If you are a WhatsApp user, you must have faced difficulties while backing up chat history and all those attachments inside those threads while switching to a new phone or while formatting your smartphone. One has to manually back up the WhatsApp data, then connect it to a computer or mail the attachment to yourself if you want to back it up, which is a cumbersome processor. Inspite of presence... Read More
Recently, WhatsApp added support for desktop client for its popular messenger app, albeit only supporting Google's Chrome web browser. The company has now added support for Firefox and Opera web browsers. WhatsApp's desktop client merely mirrors your conversations from your mobile handset to your web browser. In order to do that, it requires users to scan a QR code on your computer from your mobile device. Users are required to... Read More
WhatsApp's plans to launch voice calling feature has been leaked several times in the past, and today, the feature has started appearing for some users. A Reddit user pradnesh07, who received the feature on his Android smartphone, has mentioned that the feature got activated when his friend (who already has the feature enabled) called him through WhatsApp. The Reddit user went on to say that he tried to call as... Read More
Developers of WhatsApp, the ultra-popular new-age instant messenger app, have been trying out new features off late. We have seen various leaks regarding the upcoming VoIP calling feature in WhatsApp in the recent past, but none has actually been released to the public. Now, proofs have surfaced on the Internet, which show that WhatsApp is trying to implement 'Call via Skype' and 'Driving Mode' features into the app. The folks... Read More
2014 has been a tremendous year for Instant messengers. The category attracted more investment and innovation since Facebook acquired WhatsApp back in February for whooping $19B. What’s interesting about this category is that there’s no clear winner, as of yet. WhatsApp itself was slow to rule the US market, it first gained momentum in Spain and other asian countries. With time, many players entered the market like Viber, Hike, Facebook messenger and WeChat.... Read More
The news of WhatsApp getting the voice calling functionality has been floating around for a while now, but it looks like that we are finally narrowing in for its launch. Some new screenshots have reached the Internet, which suggest that the VoIP ability of the IM app is going to come soon. The screenshots come through the Android specific version of the app. WhatsApp is available in two build branches: one... Read More
WhatsApp has almost covered the complete instant messaging market but that doesn't mean that there is no room for competition. WhatsApp's new competitor, Telegram has now launched its official app for Windows Phone. The speciality of Telegram is that all the data is stored on cloud, is decentralised and is secured via 256-bit encryption. This app offers almost all the features... Read More
WhatsApp was recently delisted from the Windows Phone Store following a bug. The exact nature of the bug was not revealed. WhatsApp reported that they were working with Microsoft to resolve the bug. Now, Joe Belfiore, VP of Windows Phone development team has revealed on Twitter that they are indeed working with WhatsApp team to resolve the issue. The following tweet also revealed that the bug was related to notifications.... Read More
I not only write about smartphones, I review most of them as well. It is my job to use those devices completely as my primary device and then let know the readers my opinions about them. Due to this, I constantly feel the pressure of transferring all of my data to a new device every week. So, I have found a perfect way of backing up all my important and... Read More
So instead of fighting over bandwidth issues with IM apps, it looks like Airtel has done what we've suggested last month. Airtel has finally launched dedicated WhatsApp data plans for its 2G and 3G users. Airtel is offering 200 MB of WhatsApp usage for one month starting from Rs 36 which varies according to circles. WhatsApp data plan can be activated by messaging 'WhatsApp' to 121. The WhatsApp plan is priced... Read More
The IM (instant messaging) and VoIp apps like WhatsApp and Viber who provide free unlimited messages and voice/video calls respectively have taken over the world by storm. The total number of messages sent and received through WhatsApp per day have now overtook the total number of SMSes sent and received everyday. WhatsApp has disrupted the IM market in the same way how Skype did to international calling market. [caption id="attachment_116080" align="aligncenter"... Read More
Tata Docomo, today announced the launch of y dedicated WhatsApp data packs for its GSM prepaid customers across all circles for Rs.15 and Rs.30. Tata Docomo is 2nd mobile service provider in India to offer Unlimited WhatsApp Packs, In October last year Reliance Communication launched “WhatsApp Plan” with Unlimited data usage at Rs.16 for its GSM prepaid customers first time in India. These data packs will enable Tata Docomo prepaid... Read More
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