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Snapchat adds forever chats and group streaks for snappers: How it works

Snapchat rolls out Infinite Retention for saving chats and Group Streaks for collaborative streaks, giving users more control and flexibility in conversations

Trai refutes Congress claim of blocking SMS on Maharashtra poll fraud

TRAI on Monday said it did not receive any application that pertained to sending SMS to a political party's Maharashtra cadre on how the 2024 Assembly election was allegedly 'stolen', as the regulator asserted that it doesn't even approve individual SMS templates. TRAI's rebuttal came after Congress on Sunday claimed that the TRAI rejected its application for sending out SMSes to its Maharashtra cadre with the link of a documentary on how Maharashtra assembly elections were allegedly "stolen" on the grounds that it is "content related to protest". Without naming Congress, TRAI in a post on X said, "No application was received by #TRAI for sending SMS to a political party's Maharashtra cadre on how the 2024 Assembly election was stolen'". TRAI pointed out that the said application was submitted to one of the service providers, who rejected it. "TRAI was at no stage involved in this process. In fact, TRAI does not deal with approval of individual message templates," the regulator ...

Happy Guru Purnima 2025: 50+ Heartfelt wishes, quotes & messages to share

Celebrate Guru Purnima 2025 with 50+ touching wishes, quotes, and messages to honour your guru and express gratitude on this sacred occasion of Vyasa Purnima

Meta introduces direct messaging in Threads, adds new features: Details

Meta rolls out direct messages and a Highlighter feature on Threads. The former allows users to have private, one-on-one conversations within the app

Happy National Doctors' Day 2025: 50+ wishes, messages and quotes to share

National Doctors' Day 2025 in India: Celebrate by honouring doctors with heartfelt wishes, inspiring quotes, and meaningful messages of gratitude

Happy Father's Day 2025: Here are 50+ messages, wishes and quotes to share

Father's Day is celebrated every year on June 15 across the world. Here are some heartfelt messages, wishes, and quotes to share on this day

Google Messages adopts 'Delete for Everyone' from WhatsApp: What is it

As part of the RCS update, the feature is included in a broader rollout tied to Universal Profile 2.7, which introduces several new capabilities such as message editing and recall

Google Messages rolls out 'Unsubscribe' option to curb SMS and RCS spam

To reduce unwanted messages and spam, the Unsubscribe option will help users report spam senders and maintain a cleaner inbox

WhatsApp faces massive outage as users report issues in sending messages

Following the outage, many even shared memes as an expression of anger and to confirm if the message app was actually down

International Women's Day 2025: 50+ quotes, messages to share on this day

International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8 to recognise the achievements and struggles of women across the world

Trai unlikely to extend November 30 deadline for message traceability norms

With 13,000 businesses already registering with telcos, TRAI believes no disruption would occur

International Men's Day 2024: 100+ best messages, wishes, quotes to share

International Men's Day is celebrated to mark the significant contribution of men to society. Here are the 100+ best wishes messages and quotes to share with men around you

India Post scam: Google to enhance Messages app with new safety features

Reportedly, the enhanced detection of package delivery and job scams feature is rolling out now, while others are either limited to select countries or will be available in the coming months

WhatsApp's Business & Click to WhatsApp revenue doubles in a year

"India is one of the top markets for WhatsApp globally, not just in terms of users but also in messaging," said Sandhya Devanathan, Meta vice-president, India

September 1 deadline: Trai asks top regulators to apply whitelist norms

The telecom regulator directs RBI, SEBI, Home Ministry and others to register the content of text messages

Soon, WhatsApp could let you clear all unread chats in one go: Details here

Reportedly, WhatsApp is testing a new option that will allow users to clear their unread message count whenever they open the app

WhatsApp rolls out chat filters on iOS, Android: What it is, how it works

Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp said that chat filters will allow users to find unread messages and groups without having to scroll through the entire inbox

Apple brings RCS messaging to iPhones, does not give up on green bubble

RCS messaging on iPhones will support read receipts, typing indicators, high-res media sharing and location sharing when texting between iPhones and Android smartphones

End-to-End Encryption: Here's how it works, benefits and drawbacks

End-to-end encryption or E2EE is the type of encryption where a message is encrypted at the sender's end and decrypted on the receiver's end

Majority of men in India love gaming apps; women prefer food: Report

Majority of men in India love using gaming apps, while women prefer food and messaging apps, according to an analysis of 85 million Android smartphones by Booble AI. Bobble AI report said that despite a 50 per cent rise in the Indian users' time spent over smartphones last year and the participation of women in the workforce rising consistently, only 11.3 per cent of Indian women are using smartphones to access payment applications. In contrast to men, women are least interested in gaming apps. The analysis showed hardly 6.1 per cent of women are active on gaming applications. "Even though the usage of apps by women is low in general, the participation in the usage of communication apps (23.3 per cent), video apps (21.7 per cent) and food apps (23.5 per cent) is comparatively higher. "The concentration of women using payment apps (11.3 per cent) and games (6.1 per cent) was found to be the lowest in comparison to men using these applications," the report said. The research was do