The move is instigated by the emergence of a raft of companies bypassing usage restrictions to advertise products.

The government citizen engagement platform plans to boost operations, following a R20 million investment from Capital Appreciation.

Customers and contact centre agents can send each other links, photos and documents over WhatsApp, enhancing the customer service.

Users that do not apply the fix are the low-hanging fruit that crooks are going to go after next, says Sophos.

Hackers can remotely install spyware on phones via the call function, allowing attackers to read messages, see contacts and activate the camera.

The company's services resume on its social networking platform, Instagram and WhatsApp after an outage over the weekend.

The JMPD makes it easy for residents to report reckless driving and by-law infringements by introducing a WhatsApp-based hotline.

The company is pioneering automated customer experience interactions on digital channels by using bots programmed with artificial intelligence.

The operator failed to notify the authority at least seven days prior to the provision of a charged service.

Merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram is a risky gamble and there isn't a good enough reason to do so.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants to integrate the messaging services of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger.

The Facebook-owned messaging service will soon be monetised with ads placed in 'status' updates, going against founding principles.