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Restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy: Centre urges HC

Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps

WhatsApp hires Amazon Pay's Mahatme to lead India payments: Report

With more than 500 million users, WhatsApp counts India as its biggest market

WhatsApp to stop working on iPhones running on iOS 9, earlier OS

WhatsApp has published a new support document that shares details on ending support for devices running iOS 9 and earlier versions of the operating system (OS).

Only 1 in 250 understand role of encryption in securing messaging: Study

Encryption is the practice of scrambling data to make it unintelligible for even the service providers

WhatsApp CEO 'worried' about Indian govt promoting Koo

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is worried not only about the Union government's aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo

WhatsApp working on encrypted chat backups for iCloud and Google Drive

The feature is still under development and there is no release date available as of now, said the WABetaInfo in a post published on Twitter

WhatsApp to introduce audio, video calling on desktop app for users

In order to make a WhatsApp desktop call, you need to have a Windows 10 64-bit version 1903 and newer or macOS 10.13 and newer

Axis Bank partners WhatsApp to offer basic banking services

Axis Bank on Wednesday said it will be available on popular social messaging app WhatsApp and will allow basic banking services, including account balance, and transactions history. The third largest private sector lender said the service will allow customers to seek information regarding their account balance, recent transactions, credit card payments, fixed and recurring deposit details, besides getting their queries answered in real-time. The facilities will be available to both the bank and non-bank customers, it said. Among others, people can put their queries about nearest branch, ATM, loan centre location. Customers can also apply for various banking products through WhatsApp, it said. They can also block their credit or debit card using the secure end-to-end encrypted messaging channel. Axis Bank said all the services on WhatsApp Banking will be available 24X7, including holidays. To get on-board, customers need to send a Hi to 7036165000 on WhatsApp. "Our objective is to

WhatsApp update allows animation for voice messages, 'disable receipts'

Instant messaging application WhatsApp Messenger's latest update on iOS has brought a slew of features including a new animation for voice messages and the ability to disable receipts for these messages.According to Mashable, the latest update is now live on the Apple app store and comes with minor changes to the instant messaging app.The new features include a new progress bar animation that has been added for voice messages. With the new update, all the voice messages, once a message has managed to receive the end of the bar, will go back to the start automatically. Currently, this animation is only available for users who have iOS 13 and above.As reported by Mashable, another newly added feature is the ability to disable the read receipts for voice messages. WhatsApp users now would be able to switch off the read receipts that notify the sender of whether you've listened to the audio sent by them or not. To use the new feature a user needs to go to WhatsApp Settings > Account ...

Big Brother syndrome

New rules for digital media have troubling implications

Delhi HC adjourns hearing on plea against WhatsApp privacy policy

The hearing has been adjourned till April 19

SC not to use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for hearings

The Supreme Court will no longer use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for court hearings

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

India is the largest market by users for both Facebook and its messenger service WhatsApp

Govt announces new guidelines to curb abuse of social media platforms

Social media is empowered and welcome to do business in India, said Prasad, adding that it is also very important that users must be given a forum against abuse of social media

Govt to announce social media guidelines for Facebook, Twitter and others

Apart from a grievance officer whose details should be prominently displayed on the platform, rules also ask for appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer responsible for ensuring adherence to the Act

WhatsApp hits top slot again; rivals Signal, Telegram and BiP fall back

It seems users were only being coquettish in looking for an alternative; they never actually dumped the app

WhatsApp: What will happen after May 15 if you do not accept privacy terms

The instant messaging platform has been offfering clarificaions on how it collects and shares data and that its new privacy policy only concerns accounts that communicate to business accounts

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification

Sandes and Samvad: Two new apps govt is testing as alternative to WhatsApp

Both are meant for internal communication; no more tears and smiles as 'Gimojis' get set to replace emojis

Conveyed to Indian govt our commitment to protect privacy: WhatsApp

This comes hours after announcing the decision to go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update