New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide – including experts from India and those of Indian origin — who will work towards how misinformation spreads and what additional steps the mobile messaging platform could take to curb fake news. Shakuntala Banaji from[Read More…]
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WhatsApp to delete all chats not saved, updated via Google Drive
Madrid: The world’s most popular freeware instant messaging app confirmed its prior announcement that, as of Monday, any users who have not backed up their stored data and chats on Google Drive will lose their chat histories. WhatsApp, which is owned by tech giant Facebook, had reached an agreement with[Read More…]
WhatsApp allows user to chat privately in groups; check how
WhatsApp, the most popular social media app has recently released a new update for its beta users. The new feature would allow users to exchange messages privately even during a group chat. The feature would be called Private Reply and users would be able to access it from their group[Read More…]
WhatsApp Stickers are HERE! Here’s how you can enable stickers on Android phones
WhatsApp has played smartly when it comes to bringing new features for their users. Over the years, various changes have been introduced to the platform. We all remember the time WhatsApp gave the user the option to limit the visibility of their “last seen”. Later, WhatsApp boosted security by adding the[Read More…]
Whatsapp latest feature allows you to create your own stickers; here’s how
WhatsApp on Friday October 26, announced that it would start supporting stickers, essentially elaborate emoji or playful illustrations. The feature has been rumoured to hit WhatsApp for a while now and it will finally roll out to Android and iPhone users with the stable version of WhatsApp in the coming weeks. In a[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Cyber battle between BJP and Congress is pacing up political heat
The two major contenders in Madhya Pradesh’s electoral battle, both Congress and BJP are fighting through various means including rallies and road shows, apart from these tactics, there is a hidden war between the both, which is famously called as social media war alias cyberwar. However, Madhya Pradesh polls 2018[Read More…]
Alert WhatsApp users! Messenger modifies its ‘Delete For All’ feature
WhatsApp has modified its ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature, with respect to the time limit in which users can revoke messages. WhatsApp introduced “Delete For All’ feature last year in which the users were allowed to delete a sent message within 420 seconds or 7 minutes. WhatsApp later advanced this time[Read More…]
Happy Navratri 2018 Best Wishes, Wallpapers, Photos, Quotes, SMS, Greetings for Facebook & WhatsApp
Navratri literally means nine nights. According to Hindu traditions, each day, devotees worship a different form of Goddess Durga. According to the Hindu lunar calendar, Navratri falls in the month of Ashvin and the festival celebrates Goddess Durga’s victory over a demon to restore dharma. This year the festival will[Read More…]
Company’s Facebook, Instagram down! Is WhatsApp next in row?
Instagram stopped working making people go haywire and jump to Twitter. Just a day after millions faced hacking issues with their Facebook accounts on Tuesday and Wednesday, now its photo-sharing platform, Instagram is suffering a global outage. People took to Twitter to verify the news since Zuckerberg’s company did not[Read More…]
Two arrested for chatting about killing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Two persons were arrested after several Whatsapp messages were exchanged between the two, talking and planning to allegedly murder Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The minister paid a visit to Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, on Monday September 17. “The accused were apparently drunk. We were alerted to the[Read More…]
JioPhone2 WhatsApp: Easy mass access to online messaging may cost more fake news
Connecting people to the internet also means connecting them to the worst elements of humanity, romours and fake news being the one. Highly popular cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp is now available on JioPhone and JioPhone 2 users. The messaging application has been designed to support 22 of India’s vast array[Read More…]
Reliance JioPhone finally start supporting WhatsApp
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced it is now available on Reliance JioPhones across India. WhatsApp has built a new version of its private messaging app for JioPhone, running on KaiOS operating system. “Millions of people across India can now use WhatsApp private messaging on the best-in-class JioPhone across India,” said Chris Daniels, Vice[Read More…]
Bizarre! Jharkhand Lower Court announces criminal case verdict through ‘Whatsapp’
A criminal case, involving a former minister of Jharkhand and his MLA wife, saw the lower court judge in Hazaribagh putting these accused on trial by pronouncing the order framing charges against them through a ‘WhatsApp’ call. Taking it to the apex court, both the accused told that the trial[Read More…]
You may groove as Snapchat brings in musical GIFs
Photo-messaging app Snapchat has reportedly joined hands with third-party service TuneMoji to allow users to post musical Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs) to a personal chat or their Story. TuneMoji shows a searchable gallery of GIFs which users would be able to set to different licensed songs and sounds from which users could select a messaging[Read More…]
Patanjali gets messaging app Kimbho back on Google Play Store
Patanjali’s Ayurved’s messaging app ‘Kimbho’ is back on Google Play Store. Earlier today morning, the desi messaging app was removed by Google from its Play Store. Patanjali had launched a beta trial version of the messaging app on August 16 which got disappeared only a day after its introduction. Patanjali[Read More…]
Patanjali’s messaging app Kimbho disappears from Google Play Store
Just a day after Patanjali Ayurved’s messaging app Kimbho’s beta trial version was launched, it went missing from the Google Play Store. The desi messaging app was known for coming as a competitor for WhatsApp in the Indian market. The Baba Ramdev-led firm Patanjali claimed that this is a conspiracy[Read More…]
Alert! WhatsApp message ‘PM gives Rs 10,000 to girls’ is fake
Recently, a fake WhatsApp message has gone viral across the nation claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving Rs 10,000 to girls between the age of 1-18 years under ‘Sukanya Samridhi Yojana’. The message also claims that in order to avail the benefits of the scheme, applicants must register[Read More…]
More than complaints Railway WhatsApp helpline numbers receive friendship messages
It has been around a week since the Indian Railways introduced its WhatsApp helpline number to make it easy for the complainants to register complains. This initiative was meant to help commuters in placing complaints related to the lack of cleanliness, pay and use toilets related problems and other issues[Read More…]
WhatsApp to unveil picture-in-picture mode; users can chat and watch videos at the same time
San Francisco: One of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world — WhatsApp — is working on a much anticipated picture-in-picture mode for Android platform. The feature, once rolled out, will allow users to continue the video call on a minimised screen while browsing through the rest of[Read More…]
WhatsApp fake news: Delhi based professor working on app to fix problem
In the wake of increased crime due to the circulation of fake WhatsApp videos and images, a Delhi based Professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and his team is working on a machine-learning based solution. If the experiment goes successful, it is believed that the fake videos and images could be identified with[Read More…]
WhatsApp rolls out four-person group calling
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out its group calling feature – for both voice and video options – on iOS and Android devices for its 1.5 billion users. The group calling feature supports up to four people simultaneously. You can make a group call with up to four people total[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Minhaz Ansari was beaten to death by police, reveals CID
In a shocking revelation made by CID, it has been confirmed that Minhaz Ansari of Jharkhand was tortured to death by Police in 2016, for posting a picture on WhatsApp group with beef. Police official Harish Pathak of Narayanpur police station has been found guilty in the case of attempt to[Read More…]
WhatsApp to bring fake news verification model Verificado in India
In its effort to prevent misuse of the platform ahead of general election in India in 2019, Whatsapp is planning to bring a fake news verification model, Verificado, in India. The model was recently used in Mexico Presidential election, where users attempt to spread rumours to Verificado’s Whatsapp account were[Read More…]
You can forward message to five chats only: WhatsApp
As the government served WhatsApp with a second notice asking it to check the spread of fake and provocative content, the Facebook-owned platform has said it is launching a test to limit forwarding that will apply to everyone in India. In India where people forward more messages, photos, and videos[Read More…]
‘Cash for transfer’ scam tarnishes UP police reputation
Meerut: A senior policemen in Uttar Pradesh panicked as his WhatsApp chat went viral on social media on Tuesday in which, a station House Officer posted in Bulandshahr claimed to pay a bribe of Rs 50,000 to the Meerut ADG for his transfer. The accused, Parshuram had recently shifted from Noida to[Read More…]