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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced to add emoji reactions directing in its chat app, allow up to 32 people in a single group voice call and increase file sharing to support files up to 2GB, up from the current sharing size of 100MB. WhatsApp will first allow users to react with six key emoji […]
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New Delhi: In a major flip to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make deeper inroads into the Indian digital payments ecosystem, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has approved an additional 60 million users on unified payments interface (UPI) for WhatsApp. With this approval, WhatsApp will now be able to expand the service to […]
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Jayashankar Bhupapally: Fraudsters have used the photo of District Collector Bhavesh Mishra for the display photo (DP) of the WhatApp account and tried to cheat the officials, and others in the district recently. They have cheated District Horticulture Officer Akbar to the tune of Rs 50,000 by sending a message asking for financial help with […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely to roll out a new drawing tool features for its users. According to WABetaInfo, the company is releasing new drawing tools to some people on WhatsApp beta for iOS. “WhatsApp is rolling out this feature to some beta testers. More activations are planned at a later date […]
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Kothagudem: A journalist’s initiative has given a much-needed leg-up to an impoverished family, which had no means to pull through. Mariganti Manasa lost her husband Murali Krishnama Charyulu, a priest, 20 days ago and he was only the family’s breadwinner. She lives at Lakshminagaram in Dummugudem mandal in the district along with her 16-year-old son. […]
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New Delhi: WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned 1,426,000 bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The platform had banned 1,858,000 accounts in January. The company said that it also received 335 grievance reports in the same month from the country and took action […]
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New Delhi: Meta, which launched the Meta Business Coach tool on WhatsApp as an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners of small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across India, on Friday announced that it plans to expand the reach of the chatbot in India in the coming months. The company said that in less than four months […]
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Jagtial: A government school headmaster was suspected for uploading the link of obscene pictures in headmasters WhatsApp group. Headmaster, Zilla Parishad High school Dhonthapur of Dharmapuri mandal, Chandrahari, on Wednesday night posted an obscene link in WhatsApp, which was an official group for sharing information pertaining to the education department. Incidentally, District Education Officer and […]
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Hyderabad: A city-based man was duped of Rs.40 lakh by cyber fraudsters on a matrimony site. The victim came in contact with a woman on the website and befriended her. She told him she was settled in Europe and would soon be visiting India when they would be marrying. The woman, through WhatsApp and Facebook […]
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Till now, the feature has been available to users under WhatsApp's opt-in beta testing programme. Now, according to WABetainfo, the update will roll out to iOS users this month, followed by an Android release next month.
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Hyderabad: All the attention on Vivek Agnihotri’s latest flick, ‘The Kashmir Files’, has emboldened another set of fraudsters, who are now sending malicious phishing links to defraud people who click on them. According to the police, cyber fraudsters were sharing links containing malware claiming free access to the movie and promising that it could be […]
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Adilabad: Modern information and communication technologies have changed the way we live. These technologies are also helping matka, a form of banned betting activity that is thriving in erstwhile Adilabad district. The gamblers are lured with promises of winning at least ten times the money they bet if they predict the numbers that are finalised […]
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Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for harnessing technology in the security apparatus, saying that the latest tools should be utilised to nab the tech-savvy criminals. The Prime Minister in his convocation address to Rashtriya Raksha University underlined the importance of technology for security measures and policing. He called for harnessing technology to […]
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As per GSM Arena, the extension is called Code Verify and its sole purpose is to ensure the web version of WhatsApp is secure enough and the end-to-end encryption has not been compromised.
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The students have been demanding the slapping of sedition charges against the girl student and are also seeking her dismissal from the college.
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Kochi: Kerala High Court ruled on Thursday that an admin of a WhatsApp group cannot be held liable for the objectionable post by a group member. The HC ruled this while allowing a petition of Manual, a WhatsApp group admin who is accused in a case where another admin of the group posted a porn […]
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Hyderabad: Fans may wonder why there’s not much noise from actor-turned-film producer Bandla Ganesh ahead of the pre-release function of Pawan Kalyan’s much-awaited movie ‘Bheemla Nayak’. To the surprise of numerous fans, an audio clipping has now, purportedly, gone viral on WhatsApp. The leaked audio clip has the phone conversation between a Pawan Kalyan’s fan […]
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New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a dedicated ‘Safety in India’ resource hub highlighting a host of safety measures to help people stay safe online. The launch of the resource hub comes after WhatsApp’s week-long campaign, #TakeCharge to promote the safe use of the Internet. “Safety of our users is at the core of […]
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Hyderabad: Spanish heist crime drama series Money Heist may not have been inspired by real-life events, but it has inspired criminals in Hyderabad. Taking cue from the hit Netflix web series, four members allegedly committed kidnapping and about half-a-dozen other offences. The Asifnagar police busted the kidnapping gang and have arrested four of its members […]
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San Francisco: The Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add a new Facebook-like cover image. The feature has recently been spotted by WhatsApp development tracker WABetaInfo. “When the feature is enabled for beta testers, there will be some changes in your Business profile settingsa, said WABetaInfo. According to the screenshot shared by […]
