HIGHLIGHTS Facebook won’t post phone numbers online or give them out to anyone WhatsApp will continue to bar traditional display ads from its service Facebook will employ the phone number to show targetted advertising Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp’s co-founders were rejected by both Facebook and Twitter The Android app clocked 1 billion downloads with just 5 people You can see when your messages were read WhatsApp, the messaging platform that cost Facebook $19 billion dollars when it was acquired back in 2014, remains the most-used IM service with its parent’s own platform – Messenger – following ... Read More »
The European Union will in September propose subjecting internet services like WhatsApp and Skype to similar rules as traditional telecommunications companies, a spokesman said Wednesday. The European Commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation bloc, is set to recommend tighter privacy and security for services like Facebook-owned message service WhatsApp and Microsoft’s video phone portal Skype. Spokesman Christian Wigand said ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The replies appear alongside the original messages as quotes. The feature is available for both Android and iOS. It can be seen in both one-on-one and group conversations. WhatsApp has got a new feature that will let users quote messages when replying. While earlier this week, the new feature was spotted in beta builds of WhatsApp for Android, it ... Read More »
A court in Brazil on Thursday blocked BRL 19.5 million ($6.07 million or roughly Rs. 40 crores) in Facebook Inc funds after the US-based social networking company’s WhatsApp messaging service failed to turn over messages sought in a drugs case, the G1 news service said. Brazil’s federal police said WhatsApp has defied repeated orders to turn over messages sent and ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Sudhir Yadav, an RTI activist has petitioned in SC to ban WhatsApp SC had asked Yadav to approach government for this matter Recently WhatsApp had implemented end to end encryption in its app The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL urging it to ask the government to seek the private key from WhatsApp and similar applications to access ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Sudhir Yadav, an RTI activist has petitioned in SC to ban WhatsApp SC had asked Yadav to approach government for this matter Recently WhatsApp had implemented end to end encryption in its app The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL urging it to ask the government to seek the private key from WhatsApp and similar applications to access ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Sudhir Yadav, an RTI activist has petitioned in SC to prohibit WhatsApp SC had asked Yadav to method authorities for this count lately WhatsApp had applied give up to quit encryption in its app The ultimate court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL urging it to invite the authorities to searching for theprivate key from WhatsApp and comparable programs to ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The replies seem along the authentic messages as charges. The characteristic is available for both Android and iOS. it may be visible in each one-on-one and institution conversations. WhatsApp has were given a new characteristic to be able to permit users quote messages whilstreplying. whilst in advance this week, the brand new characteristic become spotted in beta builds of ... Read More »
Gif photograph sharing support turned into spotted in the iOS app’s beta launch. there may be no statistics approximately whilst the characteristic will roll out. The characteristic to date has not made it to the Android app. WhatsApp for iOS’ contemporary beta launch (v2.sixteen.7.1) is now doing the rounds, and apart fromsevera malicious program fixes and upgrades, it brings support ... Read More »
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