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India’s Challenge to WhatsApp Usernames Could Shape the Feature Beyond Its Borders
India’s attempt to stop WhatsApp’s username rollout is becoming more than a domestic regulatory dispute. It is emerging as an…
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WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations as Launch Nears
WhatsApp username reservations are beginning to roll out worldwide, giving users the chance to secure unique usernames before the feature…
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WhatsApp Messages Are Becoming Part of Kenya’s Legal Evidence Trail
If you search for WhatsApp consent evidence, you will increasingly find that it is no longer just a question for…
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Why Meta Sees Kunal Shah as the Right Leader for WhatsApp’s Next Era
Meta’s decision to back Indian fintech company CRED and elevate founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp says as much about…
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Meta Pushes Deeper Into Paid Social With New Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Plans
Meta is widening its subscription business across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, adding new paid tiers that stretch from…
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African Women Are Building Businesses Through WhatsApp
Across Kenya and Nigeria, many small businesses no longer begin with a website, a storefront, or even a marketplace listing.…
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WhatsApp’s Paid Tier Starts Small With Stickers and Interface Tweaks
Meta Platforms has begun rolling out a paid subscription for WhatsApp that adds visual customization and a set of small…
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WhatsApp Banking Begins Taking Shape Across Southern Africa
For many people across Southern Africa, financial life already runs through a phone screen. Messages arrive. Payments get discussed. Remittances…
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African Digital Commerce Is Taking Shape Inside Message Threads Rather Than the Online Stores People Expected
WhatsApp is becoming Africa’s commerce infrastructure. Across cities and smaller towns from Lagos to Nairobi, thousands of merchants run daily…
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A Privacy Fight Spills Into Public and WhatsApp Answers by Narrowing the Gate
When WhatsApp began rolling out Strict Account Settings, the timing looked accidental only at first glance. The feature arrived during…
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WhatsApp AI Writing Help Lets You Rephrase Messages Without Sacrificing Privacy
WhatsApp has rolled out WhatsApp AI Writing Help, a new tool that lets users rephrase, polish, or adjust the tone…
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WhatsApp’s Group Chat Safety Feature Flags Risky Invites Early
In its latest effort to blunt the rise of scam-driven group chats, WhatsApp is introducing a friction layer — a…
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WhatsApp Calls in Kenya Are Replacing Voice Minutes as Data Costs Fall and Home WiFi Becomes Common
More Kenyans are skipping regular voice calls and going straight to WhatsApp. Whether it’s a quick one-on-one or a full…
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WhatsApp AI Privacy Features Now Live — 3B Users, Zero Compromise on Security
Meta officially announced that WhatsApp has now surpassed 3 billion monthly active users, one of only a handful of applications…
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Telegram Surpasses 1 Billion Users With $547M Profit—How It Stacks Against WhatsApp
Telegram has surpassed 1 billion active users, according to the message posted on the founder Pavel Durov’s channel. Telegram also…
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Meta AI Goes Solo: A Standalone Chatbot App is on the Horizon
Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is reportedly working on a standalone AI chatbot app, reopening the…
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WhatsApp Features Rolling out This Month
Regarding free messaging platforms, Meta-owned WhatsApp ranks high with over 2 billion monthly users. WhatsApp is always looking to bring…
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WhatsApp suffers a major outage worldwide
Popular messaging app WhatsApp is currently down worldwide. The Meta-owned platform suffered an outage on Wednesday evening as noted on DownDetector…
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WhatsApp adding ability to share your screen during video calls
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp will soon allow you to share your screen when making video calls. With the new feature…
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Channels To Users in Kenya
Last month, Meta announced that it is rolling out a new feature on WhatsApp called Channels. Channels, Meta said is…
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WhatsApp Business crosses 200 million monthly users mark, introduces new ad features
Meta has revealed that WhatsApp Business, its messaging app designed specifically for small businesses now has more than 200 million…
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WhatsApp rolls out Channels feature for broadcast messages
Meta is rolling out a new feature on WhatsApp called Channels. Channels, Meta says is a “one-way broadcast tool for…
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You can now use one Whatsapp account on up to four phones
The popular messaging platform WhatsApp has continuously refined its capabilities, making it more user-friendly and interoperable. In the latest update,…
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WhatsApp makes its native Mac app beta available to everyone
Popular messaging app WhatsApp has now made its native version of the app available to all Mac users. This is…
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WhatsApp launches Communities, a new way to manage groups with similar interests
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature, structured for better management of groups that have…
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WhatsApp is testing an Undo Button help you recover deleted messages
WhatsApp commands a top spot among the world’s most popular messaging apps. Even with a number of competitors hotly contesting…
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WhatsApp new feature will allow you to leave groups silently
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has made a good attempt to stay ahead of the competition by being…
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WhatsApp launches campaign to profile SMEs from across Africa
WhatsApp has announced the launch of the WhatsAppreneurs campaign, profiling small entrepreneurs from Africa who are using the WhatsApp Business…
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Startups
Kenyan e-health startup Zuri Health launches Whatsapp Chatbot
Kenyan health tech startup Zuri Health has launched a WhatsApp chatbot for its users in Kenya. Known as Vera, Zuri says…
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Malawian nurse arrested for insulting president on WhatsApp
Police in Malawi have arrested a nurse for allegedly insulting president Lazarus Chakwera during a WhatsApp debate on governance. The…
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Meta outlines steps to promote elections integrity during the Kenya 2022 elections
Meta has today outlined some of the work it’s been undertaking to promote election integrity for the Kenya elections on…
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WhatsApp Business Subscription Plan to Introduce new Features
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp could introduce a paid service soon for users of WhatsApp Business. A new report by Wabetainfo,…
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Meta launches a WhatsApp chatbot for SMEs in Africa
Meta has announced the launch of a new WhatsApp chatbot to help SMEs across Africa learn how to grow their…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Are All Down
Looks like all the popular social media apps WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger are all down. Users from different…
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WhatsApp will stop working on these devices starting November 1st
In two months, popular messaging service WhatsApp will stop working on a number of old devices. The Facebook-owned messaging app…
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CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky uncovers a malicious code spreading through a mod in WhatsApp
Kaspersky has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called FMWhatsapp. This…
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WhatsApp disappearing photos feature is finally here
WhatsApp has finally rolled out the disappearing photos feature to the stable version of the app. The feature has been…
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BUSINESS
WhatsApp’s Payment Feature Goes Live in Brazil After Suspension
WhatsApp Pay, the chat app’s payment feature, is live in Brazil after June 2020 suspension. WhatsApp Pay was suspended in…
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WhatsApp Voice and Video Calls Hit an All-time High on New Year’s Eve
2020 was anything but a crazy year for the human race due to the novel coronavirus. The pandemic occasioned an…
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WhatsApp Stops Working on Select Phones
WhatsApp is currently ranked among the most popular messaging apps in the world. The Facebook-owned messaging app is continuously updated…
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WhatsApp Has Rolled Out its Payments Feature in India
Facebook started testing its WhatsApp payments service in India in 2018 and had failed to launch it on time over…
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Brazil Suspends WhatsApp’s Payment Service
Earlier this month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp unveiled a digital payment system in Brazil, the company’s second-largest market after India. In a…
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WhatsApp Debuts A Digital Payments System in Brazil
The Facebook-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, has just launched a digital payments service in Brazil. Through the payment service which…
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WhatsApp’s Payment Service Set To Be Rolled Out In India By End Of May
WhatsApp’s UPI based payment service, WhatsApp Pay, is finally ready to be launched in India. After around two years since…
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This WhatsApp ChatBot Helps You Debunk Those Covid-19 Myths
Misinformation has emerged as the biggest problem of the current internet era. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, misinformation has become one…
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How To Stop Promotional Messages On Safaricom Through WhatsApp
Promotional text messages can be annoying sometimes especially for services you did not subscribe to. A number of users have…
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Apps
TikTok was the Second Most Downloaded App in 2019, Surpassing Facebook and Messenger
TikTok has been, with no doubt, one of the most popular apps in 2019. This has been advantageous to the…
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Facebook Might be Blocked From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, And Messenger
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company plans to unify all of its three platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram, and…
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New Cool WhatsApp Features That You Should Know About
Being one of the most popular instant chatting platforms out there, WhatsApp tries to be ahead in terms of functionality.…
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WhatsApp is working on multi-device support
Multi-device support could be coming on WhatsApp soon. This is according to one of the beta versions of WhatsApp for…
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CYBER SECURITY
WhatsApp bug could allow hackers exploit devices using MP4 files
A unique bug on WhatsApp revealed by the company could let attackers exploit your device using MP4 files. The bug,…
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Social Media
WhatsApp is Suing Infamous Spyware Vendor NSO Group For Allegedly Hacking its Users
WhatsApp has decided to take action against the notorious Israel-based NSO Group, a company well known in the world for…
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CYBER SECURITY
WhatsApp Glitch Could Allow Hackers To Steal Your Media Files Using GIFs
It is again high time that you should consider updating your WhatsApp. According to a report published by a security…
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WhatsApp Working on Self-destructing Messages
The latest WhatsApp beta update brings a new feature that lets messages self-destruct. The tip comes from reliable WhatsApp features…
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New Proposed Bill Will Require WhatsApp and Facebook Group Admins To Be Registered with CA
A new Bill headed to Parliament this week could require all Facebook and WhatsApp group administrators to be registered with…
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WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Alter Your Messages
Facebook’s popular instant messaging app WhatsApp has yet another series of flaws that could let attackers alter your messages. The…
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Facebook to Add its Name to Instagram and WhatsApp to Indicate it Owns Them
Recently Facebook has been under scrutiny by the EU over its ownership of both Instagram and WhatsApp. According to the…
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Gadgets
Whatsapp Now Available on KaiOS; a Feature Phone Operating System
KaiOS is a feature phone OS that has been a Google side mobile OS for a while now. KaiOS features…
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A Telegram and WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers Manipulate Your Media Messages
Messaging platforms are popular these days and everyone other user values the privacy of their activities on these platforms. WhatsApp…
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Chad Finally Lifts Social Media Ban after More than a Year
Chad has finally lifted its ban on Social media usage after banning the practice over a year ago. The ban…
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Upcoming WhatsApp feature will enable you to share your WhatsApp status to Facebook and Instagram
Facebook will soon let you share your WhatsApp stories to different platforms. Rolled as a beta-feature on June 24, the…
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WhatsApp to take legal action against spammers
WhatsApp Facebook-owned instant messaging platform has been run into problems with spammers, but now the going has turned out to…
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WhatsApp beta for iOS hints the inability to save profile pictures in the future
WhatsApp, Facebook-owned instant messaging app has been reported working on a few improvements in the iOS app. One of the…
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Indonesia restricts usage of some WhatsApp and Instagram features over riots
The Indonesian government has restricted the use of both Instagram and WhatsApp over deadly riots experienced in the country. The…
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Ads are coming to WhatsApp Status next year, are you ready?
WhatsApp since being acquired by Facebook in February 2014 was the only app that was not monetized. However, in last…
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CYBER SECURITY
WhatsApp voice call feature used by attackers to inject malicious spyware
On Monday, WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned instant messaging service, has reported the existence of vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to spy on…
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Gadgets
Nokia 8110 4G gets WhatsApp support
The Nokia 8110 4G banana phone now supports WhatsApp. The phone was launched in February last year and came pre-loaded…
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Social Media
New WhatsApp update stops people from adding you to groups without your permission – here’s how to activate it
I belong to the group of people who hates WhatsApp groups. In fact, I think I am in less than…
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WhatsApp latest update adds Group Calling for Voice and Video feature.
WhatsApp latest update will now allow group voice calls and video calls between up to 4 people. The update will…
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WhatsApp latest update will now label forwarded messages
WhatsApp has now made it easier for you to identify the origin of information shared on the messaging app. The…
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WhatsApp will now allow group admins decide who can post to the group
If you’re an admin of a WhatsApp group you must really be finding it hard to deal with those annoying…
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WhatsApp will now allow you to delete messages sent by mistake after an hour.
Most of us were quite happy when WhatsApp last year unveiled the delete message feature. This feature was meant to…
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Social Media
Breaking: WhatsApp Goes down on New Year’s Eve
You are probably wondering how you are going to text everyone to wish them ”Happy New Year” Why? Because popular…
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How to delete messages you sent by mistake on WhatsApp
You probably have read about WhatsApp ’s latest feature that will now allow you to delete a message sent by…
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How to Grow Your Small Business by Using Social Media Effectively
Everyone is acquainted with the significance of social media in every aspect of life. It is to be considered in…
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Guys, WhatsApp is bringing back the text Status after replacing it with a Snapchat Story clone
Last month, WhatsApp made some update which caused some user backlash. The company replaced the ability for users to set…
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Apps
Everything You Need to Know About 5 Biggest Messenger Apps [Infographic]
I still remember my reaction when my 60 years old dad sent me a GIF via whatsapp. I still remember…
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WhatsApp’s New Update will let iPhone users Queue Messages Without Internet connection
WhatsApp has rolled out some major update which is probably going to make iPhone users happy. The update will let…
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WhatsApp will stop working on your phone this month – Check if you’ll be affected
Earlier last week WhatsApp turned seven years old. As it marked this huge milestone, the world’s most popular messaging app…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature to everyone
A couple of weeks ago we told you that WhatsApp was testing a video calling feature. Well, today, the company…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature
Rumour that WhatsApp has been working on video calling feature has been going on for some time now. The first…
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WhatsApp could be working on a passcode protection feature
A couple of months ago Facebook-owned app WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption as an added security measure to keep users’ conversations…
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WhatsApp now lets you tag people in group chats, here’s how to do it
One of the key features of messaging service WhatsApp is group messaging. Well, personally I am not a fan of…
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WhatsApp just launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows
Facebook owned messaging service WhatsApp has finally come to your desktop. The company has today launched the desktop application that…
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After WhatsApp, Facebook is also ditching support for BlackBerry
It’s just a few weeks since WhatsApp announced that it is killing support for Blackberry and other older devices. Of…
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WhatsApp now allows you to share PDF files
If you have tried attaching a file to a WhatsApp text you must have noticed some additional feature, Document. Yes,…
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WhatsApp Killing support for All BlackBerry and other older devices
This is probably going to make most WhatsApp users with older devices sad. Well, WhatsApp says it is killing support…
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Tigo Tanzania customers to access free WhatsApp service
All Tigo customers in Tanzania will now be able to access free WhatsApp service. This announcement was made by Tigo…
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Breaking News : Whatsapp is Free Forever
Today when I woke up at 07:30 PM EAT I found out a surprise to my Whatsapp. Your service expiration…
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Court Bans WhatsApp in Brazil for 48 hours
WhatsApp users in Brazil will for the next 48 hour be blocked from using the Facebook owned the service. This…
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REPORTS: WhatsApp testing a new voice-calling feature
Just weeks after unveiling a Web version of WhatsApp that will allow its more that 500 million users send messages…
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You can now access WhatsApp on your desktop browser
By Nixon Kanali, Nairobi Sometime last year, we published a report suggesting how world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp was…
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WhatsApp may come to your desktop soon: Report
AndroidWorld has recently published a report suggesting that world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp is developing a web version of…
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Bored with those WhatsApp ‘blue ticks’? you can now disable them on your Android smartphone
Recenly, Popular messaging service, WhatsApp rolled out a new feature that allows users to know when a message they have sent…
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WHATSAPP NOW TELLS YOU ‘WHEN’ YOUR MESSAGE WAS READ!
Popular messaging service, WhatsApp has now rolled out a new update that allows users to know when a message they…
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EU approves Facebooks’ acquisition of WhatsApp
By Nixon Kanali The EU has finally given a green light to Facebook’s acquisition of mobile messenger service WhatsApp. According to…
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