Samsung Mobile tops the list of most popular brands in India, according to a report released on Tuesday. The latest entrant in the Indian telecom scenario, Reliance Jio, which hit the existing telecom firms with unprecedented low tariffs, has been ranked eighth in the list of top 10 brands in the country, the Brand Asia Survey 2018 said to IANS. "Jio has entered the top 10 as it has brought... Read More
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday announced that it would work with WhatsApp to educate and train small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on how WhatsApp Business app can help them grow their businesses. Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the CII will work to enhance business communication for Indian SMEs through CII's SME Technology Facilitation Centre. The centre was set up in 2016 with the objective of creating awareness amongst SMEs... Read More
The Indian Government has asked Google, Twitter, WhatsApp and other social media platforms to take concrete steps to check the spread of rumours and messages inciting unrest, cyber crimes and other activities that could be detrimental to the national security, officials said to PTI on Thursday. Besides, these platforms, which also include Facebook and Instagram, have also been asked to put in place a system for prompt sharing of information... Read More
WhatsApp finally brings the longtime tested 'Stickers' feature to iOS and Android users. Starting today, all the WhatsApp users will be able to send stickers to their contacts. This new feature works quite similar to the Messenger and Facebook stickers which you have been using for a long time now. To get the sticker feature the user will need to update to the latest version of WhatsApp. As of now,... Read More
Just yesterday, WhatsApp has extended its support for the latest iPhones, and in the coming days, iOS users will get a much-requested feature. Since the day Apple added TouchID to iPhones, WhatsApp users have been requesting a feature which allows them to secure their app with TouchID. And finally, WhatsApp has started its work on the requested feature as the references were found in the latest update. WABetaInfo states that... Read More
WhatsApp has been actively adding new features to its Android and iOS apps and there are three more coming to the platform alongside others like Stickers, PiP mode and so on. The first feature on this list is Linked Accounts which allows a user to link their account with external services like Instagram and Facebook. The purpose behind this linking accounts feature is unknown, but it will be arriving to... Read More
The Facebook-owned instant messaging giant, WhatsApp has been making quick iterations to its application this year. One of the most notable features which were introduced on the platform this year was the delete for everyone option, which allowed senders to delete their sent messages similarly to the unsend option in Instagram. However, there was a time limit set upon for deletion which was 7 minutes initially. In the following update,... Read More
WhatsApp is the popular instant messaging platform with a user base of over two billion and an active user base of over one billion. Since the last one year, WhatsApp has been on a roll as it has been constantly rolling out new features every now and then, and it seems like the same will continue going forward. In the next few weeks, WhatsApp will be rolling out new features... Read More
WhatsApp has finally met the norms set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as it has set up a system in India that stores payments-related data within the country. To recall, the RBI has set a norm back in April 2018 that all the payment service providers should store the data locally, which has halted WhatsApp's wide rollout of payment services in the country. Today, the Facebook-owned confirmed that... Read More
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
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
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
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