Communications Major

WhatsApp, the largest messaging service in the world, will now be under the command of Facebook.

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for smartphones, according to OnDevice Research.

Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already strong position in the crowded messaging world. Messenger, Facebook's a standalone messaging app for mobile devices, is second only to WhatsApp in its share of the smartphone market.

All hail the quick, reliable taxi SINCE last month the citizens of Johannesburg have been able to hail and pay for taxis through SnappCab, a local start-up. A tap on...

While Uber is perhaps the most prominent tech start-up looking to shake up the car service and taxi industries, it is not alone. Here is a quick look at the approaches being pursued by various companies.

File this under "there's an app for that". Moviefone (777-FILM) will be shutting down next month. Not that you've been dialing for movie times much in the recent past. Moviefone is off to join the pay phone, calling card and cordless land line phone in the heap of no longer useful technologies and conveniences that once facilitated communication and information.

A paint company is offering a smartphone app that suggests paint colors based on consumers’ favorite songs.