Telegram is looking to expand more of its platform's use as an instant messaging app and grow its revenue by introducing a phone number verification service which it is now offering to businesses. The ...

Online verification has become a big part of how we stay safe and private on the web. Every app, website, or service now wants to confirm you’re real. But giving out your personal number can be risky.

Snap’s latest developer offering is a tool called Verify that’s aiming to save its mobile-first developers cash on verifying user phone numbers en masse. The new tool is being integrated into its ...

Twitter Blue is back again. And this time, it now requires subscribers to verify their phone numbers to sign up for the highly-coveted verification badge. Given that, besides new accounts, current ...

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Twitch has announced phone verification options as well as expanded email settings to help streamers combat harassment on their channels. From today, creators can use phone-verified chat to manage who ...