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Indians spend 50 million minutes every day chatting on WhatsApp video

The Facebook-owned mobile messaging app currently has 200 million monthly active users in India

New WhatsApp feature to let user pin favourite chats on top; here is how

Currently, the new feature is being tested and is in beta stage

WhatsApp to foray into digital payments & expand to other markets

WhatsApp, the over-the-top messenger service, owned by global social media giant Facebook, is working hard on its version of a digital payments service which it is going to bundle it the app soon. According to senior officials at WhatsApp, India is going to be its test bed for the payments services, after which it would be expanded to other markets.The company is looking to hire a digital transactions head for the country in this regard. In February, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton had met IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to discuss ways in which WhatsApp could contribute to India's vision for digital commerce. "We listen very carefully to feedback from people across India and how to better serve them. India is obviously our largest country and it's going to be one of the most important markets," WhatsApp spokesperson Matt Steinfeld said.The company is also working on making WhatsApp a wholesome ecosystem which can do everything starting from payments, to provide other services. Also, .

India to play 'crucial role' in WhatsApp's business solutions

Of its over 1 billion users, about 200 million are in India

Offensive WhatsApp, Facebook posts can now land group admin in jail

Administrator must include only those members who are personally known to him or her

SC refers WhatsApp privacy policy case to Constitution bench

Parties should appear before the Constitution bench and formulate issues to be taken up for hearing

WhatsApp buys into Modi's vision, to launch digital payments in India first

WhatsApp is working to launch person-to-person payments in India in the next six months

How WhatsApp encryption works - and why there shouldn't be a backdoor

Encryption is simply a way for two or more users to exchange messages securely

Security flaw found in WhatsApp, Telegram: researchers

Check Point Software Technologies said it alerted Telegram and Facebook-owned WhatsApp last week

WhatsApp keen to plug into India's digital commerce play

Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp said company will continue to invest across India

WhatsApp now has 200 million users in India

WhatsApp has been rolling out updates and features to make the app more secure for its users

WhatsApp's new 'Status' feature available to all

According to a WhatsApp blog, status updates are now end-to-end encrypted

Snapchat inspired Whatsapp 'Status' feature rolling out now

The new status feature allows user to use video clips, photos and GIFs as status update

WhatsApp rolls out two-step verification to enhance security for all users

The new feature will be available to all 1.2 billion WhatsApp users across iPhone, Android, Windows

Track your friends in real time on WhatsApp soon: Report

The 'Live Location Tracking' is disabled by default

Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Centre on data privacy

Analysts said India lacked data protection laws

Indians sent 14 bn WhatsApp messages on New Year's eve

The app is used by 1 bn users across the globe; 160 mn of them are in India

Journalist's whatsApp account compromised, requests for money transfer sent

A few money deposits did take place, the police said The complainant got a WhatsApp message from one of her college friends last night asking to share a code number which she (the complainant) would receive in the form of a text message. The moment this verification code is shared, the person's WhatsApp account gets compromised, a police official said. The hacker then sent messages to people on the complainant's contact list, asking them to transfer money to a certain PayTM account. A few money deposits did take place, the police said, adding that after a complaint was lodged at Cyber Police Station in Bandra Kurla Complex, the journalist's account was recovered. Police had sought help from PayTM in the investigation to get information about the account in which journalist's friends deposited money, the ...

WhatsApp to stop working for some iPhone, Android users from this month

The service will stop on any first, second, third or fourth generation iPad

Defence, security forces alerted against Whatsapp virus

Officials said the advisory has now been shared with the field formations of these security forces