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Chakri K September 4th, 2018 11:03 AM 1 COMMENTS

Networking Bug Caused Temporary Outage on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users faced a temporary outage earlier today. Facebook and its other social media platforms temporarily went down late on Monday in the United States, Canada and various other parts of the world, including in India. Facebook blamed a networking issue for the temporary outages. People took to Twitter, reporting about the outages across Facebook platforms which were later restored. "Earlier today, a networking issue caused some... Read More

Chakri K September 4th, 2018 9:41 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Now Allows iOS Users to Search for Status Updates

Since the last few weeks, we haven't seen anything new developments on WhatsApp which is quite surprising. However, the Facebook-owned company has pushed a new update to its iOS users which bumps the version number to 2.18.90. It brings various new features including the latest ones suspicious link detection, notification extension, status updates searching and some minor changes. The update is already live on Apple App Store, but some features... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 29th, 2018 4:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Instagram Launches an Improved Form of Two-Factor Authentication

Photo-sharing platform, Instagram has announced new security features which increase the authenticity of accounts. With these new features, Instagram believes it can help stop "bad actors" before they cause harm. Furthermore, Instagram now allows users to apply manually for verification. The Facebook-owned company has launched a global verification form for notable public figures and an improved form of two-factor authentication to make it easier and safer for its over a... Read More

Chakri K August 27th, 2018 3:13 PM 2 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Should Set Up Office in India to Run Payments Service: Supreme Court

WhatsApp and Centre today received a notice from Supreme Court regarding payments service on the instant messaging platform. In the notice, the Supreme Court ordered to hold WhatsApp from proceeding with its payments service in the country, unless it fully complies with RBI's provisions. The first and most important direction given to WhatsApp is to set up a local office in India, post which the Supreme Court will give a... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 25th, 2018 7:19 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Users Be Prepared: How to Properly Backup Chats and Data on Google Drive Before Deletion

WhatsApp and Google have signed an agreement which will now allow WhatsApp users to store their chat backups on Google Drive storage for free without it being counted towards their paid quota. Notably, before this, users were only granted 15GB of free storage on Google Drive which sometimes used to run out of allowance due to massive media backups from WhatsApp. However, with this agreement between the two parties in... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 23rd, 2018 6:13 PM 49 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Rejects Indian Government’s Demand for a Solution to Track the Origin of Fake Messages

WhatsApp has reportedly denied the Indian Government's demand to track the origin of spam messages on the platform. WhatsApp said that the solution to track spam messages would undermine end-to-end encryption and affect privacy protection for users. However, WhatsApp has agreed to educate people in differentiating the spam messages. Emphasising that people use its platform for all kinds of "sensitive conversations", the Facebook-owned company said the focus is on educating... Read More

Chakri K August 23rd, 2018 11:11 AM 3 COMMENTS

Apple Removes Onavo Security App by Facebook from App Store Citing Privacy Guidelines Violation

Apple has removed the Onavo security app by Facebook from the App Store citing the app has violated its privacy guidelines. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Facebook would pull a mobile virtual private network (VPN) app called Onavo from Apple's App Store. Later, a CNBC report on late Wednesday said the iPhone maker asked Facebook to voluntarily remove the app as it flouted its privacy rules. "With the... Read More

Chakri K August 21st, 2018 4:19 PM 6 COMMENTS

Microsoft Finally Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption on Skype

Redmond-based company, Microsoft has finally rolled out end-to-end encryption for private conversations on Skype. For the unaware, end-to-end encryption ensure the chat content between two people is hidden in both the chat list and the notifications. Other popular messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger are already offering end-to-end encryption for quite some time, and Microsoft's rollout on Skype should be termed as a delayed one. This feature comes... Read More

Chakri K August 21st, 2018 9:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp CEO Likely to Visit India This Week and Meet IT Minister Regarding Fake News on the Platform

WhatsApp is going through a rough patch in India, thanks to all the mob-lynching news surrounding the platform. It's now said that WhatsApp CEO Chris Daniels is visiting India this week and is likely to meet IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, as the company attempts to address concerns around fake news on its messaging platform which have led to horrific crimes like mob-lynching. According to sources close to PTI, Daniels... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 20th, 2018 6:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Takes Action Against 25,000 Illicit Gambling Apps on its App Store

Cupertino giant, Apple is now said to remove 25,000 gambling apps from its App Store in China. Reportedly, these apps are said to flout the local Internet policies in the country. In a statement given to The Wall Street Journal on Monday, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker said: "gambling apps are illegal and not allowed on the App Store in China". "We have already removed many apps and developers for trying... Read More

Chakri K August 20th, 2018 4:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Snapchat for Android to Get a Redesign Very Soon, Currently in Alpha Testing

Snapchat, the photo-messaging application is reportedly testing the new redesign on Android. The new design is currently under Alpha testing, and the company is planning to introduce it very soon, Engadget reported it. An engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Snapchat's Android app hides a rough alpha version of the revamp with an experience more on par with the iOS version, IANS reported earlier today. "Snapchat's new faster Android user... Read More

Chakri K August 14th, 2018 6:46 PM 7 COMMENTS

Twitter Lite Android App Built for 2G and 3G Networks Launched in India

Twitter today announced the availability of Twitter Lite in India. Twitter Lite is a lightweight version of the original application, built for 2G and 3G networks. Twitter announced the Twitter Lite app long back, but today, it has been made available for Indian users alongside users in 20 other countries. The app is aimed to minimise data usage, load quickly on slower networks and take up less space on a... Read More