Telegram just added a feature that makes it easier for users to delete any message they've ever sent — or any message they've ever received. The service announced this weekend that users can now ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Unless you’ve sought out an alternative, the default SMS app on your Android device is probably called Messages, with two blue speech bubbles overlapping on a white background. This is Google Messages ...

Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Telegram, is worth $17 billion. The messaging platform has 1 billion users and is worth $30 billion. Durov has faced legal trouble in France, where authorities ...

UPDATE (December 10, 2025): Google is pushing out a big photo viewer redesign to its Messages app. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging service from ...

A former top New York state official accused of spying for China once remarked that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was "much more obedient" than former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Linda Sun made the remark after ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced. From ...