WhatsApp gains NPCI approval to roll out its payment system in India, Google and Walmart suffer new restrictions

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given the nod of…

Whatsapp introduces ‘Disappearing Messages’, allowing automatic deletion of chats after 7 days

Whatsapp, the most widely used messaging app across the world, is receiving…

WhatsApp rolls out a redesigned storage management tool to address users’ storage woes

WhatsApp has announced a new redesign of its storage management tool, which…

WhatsApp is testing disappearing messages which vanish after 7 days

WhatsApp has been teasing disappearing messages numerous times, and now it looks…

WhatsApp tests multiple device support, including chat history sync on up to 4 devices

Whatsapp is developing a new feature that will allow users to access…

WhatsApp launches ‘Search the Web’ feature in limited geos to limit misinformation spread

Whatsapp today introduced a new feature to restrict the spread of misinformation-‘Search…

WhatsApp now fully compliant with data localisation norms for its payments service in India

WhatsApp Pay has been stuck in a bureaucratic sea of impediments and…

WhatsApp plans small scale financial services pilots in India

WhatsApp is planning to introduce multiple pilot programs in India over the…

India’s Supreme Court allows delivery of official court summons via WhatsApp and E-mail

Accepting a long pending demand from the country’s legal fraternity, India’s Supreme…

Whatsapp Business gets QR codes and a new way to share catalogs

After quietly building a strong 50M MAU base of mostly small and…

Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments

Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is…

Whatsapp says it is now fully compliant with RBI’s data localisation norms for payments roll out

After years of efforts, Whatsapp seems to have finally complied with India’s…

WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next?

WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months…

India’s competition watchdog probes antitrust complaint against Whatsapp’s payment service launch

India’s competition commission is reviewing a complaint filed against Whatsapp, for using…

Facebook now has a combined monthly user base of over 3 billion

While announcing its quarterly financial numbers, Facebook also gave us a pretty…

Whatsapp records 70% drop in viral messages after limiting forwards

While governments globally struggle to fight the human side of coronavirus pandemic,…

Whatsapp Pay to adhere to India’s data protection rules, readies for full-scale roll out: Report

Whatsapp Pay has been legally clamped down from being rolled out to…

WhatsApp further limits message forwarding to one chat at a time for previously forwarded messages

Fear is a strong emotion. It makes a man do crazy things.…

WhatsApp tests limiting the length of videos in ‘Status Update’ to 15 seconds in India

Following measures announced by streaming companies last week, Whatsapp is now testing…