SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook said Friday it was trying to get its chat apps to be friends, allowing users to exchange messages across platforms. The leading social network is behind free, stand-alone smartphone apps Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Each service is popular, but users have to be in the same application to connect. "We're working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks," a Facebook spokesperson said in reply to an AFP inquiry regarding a New York Times report about the effort. "As you would expect, there is a lot of discussion and debate as we begin the long process of figuring out all the details of how this will work." Facebook hoped to get the messaging apps communicating with one another while remaining separate services by the end of this year or early next year, according to the Times report. Each of the Facebook-owned messaging services boasts more than a billion … [Read more...] about Facebook wants to merge Messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram chat
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Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger:…
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services and incorporate end-to-end encryption into these apps, the New York Times reported on Friday. WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble The three services will, however, continue as stand-alone apps, the report said, citing four people involved in the effort. Facebook said it is working on adding end-to-end encryption, which protects messages from being viewed by anyone except the participants in a conversation, to more of its messaging products, and considering ways to make it easier for users to connect across networks. “There is a lot of discussion and debate as we begin the long process of figuring out all the details of how this will work,” a spokesperson said. After the changes, a Facebook user, for … [Read more...] about Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger:…
Facebook to ‘integrate its WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram messaging services’
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly planning to integrate the company’s three different messaging services into a single infrastructure. Facebook has begun a project to merge its WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram messaging services into a unified system by 2020, according to a report in The New York Times on Friday. The project is not thought to involve creating a new messaging app, but could allow Facebook users to message people who only have a WhatsApp account, as the services would run on the same technology. Facebook currently operates three different messaging services in the apps. The company is planning to introduce a single infrastructure which would use end-to-end... Register for free to read this article, or log in to your Telegraph account Register Log in … [Read more...] about Facebook to ‘integrate its WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram messaging services’
Mark Zuckerberg is ordering Facebook employees to make big changes to the way the company’s most popular apps work, connecting WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger
Mark Zuckerberg has tasked Facebook employees to reconfigure its messaging services WhatsApp,Messenger, and Instagram so users can communicate across the platforms, The New York Times reports. The apps will continue to operate as three standalone platforms, but would be unified by an “underlying messaging infrastructure” that includes end-to-end encryption for the entire “family” of Facebook-owned apps, according to the Times. These proposed changes have reportedly caused unrest within the company, and are said to have attributed to the departures of WhatsApp’s and Instagram’s founders from Facebook. The proposed restructuring of Facebook’s messaging platforms is reportedly designed help boost audience engagement and further lead to new advertising and business opportunities. Under new marching orders from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook plans to integrate the messaging services of its three most popular apps, a move that would allow for … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg is ordering Facebook employees to make big changes to the way the company’s most popular apps work, connecting WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger
Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Technology Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Technology | Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger Supported by ByMike Isaac Jan. 25, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services — WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger — asserting his control over the company’s sprawling divisions at a time when its business has been battered by scandals. The move, described by four people involved in the effort, requires thousands of Facebook employees to reconfigure how WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger function at their most basic levels. While all three services will continue operating as stand-alone apps, their underlying messaging infrastructure will be unified, the people said. Facebook is still in the … [Read more...] about Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger