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WhatsApp users can now enjoy a brand new feature- Communities. Objective This provides a way to organize multiple group chats so that the discussion in individual groups remains focused on its own topic, but members can easily switch between topics. This is designed in order to help organizations, clubs, schools and other private groups better […]

Twitter owner Elon Musk said Wednesday that it will take “a few more weeks” before any banned accounts — including that of Donald Trump — are restored on the platform. Twitter users have been waiting in anticipation as to whether Musk will reinstate Trump who was kicked out for his role in inciting last year’s […]

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is looking into the 2-hour long WhatsApp global outage that affected users worldwide on October 25. Historic disruption Due to this users were unable to send messages, share photos and videos on the app. The disruption began around 12 noon. Experts say this was the longest blackout of […]

A Reuters study has found that the Indian population is more trusting of news on WhatsApp. About the study The study was titled ‘The Trust Gap: How and Why News on Digital Platforms Is Viewed More Sceptically Versus News in General’ It analysed responses of citizens in India, Brazil, the United Kingdom and United States […]

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a plea alleging arbitrary internet shutdowns in Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and West Bengal. Arbitrary and disproportionate It wants to know whether there is any protocol in such events. The petition filed by Software Freedom Law Centre argued that such administrative decisions are arbitrary […]

The government will soon issue guidelines for social media influencers which would make it compulsory for them to declare their association with the product they endorse. The Department of Consumer Affairs is involved with this, creating dos and don’ts for them. What’s the issue? Social media influencers are those that have large followers on social […]

Twitter is testing an Edit Tweet feature which will let users make changes to their Tweet after it’s posted. After initial testing it will be expanded to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks. What is Edit Tweet? The feature gives users a short period of time to do things like fix typos, add missed […]

WhatsApp has published its monthly report for the month of July. Figures highest this fiscal It reported that it banned 23,87,000 bad accounts between 1st July 2022 and 31st July 2022. 1,416,000 of these were proactively banned, before any reports from users. The July numbers are the highest seen so far in the current fiscal. […]

WhatsApp is working on several new features, one of which is an undo feature to recover messages deleted by mistake. It released the “undo delete messages” feature to some beta users on WhatsApp beta for Android. It is now releasing the same on iOS beta. How it works With this update users will be able […]

Twitter is reportedly testing a different method to help people identify genuine accounts. How it would appear With this a new tag will be displayed in the user’s profile if they have chosen to verify their phone number. A small label would appear at the bottom of profiles of the users with verified phone numbers. […]

VLC Media Player, one of India’s most popular media players across multiple platforms is reportedly banned in the country. Among other banned Chinese apps? A user named Gagandeep Sapra tweeted that when users try to open the VLC Media Player website in India, a message reading “The website has been blocked as per order of […]

Japan has introduced tough penalties for those who cyberbully someone.  Cyberbullying consists of sending messages to someone with insults or threats.  New and tougher rules The crime will now be punishable by a prison term of up to one year or a monetary penalty of up to $2,200 (¥300,000). The time under the statute of […]

WhatsApp is working on an emoji-inspired avatar for video calls. Catching up to rivals There have been several reports in recent times about the app working on one feature por another.  With the avatars, it may be trying to compete with virtual workspace apps like Zoom, Google workspace. There are a number of features that […]

The Internet has become an inseparable part of our daily life as now we get access to everything online right from ordering foods, clothes, appliances, etc. to managing your finances digitally, working, or even messaging on social media platforms.  But how about getting access, that too without even using the internet. Gmail Offline Yes we […]

Some virtual private network (VPN) service providers have announced that they will remove servers from India. They include Surfshark and ExpressVPN and NordVPN. The reason behind the move comes from India’s cyber agency Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) which issued directives pertaining to VPNs. What does government’s new VPN rules say The norms have to […]

WhatsApp is rolling out new privacy settings that would allow users to hide their profile photos, last seen, and About info from specific people in their contacts lists. This is now available on both iPhone and Android devices. What’s New? Prior to this there were three privacy options for your profile photo, last seen, and […]

It’s the end of an era- the Internet Explorer (IE) browser hangs up its boots today, June 15, 2022. Microsoft is pulling support and will instead redirect users to the 2015-born Microsoft Edge browser.  Brief Background It appeared on computer monitors in 1995.  It enjoyed consistent popularity since then, initially overtaking and leaving the first […]

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp users will now have the ability to transfer their chat history from Android to iPhone. Aside from chat history, users can also transfer photos, videos and voice messages. Earlier, users could only transfer chats the other way (from iPhone to Android). The feature is rolling out in […]

WhatsApp is testing a feature which will add an edit button and allow users to edit their messages after sending them. There is no dedicated edit option currently- once sent, the message can only be deleted. As always, Wabetainfo, the website that tracks all the WhatsApp-related developments, broke the news first.  Second Attempt WhatsApp already […]

WhatsApp has turned its focus on groups and communities and on making sure that sharing content and leaving group chats is easier.  WABetaInfo reports that a future update will allow users to exit a group and only the group admins will know. No More Banner Announcing Exit So with this, there will no longer be […]