WeChat deserves more of your attention than WhatsApp: Here's why... Ever since the dawn of the smartphone age, WhatsApp has been serving as our messaging tool, keeping us connected with friends, family. The app has grown on us in such a way, it's hard to skip a day without looking at our chats. But, is this the best IM offering at present? Let's find out.
How to protect your WhatsApp account against hacking... Despite WhatsApp being end-to-end encrypted, it is possible to hack it. Hackers can get access to the personal data associated with your WhatsApp account by various means. Here is everything you need to know about how WhatsApp accounts can be hacked and how you can safeguard them against the same.
Update WhatsApp: This video call bug could compromise your account... If you've not updated WhatsApp in a long while, it might just be the time to do so. The messaging service has issued a fix for a major security flaw, which has been lurking around in the Android and iOS versions of WhatsApp, giving hackers an opportunity to take control of their targets' app.
Truecaller targets WhatsApp, launches its own messaging service... Truecaller is foraying into the messaging arena with a service called 'Truecaller Chat'. The feature, set to be integrated within Truecaller's iOS and Android apps, will enable free text conversations and multimedia sharing while offering tools to tackle the menace of fake news.
This is how WhatsApp will start monetizing... WhatsApp is planning to place targeted Ads in its status feature as part of an effort to make more money. In an exclusive with Forbes, Brian Acton, the co-founder of the company, confirmed the monetization plan as one of the reasons why he left WhatsApp and its parent Facebook. Here are the details.
WhatsApp Beta for Android gets 'Swipe to Reply' feature... 'Swipe to Reply', a nifty WhatsApp gesture that lets you quickly reply to a message, is finally coming to Android. WhatsApp has started rolling out its latest Android beta update (2.18.300) to make this feature live. Moreover, the stable version may soon get the feature after initial testing.
WhatsApp to get 'Dark Mode', 'Swipe to Reply' features soon... Popular messaging app WhatsApp is working to introduce a few nifty features including a 'Swipe to Reply' feature, a new 'Dark Mode', and message forwarding. These features have made way to the latest beta version of WhatsApp and hence expected to be rolled out for all users sometime soon.
WhatsApp backups will be deleted soon; backup your chats now... Google recently entered into an agreement with WhatsApp that will stop WhatsApp backups from eating into your Google Drive storage quota. While that's great news for some, there's a caveat - WhatsApp backups on Google Drive will be deleted in November. However, you can prevent that. Here's how.
You can now download the data WhatsApp collects on you... WhatsApp has rolled out its data portability tool in the form of a Request Account Info feature using which you can download a copy of your data that the app has. This includes account information and settings, contacts, profile photos, and groups. It is available for both Android and iOS users.
You can now download WhatsApp on your JioPhone, JioPhone 2... WhatsApp for the JioPhone line-up had long been promised, and was supposed to be available on Jio's KaiOS from August 15. However, the roll out got delayed. Now, finally, WhatsApp has announced that the app will be available for KaiOS, starting today, and will work on both JioPhone and JioPhone 2.
#TechBytes: 8 WhatsApp tricks you didn't know existed... If you think you know all about your beloved instant messaging app, WhatsApp, then you're in for a (pleasant!) surprise. The instant messaging giant keeps on adding new features to the platform, that you might yet not be aware of. Here are 8 WhatsApp tricks you perhaps didn't know existed.
WhatsApp expands campaign to curb fake-news to 10 more states... Stepping up crackdown efforts on spread of fake news, WhatsApp today said it is expanding its radio campaign to 10 more Indian states. WhatsApp has been facing severe criticism from the govt over circulation of fake news on its platform that incited multiple incidents of mob lynching across India.
#MomoChallenge: ICSE asks parents to keep vigil on children... With reports of WhatsApp messages inviting youngsters to play an online game 'Momo Challenge', the Association of Heads of ICSE Schools, WB, has called upon all member schools to urge parents to keep a watch on their children. The Association said they didn't receive any 'advisory' by CID till date.