New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday doubled the number of participants in a video or voice call from four to eight people at a time on its platform. To access the new limit on WhatsApp calls, all participants in a call need to update to the latest version of WhatsApp available on iPhone or Android. […]
San Francisco: Facebook’s over Rs 43,000 crore investment in Jio Platforms will help the social networking giant build similar products for the other key markets around the world, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook, which has long been striving to enter the big club of the e-commerce world, has chosen India in a significant move […]
Bhubaneswar: At a time when lockdown has brought hardship for people especially those living in rural areas, a 3rd year engineering student in Odisha has developed a mobile app through which doorstep delivery of essential products can be done with ease in semi-urban and rural areas. Girish Vaisyaraj, a student of Electronics and Telecommunications at […]
San Francisco: Taking on Zoom and other video conferencing apps like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, Facebook has rolled out its group video chat Messenger Rooms globally that allows free video calls with up to 50 people with no time limit. Rooms can be created right from Messenger or Facebook and gives people the ability […]
New Delhi: Do you want the same WhatsApp account in all the devices that you own? This could soon be possible in a limited sense as the messaging platform appears to be trying a feature that would allow its over two billion users to access the same account simultaneously in as many as four devices. […]
New Delhi: WhatsApp on Saturday launched its first brand campaign in India that chronicles real-life stories about how Indians communicate with their closed ones on a daily basis on the popular messaging application. The campaign monikered ‘It’s Between You’ highlights WhatsApp’s commitment to privacy, the company said in a statement. “With WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, we […]
New Delhi: In a first, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the service of summons and notices, a necessity in almost all legal proceedings, through instant messenger like WhatsApp as well as by e-mail and fax. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde observed that it has been brought to the notice of the […]
New Delhi: WhatsApp has so far been a great experience for billions of users globally where there are no ads in-between chats, no distractions like promoted posts and in-app pop-ups, but integration with the rest of Facebook family of apps may mar the beauty of this end-to-end-encrypted mobile messaging platform. The world of social media […]
San Francisco: WhatsApp has launched a new ‘Search the Web’ option that will enable users to check information shared to them via a forwarded message. The ‘Search the Web’ option is currently being rolled out in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK and the US. The feature will be available for users on the latest […]
New Delhi: The Common Services Centers (CSC) on Thursday said that it has partnered with Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp for a chatbot for citizens to receive digital literacy services and resources. People can send a “Namaste” at CSC Academy’s official WhatsApp account +91 99991 89321, to access details and course modules of flagship programmes. The […]
New Delhi: WhatsApp is reportedly working on to adding another layer of security via biometric scanning support that will help users secure new sessions on the platform on the Web. According to WABetainfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp in Beta, the mobile messaging platform has dedicated a team to work on making the entire browser […]
New Delhi: WhatsApp has enabled multiple features like ‘Always Mute option’, a new Storage Usage UI along with accompanying tools as well as new Media Guidelines to its Android beta user base. According to WABetainfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp in Beta, all these features are in WhatsApp 2.20.201.10 beta for Android and are yet […]
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) launched a WhatsApp helpline service for speedy redressal of grievances for its subscribers in all the 138 regional offices. With WhatsApp emerging as a huge platform for communication in India, EPFO has grabbed the opportunity that the app provides to reach and communicate directly with all its stakeholders. The […]
New Delhi: WhatsApp on Thursday launched the much-awaited ‘Disappearing Messages’ on its platform for both Android and iOS users that will automatically delete new messages sent to a chat after seven days when turned on. In a one-to-one chat, either person can turn disappearing messages on or off. In groups, admins will have the control […]
New Delhi: After two years of waiting, WhatsApp payment service has received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to go live on Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with over 160 supported banks. Over 400 million WhatsApp users in India can now securely send money to friends and family, and payments feature is now […]
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