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ELECTRONICS July 19, 2018 Oppo Find X and Moto E5 Plus India Launch, Xiaomi IPO, WhatsApp ‘Forwarded’, and More News From This Week
By: Loknath DasHIGHLIGHTS Oppo Find X has been priced in India at Rs. 59,990 Moto E5 and E5 Plus were also launched in India Xiaomi became a publicly-listed company this week Oppo Find X and Moto E5 Plus arrived in India, Xiaomi finally made its debut on the stock market, Applereleased iOS 11.4.1, Microsoft launched its Surface Go budget Windows tablet, Facebook was fined […]
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NEWS August 8, 2017 No Night On August 12, Say WhatsApp Forwards: Separating Space News From Junk News
By: Loknath DasThe August night sky promises to be a busy month for stargazers with a string of visually spectacular celestial events expected to occur over the coming days. The main draw continues to be the total solar eclipse expected to take place on August 21st but this month will also offer the chance to view a […]
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ALL DEALS November 16, 2016 WhatsApp Video Calling Launched, Vivo V5 Launch, and More: Your 360 Daily
By: sristy SahaHIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp’s video calling feature is rolling out to over 1 billion users Quarterly smartphone shipments in India cross 30 million Apple reportedly planning a foray into Augment Reality-based wearables Here’s your 360 Daily, bringing you the biggest technology news of the day – from WhatsApp video calling feature’s public rollout to Apple’s possible plans […]
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ALL DEALS October 30, 2016 EU Privacy Watchdogs Warn WhatsApp on Privacy Policy, Yahoo on Breach
By: sristy SahaHIGHLIGHTS EU sent letters to WhatsApp and Yahoo Said they had concerns about WhatsApp’s recent change in privacy policy Asked Yahoo to communicate all aspects of the data breach European privacy watchdogs said on Friday they had sent letters to WhatsApp over its sharing of information with parent company Facebook and Yahoo over a 2014 […]
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NEWS October 29, 2016 Facebook told to stop exploiting WhatsApp data during EU probe
By: sristy SahaEuropean privacy watchdogs don’t shy away from targeting big US technology firms, as previous probes into Facebook, Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Microsoft Corp. have shown. Photo: AFP Paris/Luxembourg: European Union (EU) privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service while they are investigating the privacy policy changes the […]
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NEWS September 1, 2016 WhatsApp for iPhone Gets a Voicemail Feature That’s Identical to Voice Message
By: sristy SahaWhatsApp for iPhone Gets a Voicemail Feature That’s Identical to Voice Message HIGHLIGHTS Feature is available on WhatsApp v2.16.8 for iPhone WhatsApp for Android saw the feature in beta last month It’s not known when the feature will arrive on the Android app Following its appearance in the beta version of Android last month, WhatsApp’s […]
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NEWS August 8, 2016 Trak N Tell gets funding from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton
By: sristy SahaBits N Bytes Soft, which operates as ‘Trak N Tell’, creates products to ensure safety of passengers while travelling in their vehicle via use of telematics and connected car technologies. New Delhi: Gurgaon-based car telematics solutions start-up ‘Trak N Tell’ has raised an undisclosed sum from a group of investors, led by WhatsApp co-founder Brian […]
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ALL DEALS July 31, 2016 WhatsApp for Symbian to Stop Working on December 31
By: sristy SahaHIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp suggests switching to Android, iOS, or Windows Phone In 2017, WhatsApp will end support for its Symbian app Apart from Nokia’s Symbian, WhatsApp also pulling the plug for BlackBerry WhatsApp has started notifying Symbian users that the app will stop working on the platform on December 31. The Facebook-owned messaging app earlier this […]
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ALL DEALS July 27, 2016 Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking WhatsApp Encryption Key
By: sristy SahaHIGHLIGHTS Sudhir Yadav, an RTI activist has petitioned in SC to ban WhatsApp SC had asked Yadav to approach government for this matter Recently WhatsApp had implemented end to end encryption in its app The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL urging it to ask the government to seek the private key from WhatsApp […]
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NEWS May 15, 2016 WhatsApp net Now supports report Sharing
By: sristy SahaHIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp net now indicates the documents icon within the attachment menu. formerly WhatsApp web presented media sharing and digicam alternatives. WhatsApp web turned into launched ultimate yr in January. WhatsApp formally added its popular messaging provider on computers with WhatsApp net ultimate yr in January. The carrier on computer systems progressively won new features […]
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ALL DEALS March 9, 2016 BlackBerry Says Seeking Alternatives for WhatsApp Users; Suggests BBM
By: sristy SahaWhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app owned by Facebook, recently announced it would be ending support for several older mobile OS versions, including BlackBerry 10 OS. However, BlackBerry has now given its official word on the move. The Canadian smartphone maker in a emailed statement says it is “seeking alternatives for BlackBerryusers once support of […]