has just revealed staggering new stats for its messaging service, announcing that the app carries 700 million monthly active users. The BBC notes...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Uber, Facebook, Instagram — sure, they’ve been all the rage, but as 2014 winds down we’re all...
(CNN) – T-Mobile had a more remarkable 2014 than any other American tech company. Sure, Apple (AAPL) unveiled the iWatch and Apple Pay. Microsoft (MSFT) has been on an absolute tear...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — WhatsApp, the globally popular instant messaging system owned by Facebook, has begun using a powerful new encryption...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton received 116 million shares of Facebook stock currently worth nearly $9 billion when they...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has completed its acquisition of the mobile messaging service WhatsApp for almost $22 billion, up from the original $19 billion...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s antitrust authority says it has approved Facebook’s proposed $19 billion takeover of the messaging service WhatsApp. The 28-nation bloc’s...
[The Register] WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has insisted that his messaging service’s privacy policies will stay the same after it’s slurped by Facebook, while lamenting “baseless,...
[CNet] Answer the phone — WhatsApp is calling. Friday, screenshots purportedly depicting the widely popular messaging app’s coming-soon voice-calling features made their way to the Web...
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When I used WhatsApp to tell my family about Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of the company that...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is placing a $19 billion bet on reaching its next billion...