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March 15th, 2018 8:31 AM 4 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Spared from Fine by UK’s ICO Because of Privacy Policy

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook had been in a troubled spot since days after ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the UK had launched an investigation regarding the supposedly mutual data sharing between both the parties- Facebook and WhatsApp. The ICO finally gave a green flag to WhatsApp and shut down the investigation citing that WhatsApp cannot and does not share user data with Facebook except for the... Read More

February 23rd, 2018 10:49 AM 3 COMMENTS

WhatsApp to Introduce Group Video Calling and Several Other New Features in the Next Update

Following the launch of a separate WhatsApp for Business application and integrating UPI Payments in its native app, WhatsApp is reportedly testing a number of new features for Android through its beta program. A number of new features are spotted in latest WhatsApp beta versions for Android and iOS platforms. These features include group voice & video calling, group description, standalone iPad application, broader WhatsApp Pay support, and Facebook Messenger... Read More

February 22nd, 2018 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Might Soon Offer Sponsored Content to Business Accounts, New Terms of Service Leaked

WhatsApp has submitted a new update to the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the latest version of the app to 2.18.57. Though the update doesn’t come with many features, an online report suggests WhatsApp has released new Terms of Services (ToS) and Privacy Policy which are all set to change in upcoming stable updates. The purported ToS reveals that WhatsApp will start sharing user data with parent company Facebook. Users... Read More

February 9th, 2018 6:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Might Soon Allow Users to Make and Receive Voice Calls Via WhatsApp Web

WhatsApp is expected to roll out voice calling support to WhatsApp Web very soon. This feature allows users to make and receive voice calls right from the web client itself. At the moment, WhatsApp Web users have to respond via their phone whenever a voice or video call arrives. However, that is expected to change in the future as the company has already started working the voice calling feature for... Read More

February 1st, 2018 2:16 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Users are Exchanging Nearly 60 Billion Messages and 300 Million Status Posts Every Day

Ever since Facebook acquired WhatsApp, it became a different platform altogether. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg today announced that WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion monthly active users who're exchanging 60 billion messages on a daily basis. He also added that Instagram is the most popular platform for status sharing, which is followed by WhatsApp. During the earning calls for Q4 2017, Zuckerberg announced this news and also stated that both Instagram... Read More

January 29th, 2018 6:59 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp for iOS 2.18.20 Adds Private Reply Feature and Search Button in Group Info Menu

WhatsApp has pushed a new update to Apple iPhones which takes the version number to 2.18.20. As usual, there are few hidden changes in this update too which WhatsApp did not highlight, but WABetaInfo has revealed the complete changelog of this update for iOS. Firstly, this new 2.18.20 adds a Private Reply button for users who're no more a participant in the group, new search button in group info, and... Read More

January 14th, 2018 4:40 PM 13 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Shows Outdated Error for Many Users in India, But There’s Nothing to Worry About

WhatsApp is again in the news yet again but this time for bad. The Facebook-owned company which is introducing new features every day has now reportedly stopped working on a few phones with an error- “This version of WhatsApp became obsolete on 13 Jan 2018. Please go to the Google Play Store to download the latest version.” However, when the users hit the update button it redirects to Google Play... Read More

January 11th, 2018 4:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Group Chats Can Be Easily Hacked, Even With End-to-End Encryption

WhatsApp is an instant messaging platform which is preferred by millions of users across the globe, thanks to the clean user interface. German Cryptographers, in their research, have found out that WhatsApp group chats are hackable citing that any new member can read the group chats. A report from Wired says that a group of researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany discovered a major flaw in WhatsApp group... Read More

January 9th, 2018 8:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Enables Quick Switch Between Voice and Video Call in the Latest Beta Update

The popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp has silently introduced its first major feature of 2018. In the latest WhatsApp Beta app for Android, the Facebook-owned company introduced the much-asked quick switch functionality between voice and video call, meaning a user can now switch to a video call or voice call while on the call itself. This new feature is added to the WhatsApp Beta 2.18.4 version, which is currently rolling... Read More

December 31st, 2017 1:39 PM 6 COMMENTS

WhatsApp to End Support for Windows Phone 8.0, BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 Running Smartphones Today

The popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp will be ending support for Windows Phone 8.0, BlackBerry OS, and BlackBerry 10 today. The Facebook-owned company stated this news at the end of 2017, and most of these platforms are already outdated. Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Phone 8.0, while Blackberry has moved from the Blackberry OS to Android after handing over the reigns to TCL Communications. Later today, if you're using... Read More

December 18th, 2017 7:14 AM 6 COMMENTS

Year in Review: Here’s Everything WhatsApp Introduced in 2017

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging apps with over 1.2 billion users worldwide and 200 million users in India alone. In order to stay relevant in today’s environment, WhatsApp seems to have brought many changes like new Status feature. The app continues to update itself introducing new changes to enhance user experience. There are many new features that WhatsApp received since the debut of this year... Read More

December 10th, 2017 6:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Latest WhatsApp Beta Update Adds Private Replies, PiP Mode, and Shake to Report Features

Facebook-owned WhatsApp seems set to update its app across Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Web platforms. The beta versions of the app have received new features which are likely to reach in the stable version of WhatsApp soon enough. The WhatsApp Web number 2.7315 now comes with two new features namely, Private Replies and Picture-in-Picture. On the other hand, app versions 2.17.424, 2.17.436 and 2.17.437 pack in new features such... Read More

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