WhatsApp will no longer work on BlackBerry by the end of 2016

More bad news for BlackBerry: WhatsApp has decided to end support for BlackBerry devices by the end the year.

In a blog post, WhatsApp celebrated its seventh birthday and did a little early spring cleaning at the same time. In addition to announcing that it will end support for BlackBerry devices (all of them, including BlackBerry 10) the company also announced Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1 and 2.2, and Windows Phone 7.1 will also get the axe.

The devices "don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," the blog posts says. "This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp." Read more...