WhatsApp for iOS started rolling out version 2.21.71 of its app today with notable new features, including Disappearing Message changes and improvements to media viewing.
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WhatsApp has been stewing in a pot of bad PR for the past few years but it seems that things have been heating up more recently. Despite that, the messaging service still enjoys millions of users that seem to be more at risk each day as new...
WhatsApp has become the target of intense scrutiny over the last few months after announcing a change to its privacy policy. Confusion and user backlash over the policy forced WhatsApp to delay the change, and now a German data regulator wants to...
Earlier this year, instant messaging app WhatsApp admitted that it shares user data exchanged on its 2018-launched “Business” app with Facebook. The company's update created panic among its two billion global users over security concerns.
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WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with well over 2 billion users exchanging end-to-end encrypted texts and making calls across the platform. Like most instant messaging apps, WhatsApp is available on iOS and Android. The...
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While WhatsApp may still be arguably the most popular messaging service in the world, it’s also not the most secure. Yes, it does have end-to-end encryption so your messages can only be seen by you and the recipient, but the architecture of the...
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Since mid-2019, the Indian government has locked horns with WhatsApp, demanding the absolute traceability of messages that over 600 million Indians exchange on the app. WhatsApp has repeatedly refused to comply with the demand, citing its data...
WhatsApp has several security tools for protecting your data on and off the app.
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To improve your WhatsApp account's data security, you can enable two-step verification, disable cloud backups, and turn on security...
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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp appear to be experiencing outages for many users.
Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
DownDetector reports show the issues started just after 5 p.m. ET.
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A new and malicious Android malware was discovered on the Google Play Store. The malware was disguised as a Netflix content enabling app called “FlixOnline.” The malware spreads itself via malicious automatic replies to WhatsApp messages...
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Encrypted messaging app Signal has become pretty popular the past few months due to the fallout from WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. So now is probably a good time for them to try out something new, at least for their users in the U.K. They...
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is used by over two billion people around the world. In India alone, the instant messaging app has over 600 million users.
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WhatsApp is now enabling businesses to create and manage their catalog from WhatsApp Web or desktop clients. Up until now, the feature was available only on mobile devices. Business owners can now hide unavailable items from their catalog and show...
When you’re using WhatsApp on various devices, including those that are on different platforms, backing them up can be a pain since they’re on different clouds. But soon, that might not be a problem anymore. The Facebook-owned messaging...
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Signal, the Privacy-focused messaging service that has lately surged in popularity following the WhatsApp privacy controversy – is dipping its toes into the domain of peer-to-pay digital payments. The company has today announced Signal...
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature that would make the transition from iPhone to Android and the other way around as seamless as possible.
WhatsApp wants to provide users with a chat history migration tool that would be offered in...
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Privacy controversies aside, WhatsApp is one of the most popular and useful apps in the world. The app supports the same rich instant messaging experience you’d get in iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram, and it handles voice and video...
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Charles, a Berlin-based startup that offers a “conversational-commerce” SaaS for businesses that want to sell on WhatsApp and other chat apps, has raised €6.4 million in funding.
Led by Accel and HV Capital, the seed funding will be...
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Despite the many privacy concerns WhatsApp has recently been involved in courtesy of parent company Facebook, there are still many users that remain heavily invested in the messaging service. To be fair, WhatsApp does currently have strong privacy...
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The feature was removed last year, but it's coming back in Brazil.