The popular online messaging company such as Skype and WhatsApp will have to face stricter rules on managing users under new data and security laws slated to be proposed by the European Union. European Union executives are reportedly attempting Handing Over The Top service.All the online web services company will have to guarantee the confidentiality of the communications and will have to obtain users permission to process their location data. The telecom companies have long complained that companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet Inc's Google are more lightly managed, despite offering similar services.
WhatsApp post-acquisition by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has seen a quick makeover right from making it free for everyone to bringing new features just like that! In the past few years, WhatsApp has emerged as almost the most important mode of communication in several countries around the globe.
WhatsApp for iOS' latest beta release v2.16.7.1 is now doing the rounds for some users and apart from numerous bug fixes and improvements, it brings support for auto playing gif images. The Facebook-owned messaging app has staunchly resisted the gif invasion till date, and support for sharing animated images will certainly be a welcome feature addition for users.
New guidelines issued by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace have to complied with in one year, the government has ordered.
If you have been goofed by someone about a new app from Facebook developers called “WhatsApp gold” read this now!Seems like according to the online rumors that’s been abuzz for some days now seems very untrue where according to the scam, it mentions about how you could actually connect with a celebrity. Like, comeon! Who in his sane mind would fall into it? Most of you did!
Cybersecurity and anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has reportedly tried to mislead reporters into believing that he had sabotaged Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption. Apparently, this isn’t the first time that the self-styled libertarian gained media attention for such outlandish claims like when he told the FBI that he’ll help them hack into the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone.
A new app has been developed for both the Mac and Windows platforms in a way which will help the messaging service better and up their competition.
If you’ve not known or are living under a rock, WhatsApp for Web was the service that was incepted last year in January and now has finally received the option to send and receive documents on your desktop/laptops. The move comes a couple of days after the company brought out their standalone application for the same hardware. Just few months ago, now Facebook-owned WhatsApp added the document-sharing feature to its mobile app.
Now a lot of people use WhatsApp just to converse with their friends which is the case with an average user. But however, there are a lot of things that even an average user should be aware of just for the sake of it or even abuse it towards your favors.
WhatsApp has just rolled out a native desktop app for both Windows and Mac users. Essentially a mobile-oriented application, WhatsApp still requires users to synch in their phones as a protection from potential hacking.
WhatsApp recently hit the billion user mark. What an achievement for Zuckerberg right? Man’s not even middle-aged but the hype and influence he has on the internet world for sure has benefitted all of the world’s user base.
Seems like WhatsApp now have plans to make a standalone access for PCs too. And not just that, the social media giants Facebook have a lot of stuff planned and are under development. Which means there might be more features added to the app in the near future.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is purportedly getting a desktop client version after tweeted snaps of coding translations for the insanely popular messaging app have been making rounds online. If rumors prove accurate, it will be a game-changing inroad as it challenges the dominance of Skype and other leading messaging platforms.
For the second time, a regional court in Brazil has ordered telecom companies in the Brazil to block access to the country’s most popular messaging service, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp for 72 hours. The ongoing dispute has been raging on for months as Brazilian authorities felt frustrated for not being able to gain access to WhatsApp’s encrypted data they need to pursue criminal investigations.
Where did it all go right for the social messaging application WhatsApp? We firmly believe the fact that when Mark Zuckerberg owned Facebook made it free of all users to make use of their social messaging application completely costing nothing.
