The Uttar Pradesh Police received a message on WhatsApp where a person threatened to kill Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath “with a bomb”. The message was received by social media cell of UP Police’s integrated emergency response centre UP112 on Thursday midnight. The sender accused the chief minister of being anti-Muslim. […]
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WhatsApp’s latest beta update brings QR Code support for iPhones
WhatsApp’s latest beta update for iPhone brings the much-awaited QR code support. The feature has been in development for quite some. The QR codes will allow users to easily add new contacts. The functionality is said to be quite similar to how the nametag feature works on Instagram. According to […]
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WhatsApp for iOS beta gets Messenger Rooms
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, last month, announced the launch of Messenger Rooms. At the time of the launch, he had announced that Facebook’s family of apps, which includes WhatsApp and Instagram, would get the integration for the feature. Shortly after, the feature was spotted on the beta version of WhatsApp’s Android and web based […]
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5 features we want to see on WhatsApp in 2020
With over 400 million users in India, WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most popular messaging apps. WhatsApp has rolled out several interesting updates over the years but there still remain certain features that we want to see in the app, ones that will make it all the better for daily use. […]
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Dark mode to self-destruct messages: 5 features that make Telegram more interesting than WhatsApp
Telegram is an online messaging app similar to WhatsApp. Users can send text messages and media files through this app. Telegram is cloud-based and claims that it prioritizes security and speed. It was launched in 2003 and has around 200 million active monthly users. We take a look at five […]
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‘WhatsApp from Facebook’ status arrives for new users in 2020
Taking another step towards unifying all the apps, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp – under one umbrella, Facebook is adding the ‘WhatsApp from Facebook’ for new users on the messaging platform in 2020. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed his plans of integrating chat services – WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram – to let users message […]
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Telegram founder asks people to delete WhatsApp
Telegram founder Parel Durov, in his post on the platform, has urged people to delete WhatsApp unless they are “okay with surveillance”, media reports said. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which has been mired by a snooping row, is used as a Trojan horse to spy on the users’ non-WhatsApp content that includes […]
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WhatsApp’s MP4 security vulnerability: What it is and should you be worried?
WhatsApp last week fixed a new security vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to gain access to users’ sensitive data using common MP4 video files. The new vulnerability comes days after WhatsApp reported spyware attack which led to snooping on 1,400 individuals around the world. Here’s everything you need to […]
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Soon use Facebook Pay to make payments on Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was launching Facebook Pay, a unified payment service through which users across its platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram can make payments without exiting the app. The social network said the service would allow users to send money or make a payment with security options […]
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WhatsApp’s latest features: Fingerprint lock, new group privacy settings and more
In the last two weeks WhatsApp introduced new features for its Android and iOS apps. The new WhatsApp features are available for everyone to use now. Users need to download and update WhatsApp to the latest version for these features. Some of these features were being tested on beta for […]
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WhatsApp Business gets shopping catalogue feature, courting e-commerce
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a catalogue feature for its WhatsApp Business app, it said in a blog post, building out the service’s e-commerce tools as it moves slowly toward monetizing the app it bought in 2014 for $19 billion (£14.82 billion). Facebook has been trying to boost revenue from higher-growth […]
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Government officials across 20 countries targeted for hacking through WhatsApp
Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s <FB.O> WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company’s investigation. Sources familiar with WhatsApp’s internal investigation into the breach said a “significant” portion of the […]
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Breaking down NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, WhatsApp’s video-calling vulnerability
WhatsApp on Thursday sued Israel-based surveillance firm NSO Group for allegedly hacking the messaging platform to spy on about 1,400 users. The targeted users included activists, journalists, and senior government officials among others. WhatsApp alleged that NSO Group exploited a vulnerability in its video-calling feature to conduct the cyber attacks. WhatsApp and […]