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Chakri K October 5th, 2018 2:45 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp and Jio Partner Together to Train People on How to Use Mobile Messaging Responsibly

WhatsApp and telecom operator Reliance Jio has started a new campaign under which both the firms will train people on how to use mobile messaging platform responsibly on their JioPhones. As part of this campaign, WhatsApp and Jio will visit various cities and explain people about the dos and dont's on the platform. For the uninitiated, WhatsApp has recently launched a new version for JioPhone users, which will extend its... Read More

Chakri K October 2nd, 2018 12:57 PM 1 COMMENTS

Facebook Asked by India to Provide an Update on the Latest Hack

Facebook is currently in a tough spot as the Information and Technology Ministry has asked the social networking company to give an 'update' on how many Indian users are affected by the latest hack happened on the portal. According to the information available, Facebook confirmed that about 50 million accounts were hacked on the portal by hackers stealing the digital keys of user accounts. A couple of Senior IT officials,... Read More

Chakri K October 2nd, 2018 9:27 AM 4 COMMENTS

Latest WhatsApp Beta Update for Android Brings Swipe to Reply Feature

WhatsApp has pushed a new beta update for Android users which takes the version number to 2.18.300. While WhatsApp did not reveal any new features officially, the new version brings along one of the much-awaited feature- Swipe to Reply. Notably, Swipe to Reply feature was present on the iOS version of WhatsApp since the day it rolled per message reply, but Android users were left behind. However, it's now possible... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 1st, 2018 6:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

BHIM UPI Registered 16.33 Million Transactions Totalling a Value of Rs 7,064.86 Crore in September

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continued its growth in September as the transactions increased by more than 30% month-on-month. The total transactions through UPI reached 405.87 million in September with the total value of over Rs 59,835 crore. This data is revealed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data and reported by the Press Trust of India. To recall, about 312.02 million UPI transactions totalling Rs 54,212.26 crore were... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 1st, 2018 12:17 PM 6 COMMENTS

Facebook Fined $1.63 Billion Over Fresh Data Breach of 50 Million User Accounts

Facebook has been the most controversial companies this year as the social networking giant is in the news for all the bad. After the Cambridge Analytica scandal which shook the entire world, Facebook has confirmed yet another massive data breach on the platform, under which hackers got rid of 50 million user account details including those from India. Now, the privacy watchdog, European Union (EU) is likely to impose a... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 30th, 2018 12:27 PM 44 COMMENTS

Sunday Talk: Is WhatsApp on the Path to Downfall With Its Decision to Show Ads?

Social networking giant, Facebook is all set to monetise the popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp by pushing ads inside the Status tab, a move something which was hated by the founders of WhatsApp- Brian Acton and Jan Koum. Facebook is considering this move four years after acquiring WhatsApp for a whopping $19 billion. Right from the time of acquisition, Facebook has monetisation plans, as revealed by Brian Acton recently. This... Read More

Chakri K September 29th, 2018 9:42 AM 1 COMMENTS

50 Million Facebook Users Data Exposed Online Including Those From India

In yet another massive security breach, Facebook has confirmed the hacking of 50 million users on its portal. According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, this massive security breach is made by some unknown hackers and a significant number of accounts affected could be from India. The precautionary measure taken by the social media giant has impacted another 40 million users, Zuckerberg said Friday. In a conference call with reporters, he... Read More

Chakri K September 28th, 2018 9:27 AM 4 COMMENTS

WhatsApp for iOS Might Soon Display Ads Inside the Status Tab

WhatsApp is possibly the only company which stood on its words so far, but that's going to change very soon, courtesy of its parent company, Facebook. Since its inception, WhatsApp stated that it would stay away from ads to offer cleaner user experience. Ever since Facebook acquired WhatsApp, there have a lot of talks regarding the company monetising the top instant messaging platform to generate revenue. Finally, it seems like... Read More

Chakri K September 26th, 2018 11:07 AM 6 COMMENTS

MyJio App for Android Gets a Much Needed Revamp With Easy to Navigate Interface

MyJio is the essential application for all the Reliance Jio users out there, but very often, users stayed away from installing the app because of the cluttered user interface and annoying notifications it sends every now and then. Jio has now pushed a new update to the MyJio application which brings new interface and it's much more simpler to navigate than earlier. The home screen of MyJio app now displays... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 21st, 2018 5:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Instagram Testing GIF for DMs, Reposting Feature, Secret Hashtags and Restricted Locations

Facebook-owned message sharing giant, Instagram has rolled out GIF sharing feature for Direct Messages on Thursday. Apart from that, the photo-sharing application has also been reportedly spotted testing three new features which might be on the way for the users. Among these new features, the GIF sharing for DMs is the most notable one, second up, Instagram is also rumoured to be testing a function which will allow users to... Read More

Chakri K September 21st, 2018 12:37 PM 4 COMMENTS

Idea Music Android App Gets New User Interface, Floating Player and More With Latest Update

Idea Cellular's proprietary music application, the Idea Music has received a major update recently which bumps the version number to 3.0.0. According to Idea Cellular, this is the company's most significant update for this year as it brings along a lot of new features including a redesigned user interface for better discovery of music, new Floating player and so on. Also, Idea Music service is initially free for all the... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 20th, 2018 2:41 PM 3 COMMENTS

Government Pushes WhatsApp to Develop Technological Solution for Tracing Origin of Messages

Indian Government has decided to draft a new letter to the instant messaging giant, WhatsApp to develop a technological solution for tracing the origin of messages to curb spreading of fake news and controversial texts. This letter, which is also the third one this year, will address WhatsApp to work towards a method using which the government can track where a particular message originated from. So far, the government of... Read More