Amidst worries about fake news spreading and presence of sentimentally harming messages, WhatsApp has incrementally geared up its efforts towards introducing features which curb these happenings. WhatsApp has been known to launch features which check these happenings and continues to add more and more features. Last year, we saw WhatsApp … Read More
WhatsApp Web was introduced way back in 2015 with much fanfare, but the standalone app always had a drawback, which is the requirement of your phone nearby to the laptop or PC. However, things might change very soon as WhatsApp Web will soon get a Universal Windows Platform that was … Read More
As Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced launching its Payments service in India later this year, the fears of data privacy came back to the fore, with the government reportedly asking the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to ensure that users’ data are not shared. The NPCI is an umbrella organisation for … Read More
If you thought instant messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram that provide end-to-end encryption give you rock-solid security, think again. Researchers from cyber-security firm Symantec on Monday revealed vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to manipulate the images and audio files you receive on these platforms. The security flaw, dubbed “Media File … Read More
WhatsApp will soon allow users to edit media right from the chat screen itself. The instant messaging platform is now working on a new feature ‘Quick Edit Media Shortcut’ that will allow users to edit a media file from a personal chat or group without re-uploading. For example, you received … Read More
WhatsApp is now letting its beta users share their status updates on Facebook and other apps. Facebook today confirmed the rollout of a new feature to WhatsApp Beta users which will add the option to share your already posted status on other apps like Facebook, Gmail and so on. For … Read More
Facebook-owned mobile Messaging service WhatsApp would no longer support devices using the Android 2.3.7 operating system and iPhones using iOS 7 after February 1, 2020. WhatsApp’s updated FAQs said on Tuesday that users whose devices have those operating systems “could no longer create new accounts, nor reverify existing accounts” after … Read More
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said it has nothing fresh to add to the Indian government’s demand to trace the origin of messages on its platform as it “undermined the privacy of the people”. Reacting to an ET story that claimed government officials have asked WhatsApp to digitally fingerprint every message, … Read More
The instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, is now rolling out a new 2.19.60.26 beta update to iOS users which removes the option of saving profile picture of your contacts. To recall, WhatsApp removed the option a couple of weeks ago for Android users, and now, it has been implemented to its … Read More
As the world left shocked at the news of a bug in WhatsApp’s audio call feature that allowed hackers to install spyware onto Android and iOS phones just by calling the target, its rival Telegram has warned that WhatsApp will continue to be open to surveillance. Launching a scathing attack … Read More
If you’re enrolled in the WhatsApp Beta programme for Android, then by now you must’ve noticed that there will be at least one update every day and sometimes it’s more than one. This itself states how actively WhatsApp is making changes to the application and is concentrating on adding new … Read More
One of the most awaited features on any application this year has been the dark mode. Now we know that WhatsApp’s Dark Mode has been in the making for quite some time now as we have heard about it from some rumours, but till now there hasn’t been any official … Read More
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