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Washington: Instant messaging application WhatsApp has introduced a new update for all iOS 15 users with version 22.2.75 that brings better voice memos and support for Focus mode. The update that has already started hitting devices in the United States, adding a play/resume toggle button to the voice-recording feature, reported GSM Arena. Reportedly, the new […]
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Cybercrime policed nabbed a private school teacher on charges of harassing a minor girl on WhatsApp here on Tuesday. The arrested person is identified as R Venkata Sai (31), a private school teacher from Aravind Nagar in Jagtial district. According to the police, Venkata Sai was sending sexually explicit messages to girl […]
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Khammam: A youth from Mahabubabad has allegedly committed suicide in Khammam on Tuesday. The deceased person was identified as Mutyala Sagar (25) of Bayyaram in Mahabubabad district. His dead body with severed head was found on a railway track at a level crossing near Khammam railway station. He reportedly was depressed over remaining unemployed for […]
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According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp plans to bring the two-step verification feature to desktop and web versions in a future update.
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According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is working on an "import chat history" feature that will let Android users move their chats to an iPhone device.
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Patna: An area manager at a private firm here in Danapur locality has approached the Patna Police cyber cell with a complaint alleging that he was honey-trapped by a girl on Facebook. The girl, who initially offered to establish friendship with the victim, turned nude during a video chat and recorded the conversation. Later she […]
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Hyderabad: The anti-drug game is going international for law enforcement agencies in the State, who are now racking their brains on how to track down key suspects in international drug cartels with the latter using international SIM cards for communications. The SIM cards, sourced from other countries, are used for either directly communicating with gang […]
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According to WABetainfo, the voice note that users are listening to will not be dismissed when they swipe back or open a different chat.
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Hyderabad: Allegedly upset over work pressure, a software engineer died by suicide by hanging in his apartment at Kondapur in Gachibowli on Sunday. The man, B Roop Kishore Singh (30), who was unmarried and working for a software firm at Madhapur, was staying alone in an apartment at Sriram Nagar colony at Kondapur. Police said […]
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According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is planning to remove "Broadcast Lists" and "New Group" from the chats list in a future update.
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As spotted by WABetaInfo, this feature is starting to roll out for iOS beta testers of WhatsApp as long as they are running iOS 15 and version 2.22.1.1 of the app.
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Hyderabad: Omicron positive patients and their relatives in Telangana who face difficulties with private hospitals while accessing health care facilities can report their grievances with the health authorities on the WhatsApp number 9154170960. General public can also call the helpline and grievance call centre 104 to lodge any complaint or help related to Covid-19 or […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted more time to Whatsapp and Facebook to file their response over notices issued to them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The Division Bench was hearing the petitions of Whatsapp and Facebook challenging the single bench, which had dismissed their pleas challenging a CCI order […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said that it banned 1,759,000 accounts in India in November in compliance with the IT Rules 2021. WhatsApp also received 602 grievance reports in the same month from the country, and took action on 36 of those. “In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our sixth monthly […]
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Karimnagar: Though the overall crime rate in Karimnagar police commissionerate limits declined in 2021, cybercrime has become a big problem for the cops. Besides online banking fraud, cheating in the name of OTP, OLX and harassing women and students on Facebook and Whatsapp have increased. Fraudsters from Jamtara of Jharkhand and Bharatpur of Rajasthan have […]
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Hyderabad: If social media apps like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are preferred among the adult population, then for kids it is YouTube. With many children shifting from desktop and laptops to mobile phones, YouTube with its access to videos, music and games has emerged as the most popular Android app among kids. According to New […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly planning to rollout a new feature which enables users to search for businesses nearby. As per a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing a functionality that will let users easily search for businesses nearby by filtering them using a new interface. The feature will be helpful for […]
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Mancherial: Some private recognised schools in the district are drawing criticism for ‘harassing’ students and parents to pay term fees. They are allegedly punishing the students by making them stand for quite long and chiding them for failing to pay the school fees. Besides, they are allegedly threatening parents that their children would not be […]
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The announcement was made at Fuel For India 2021 - Meta's annual event in India.
WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose said the pilot aims to effect a behavioral transformation to digital payments at the grassroots.
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Hyderabad: The detection of Omicron variant and the possibility of resurgence of Covid infections has made health authorities in several States including Telangana to insist that people at public places carry vaccine certificates. While such a move will go a long way in ensuring people are made aware about the importance of getting administered with […]
