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Rudradeep Biswas May 7th, 2018 5:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp to Extend PiP Feature to Instagram and Facebook Videos on Its iOS App

In the developers F8 conference which was conducted by Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted some of the new features which the company was going to implement in the coming days. A part of that initiative, Facebook is releasing a new update for WhatsApp iOS which will bring the ability to stream Instagram and Facebook videos within the application just like it used to for YouTube. This new functionality is going to... Read More

Chakri K May 4th, 2018 10:04 PM 29 COMMENTS

Facebook Might Start Monetising WhatsApp Using Ads: Analysts

Jan Koum’s news about his departure from WhatsApp left everybody stunned with the shocking revelation. However, with his departure, there are many people who are speculating about the reasons why Jan had to leave the company. There are also general concerns for the future of WhatsApp. There is also the article by Washington Post on the founder’s departure which talked at length about the clash of thoughts between Jan Koum... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 9:13 AM 2 COMMENTS

WhatsApp to Get Group Video Calling and Stickers Support Soon

Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp at the first day of F8 Developer Conference keynote has announced the roadmap for its products going forward. Alongside some key announcements related to Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant announced two new massive features which are coming to WhatsApp. One of them is the group video calling, and the other one is WhatsApp Stickers support. We have been hearing rumours about WhatsApp... Read More

Chakri K May 1st, 2018 11:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Co-founder Jan Koum Decides to Leave the Company After Clash With Facebook Executives

WhatsApp Co-founder Jan Koum is not looking in good shape as he shared his plans to move out from the company after a clash with WhatsApp’s parent company Facebook. The clash which reportedly happened on the issue of weakening WhatsApp’s encryption and Facebook’s attempt to use the personal messaging service’s data has likely irked the co-founder and pushed him into this decision. Jan Koum whose story is one of the... Read More

Chakri K April 28th, 2018 7:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Beta for Android Adds Data Export Feature in Compliance With GDPR

In the last few weeks, WhatsApp was seriously questioned over the issue of sharing the data with its parent company Facebook. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws set to become effective on May 25, WhatsApp has added new functionality to its Android application which allows users to download their data. Allowing users to download their own account information is one of the stipulations in the EU's GDPR laws,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 25th, 2018 5:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Will Now Allow Users to Download their Data

Following the large-scale data leak scandal by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, its companies like WhatsApp are also being dragged into the limelight and are being questioned on their data sharing policies. However, WhatsApp has come clean about its strategies regarding sharing of data and also updated its policies ahead of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in European Union, which comes in effect starting May 25. WhatsApp clarified that the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 20th, 2018 7:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Working on Double Sticker Feature for Android Users

WhatsApp is expected to bring three new features to its personal messaging app in the next update. Two of these features are related to the stickers, while the third update focuses on a group chat feature and is being termed as the 'Dismiss as Admin’ functionality, which was recently rolled out to both Android and iOS. The report comes from WABetainfo which is a popular WhatsApp blog, updating about new... Read More

Chakri K April 18th, 2018 3:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp is Finally Rolling Out the Dismiss as Admin Feature

WhatsApp is now in the process of rolling out new updates to both its Android and iOS versions. The WhatsApp for iOS version 2.18.41 and WhatsApp for Android version 2.18.116 brings the much-delayed 'Dismiss as Admin' feature which allows a fellow administrator to remove the admin rights of another admin. WhatsApp was said to be testing this feature back in January 2018 for Android users, and it was briefly rolled... Read More

Chakri K April 15th, 2018 5:14 PM 19 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Request Money Feature Goes Live for Some Android Beta Users

The popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp recently launched UPI enabled payments feature in India. The feature introduced money transfer services allowing users to send and receive money from contacts and UPI addresses. Now it appears the Facebook-owned company is working on introducing a new feature. Lately, some WhatsApp users are noticing a new feature that lets them request money from their friends and family. There is a new “Request Money”... Read More

Chakri K April 12th, 2018 3:59 PM 9 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Makes Official Statement Ascertaining Users About their Data Security

WhatsApp has made a new announcement saying that users’ data and messages are secured via end-to-end encryption. This announcement comes after the Facebook data leak scandal spread like fire across the world and made people question about their data security online, and how these websites were sharing user’s private information. However, WhatsApp made it official and declared it that nobody in between, even the company itself could not read the... Read More

Chakri K April 10th, 2018 5:56 PM 8 COMMENTS

WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Outlines UPI Data Sharing With Facebook

WhatsApp has officially said that it might share payment information of users with its parent company Facebook. This shocking announcement by WhatsApp comes at a perilous time when Facebook is already facing a heavy backlash from users regarding their security and protection of private data. WhatsApp was last seen testing payment services using UPI (Unified Payment Interface) in February in India, the payment service is actually planned to launch for... Read More