London : The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has warned Facebook over its planned integration of its chat services — WhatsApp, Messenger and photo-sharing app Instagram, asking the social media giant to provide it with an “urgent briefing” on the ...
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San Francisco : Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been dropping support for dated devices and operating systems (OS) from time to time and now it is ending support for iOS 7 and older versions, Android 2.3.7 and Nokia Series 40 (S40). What ...
Read More »WhatsApp working on linked accounts, vacation mode features
San Francisco : WhatsApp is reportedly working out on three new features, including linking your account to Instagram, in order to improve its chat and notifications for its over 1.5 billion users. Apart from Linked Accounts, the two other features ...
Read More »Gupshup integrates enterprise messaging with WhatsApp Business
New Delhi : Silicon Valley-based bot and messaging platform Gupshup on Wednesday announced that it is working with WhatsApp Business to enable enterprises build a better brand presence on the platform. Gupshup has integrated the enterprise messaging environment with WhatsApp ...
Read More »Centre asks states, UTs to prevent mob lynching
New Delhi : The Union Home Ministry has issued an advisory to states and Union Territories (UTs) asking them to take measures to prevent incidents of mob lynching fuelled by rumours of child lifting circulating on social media, an official ...
Read More »‘Horrified’ at lynchings, will sanitise our platform: WhatsApp to IT Ministry
New Delhi : Taking cognisance of the Indian government’s concerns over the misuse of its platform for repeated circulation of provocative content, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday wrote to the IT Ministry saying the company is horrified by terrible acts of ...
Read More »#DeleteFacebook: Elon Musk deletes SpaceX, Tesla Facebook pages
Los Angeles : Verified Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla disappeared on Friday, minutes after Elon Musk responded to a comment on Twitter calling for him to take down his rocket company SpaceX, electric carmaker Tesla and his own official ...
Read More »WhatsApp adds feature to check ‘Delete for Everyone’ misuse
San Francisco : WhatsApp is testing a new feature called “block revoke request” to prevent people from misusing the “Delete for Everyone” feature. According to WABetaInfo, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, in order to stop such ...
Read More »WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion monthly users
San Francisco : WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion monthly active users (MAUs) who are exchanging nearly 60 billion messages on a single day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday. In an earnings call after announcing the fourth quarter results, ...
Read More »‘WhatsApp Business’ now available on Android in India
New Delhi : To help businesses communicate better with their customers in India, WhatsApp has officially rolled out “WhatsApp Business” — a free-to-download Android app for small businesses — in the country. The new app, available on Google Play Store, ...
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