Tag: WhatsApp

Medium is the Message

We live in surreal times. Google and WhatsApp determine what we know, think or believe. Things have reached such ludicrous levels that many of us who have recently moved to a new location cannot reach their own home without the help of Google Maps and many of us cannot recall our own or our spouse’s...

February 25, 2018

CBI busts international child porn racket running on WhatsApp

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly busted a global child porn racket which was running through mobile app Whatsapp. According to the media reports, pornographic videos and pictures were being circulated through a group on WhatsApp which was named as “KidsXXX”. The agency has lodged an FIR for violations of the Information Technology...

February 22, 2018

WhatsApp’s quote message renders ‘delete’ feature ineffective

If someone has quoted your message on WhatsApp before you delete it, you will still be able to see that message – rendering the ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature ineffective, a media report said. Last year, WhatsApp rolled out this feature to allow its over one billion user base to revoke messages in case they sent...

February 21, 2018

WhatsApp payment feature launch could be delayed, first need to fulfill all norms

Clearing the air on the issue of “lack of fair play” in allowing WhatsApp to test a payment feature in India, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Friday said that the full scale public launch of the feature will be permitted only after the Facebook-owned platform meets all the required norms. “Currently, NPCI...

February 17, 2018

WhatsApp working on GDPR data privacy option for users: Report

As the European Union (EU) prepares to introduce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May to harmonise data privacy laws, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new data privacy option in compliance with the new legislation. The new WhatsApp feature, to be remotely enabled by “no later than May 25” for its over...

February 13, 2018

WhatsApp UPI-payment feature for sending money to friends reportedly testing in India

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is testing a new payments feature in India that aims to allow people to send money to their friends on the app, the media reported. The feature is currently in beta, but has not been publicly announced because it is not widely available at this time, TechCrunch reported late on Thursday...

February 9, 2018

Kasganj violence: Police make third arrest in Chandan Gupta murder case

After the arrest of two people in connection with the murder of Chandan Gupta, who died of bullet injury during a clash in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj on 26 January, the UP police on Tuesday arrested one more person. “One of the accused persons in Chandan Gupta murder case – Salman – has been arrested. We...

February 6, 2018

Pause before you post

This is the year I turn 30. Being born in 1988 puts me firmly on the tail end of the millennial spectrum, given the oldest millennials were born in 1982, six years before me. In many ways, I am quite the quintessential millennial — what the young ‘uns in the know would call “basic”. I...

February 4, 2018

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly active users, 60 billion messages in one day

Both Instagram "Stories" and WhatsApp "Status" features now have 300 million daily active users.

February 2, 2018

Indian Air Force officer detained on charges of spying

A senior Indian Air Force officer, posted at the Air Head Quarters in New Delhi, was taken into custody on Wednesday as he allegedly passed on classified information to a woman. According to a media reports, he befriended the woman on Facebook and shared the information through Whatsapp. He has been detained on charge of...

February 1, 2018

Instagram becomes Risktagram in Mumbai Police’s latest witty tweets

Mumbai Police are always on point when it comes to Twitter. The official Twitter handle of Mumbai police always win in keeping people hooked to their tweets. Recently, the Mumbai police imparted some knowledge about the Indian Penal Code through Bollywood memes and was once again lauded for the witty tweets. The Twitter handle used...

January 24, 2018

WhatsApp Business standalone Android app for enterprises launched worldwide

To help businesses communicate better with their customers globally including in India, WhatsApp on Thursday launched “WhatsApp Business” – a free-to-download Android app for small businesses. The new app will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, and more convenient for its 1.3 billion users to chat with businesses that matter to them....

January 19, 2018

WhatsApp on iPhone finally enabled YouTube video watching within app feature

WhatsApp has finally activated the new feature for iOS users where they can play YouTube videos right within the instant messaging app. Beginning Thursday, when your friend sends a YouTube link to you on WhatsApp, you are no longer required to move out of the messaging app to watch it. The YouTube clip will play...

January 18, 2018

WhatsApp reportedly testing ‘Dismiss as admin’ feature for group admins

WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new button in group chats that will allow one administrator to “demote” other administrators, without first deleting them from the group and then adding again as normal participants. Right now, when an administrator wants to remove a fellow administrator from the post, it is required to first directly remove the...

January 17, 2018

WhatsApp says its end-to-end encryption is impeccable, denies group chats vulnerability

After German cryptographers reported flaws that makes it possible to infiltrate WhatsApp’s private group chats without admin permission, the Facebook-owned messaging platform said on Thursday its end-to-end encryption is impeccable and its over one billion users are at no data breach risk. According to a report in Wired.com, cryptographers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany...

January 11, 2018

WhatsApp gets Facebook Messenger-like voice to video call switch feature in beta

According to a report, if you are in the middle of a WhatsApp voice call and want to switch to a video call, you just need to tap that button to make the switch.

January 10, 2018

WhatsApp users in India sent record 20 billion messages on New Year’s Eve

WhatsApp users in India sent a record over 20 billion messages to exchange greetings on New Year’s Eve, the Facebook-owned company said on Thursday. The messages were sent between 12 a.m. till 11.59 p.m. on December 31. “New Year’s Eve was WhatsApp’s biggest messaging day ever, closing out a successful year for the company that...

January 5, 2018