Many of the over 1.5 billion WhatsApp users, both on Android and iOS, were unable to log into their app on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS Over 1.5 billion users, on Android and iOS, were unable to log into app The reason behind the snag is yet to be announced by the company WhatsApp users faced the similar […]
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Google Opens New Office in Berlin With Eye on Expansion
American tech giant Google has opened a new office in Berlin that it says will give it the space to expand in the German capital. CEO Sundar Pichai said Tuesday the space means Google could more than double the number of Berlin employees to 300. Google currently has 1,400 employees in Germany. Pichai says “the city has […]
WhatsApp gave us so many features in 2018 that it is now an app we can’t live without
WhatsApp is an app that has single-handedly changed the face of chat apps. And if we talk about the year 2018 in particular, a lot has changed for the app this year. Jio launched a new feature phone– JioPhone 2–mainly to bring WhatsApp to the feature phone users. Maintaining a symbiosis on its mobile platform, […]
Facebook Portal Camera: Privacy and Other Matters With Facebook’s Latest Gadget
It’s rare that a new gadget these days serves a true need. Rather, it creates a want. You certainly don’t need the Facebook Portal, whose primary purpose is to let you make the types of video calls you can already make on Facebook’s Messenger app. And given the company’s poor record on user privacy, do you even […]
WhatsApp Web Gets Picture-in-Picture Feature for All Users: Here’s How to Use it
WhatsApp is known to release new features for its users regularly, and today, the company is reportedly rolling out the Picture-in-Picture mode for WhatsApp Web users globally. The rollout is said to be gradual, and should be seen by all users in a few weeks. The PiP mode will work only on shared videos for […]
Facebook Says Bug May Have Exposed Photos on Nearly 7 Million Users
Facebook said Friday that a software bug affecting nearly 7 million users may have exposed a broader set of photos to app developers than what those users intended. Although this doesn’t mean the photos were actually seen by anyone, the revelation of the bug offers another reminder of just how much data Facebook has on […]
Facebook’s Menlo Park Headquarters Evacuated After Bomb Threat
A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook near San Francisco, police said, but hours after a sweep of the structure began there was no word of explosives found. The New York Police Department received an anonymous tip about a bomb threat regarding Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, […]
Tired of WhatsApp groups? Govt to your rescue
The government has requested WhatsApp to introduce a feature that should seek consent of the users before they are added to any of the groups on the instant messaging platform. This happened after some government agencies received complaints from people that they were being added to groups repeatedly without their consent. A senior government official […]
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Facebook in New Data Breach Controversy
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday against emails showing the social media giant offering Netflix and other popular apps preferential access to people’s data even after it had tightened its privacy rules. A British parliamentary committee investigating whether the social media behemoth was being used to manipulate the results of elections published 250 pages of […]
WhatsApp Launches TV Campaign in India to Fight Fake News
Facing flak for the misuse of its platform, WhatsApp on Monday launched its first-ever TV campaign in India as part of its efforts to address the challenge of misinformation and pernicious rumours. The popular messaging platform earlier launched two phases of a radio campaign to create awareness among users. The first phase of the campaign […]