Instant messaging

2018 is witnessing an unprecedented surge in sub-Rs 100 prepaid packs for various users, targeting both voice and data users. Now, Airtel has launched another solid pack, targeting only data users. Yesterday, BSNLlaunched bulk SMS plans,…

Google announced Duo last year as a standalone video-calling app, and its sibling Allo for simple text messaging. However, both the apps lacked the ability to make regular internet calls to contacts on the app. A lot of people have…

Thrilled to receive that cute looking image of a cat on your WhatsApp? Felt aww when you received an innocent-looking image of a puppy on your WhatsApp? Beware! That could have hacked your WhatsApp account, and wreaked havoc on your…

The world’s largest online messaging platform WhatsApp is a free service and does not even have an annual or monthly fees. The company is moving more towards an advertisement model again, with the launch of ‘Status’ feature for…

Android and iOS have slight differences in WhatsApp features, and the company has maintained the difference for good. The company added ‘message queue’ feature in the Android OS last year in June 2016. For iOS users, WhatsApp has…

Only recently WhatsApp announced the roll-out of video calls, and now the company is gearing up for another smart feature already present in other social media apps. Video calling is in beta testing phase right now, and will soon be…

In near past, Facebook has been bringing many changes to its messengers, as it clearly wants its app to beat the others in the race, and if Zuckerberg has his way, he is on the path to having Facebook Messenger replace other messenger…

Jan Koum, co-founder of Whatsapp left Ukraine (then USSR) when he was 16 years old, and relocated to USA with his family. One of the primary reasons for this migration was the fact that Ukrainian citizens were not able to talk among…

When you first install WhatsApp of your Smartphone, you see a screen, which says, you will be charged Rs. 55 ( in other countries it is USD1) after first year of usage. However, most of us have never paid those fees, neither have we…

Facebook had acquired WhatsApp in the latter half of 2014 and since then it has made sure that the already popular messaging platform does not get in the way of its own messaging platform ‘Facebook Messenger’. Every quarter, Facebook…