New Delhi: Adding a simple “button” to express doubt in reference to claims made on WhatsApp posts, or enabling users to easily flag statements as problematic, unreliable, or groundless may help …
Simple ‘doubt’ button may help WhatsApp curb fake news Read More
San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp for Android has now notched up a staggering five billion downloads, making it only the second non-Google app to achieve this milestone. As with most …
WhatsApp hits 5bn installs on Android Read More
New Delhi, Jan 9: Taking another step towards monetising and making all its apps — WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram — into one unified experience for billions of users, the social networking …
‘WhatsApp from Facebook’ arrives for new users in 2020 Read More San Francisco, Dec 31: Starting next year, WhatsApp will stop working on millions of older mobile devices globally as the company has withdrawn support for such phones. The users on Windows …
These smartphones will not support WhatsApp from Jan 1 Read More
New Delhi: After the recent arrest of seven navy personnel for allegedly leaking sensitive information to an espionage racket with links to Pakistan, the Indian Navy has issued direction to …
Indian Navy bans smartphones, social media on bases, ships Read More
San Francisco, Dec 28: The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp’s new feature ‘Disappearing Messages’ has been spotted in the latest beta version 2.19.275 for Android. With the ‘Delete Messages’ feature, group admins …
WhatsApp to add ‘Disappearing Messages’ feature soon Read More
Islamabad, Nov 28 After the news of Israel-spyware Pegasus doing the rounds globally, Pakistan Federal Ministry of Information and Technology has issued a letter to the concerned authorities advising them …
Fearing hostile intelligence, Pakistan I&T advises ministers to not use WhatsApp Read More
New Delhi, Nov 25 Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced to invest $250,000 worth ad credits into the Indian startup ecosystem to help entrepreneurs better connect with customers and grow businesses. …
WhatsApp invests $250,000 into Indian startup ecosystem Read More
New Delhi, Nov 2 (UNI) The government has hauled up US social media firm WhatsApp for not disclosing to India in past meetings with the government that Indian citizens were …
India asks WhatsApp why it failed to inform about hacks earlier Read More