The Russian instant messaging service wins favour with Algoa FM as its preferred way of communicating with its audience.

The picture-sharing social network unveils a new standalone, video-only app to its now one billion users worldwide.

Koketso Moeti returns from her meeting with the Obamas, as the only South African selected to participate in the Obama Foundation Fellows programme.

The East African country will tax social media use to raise revenue, although opponents say it aims to stifle criticism of president Yoweri Museveni.

Facebook believes it could acquire other large companies to enter a new market without running afoul of anti-trust enforcers.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sailed through the interrogation from €EU lawmakers as lengthy questions left him little time to answer.

The social network shakes up its executive team, giving more responsibility to chief product officer Chris Cox.

In an attempt to move the company into the application business, Safaricom tests a social messaging app that will link to M-Pesa.

The world's largest social media platform announces a series of new features for its various apps, focusing on user data privacy.

Jan Koum plans to exit WhatsApp after clashing with parent company Facebook over attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption.

The investment group's short-term insurance unit is developing a chatbot to facilitate communication with customers and transform insurance quotes.

BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook, arguing the social media company copied features from BlackBerry Messenger.