Apps Culture & Policy News India’s supreme court seeks response from Facebook, Whatsapp over privacy policy change The Supreme Court has decided to intervene to protect the privacy of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp Web and Desktop app to receive biometric security feature At a time when popular social media platform WhatsApp is facing immense… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 28, 20212 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Indian IT ministry asks WhatsApp to suspend controversial policy change in stern worded email WhatsApp has been in a whirlpool of controversy recently, after it notified… Upneet SinghJanuary 19, 20212 minute read
Apps Business News Reliance looks to integrate JioMart ecommerce app into Whatsapp within this year: Report Months after entering the e-commerce business with the launch of JioMart, Reliance… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 18, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp delays controversial privacy policy change to May 15, “will do a lot more” to clear “misinformation” WhatsApp is the biggest messaging service on the planet, and with that,… Upneet SinghJanuary 16, 20212 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp issues clarifications after receiving backlash for controversial policy change WhatsApp has been in hot waters in the past week, thanks to… Upneet SinghJanuary 12, 20212 minute read
Apps Internet News Youtube surpasses WhatsApp in MAUs in India, while Signal emerges as an alternative after controversial policy change Facebook-owned WhatsApp has become the go to app for Indians when it… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 12, 20212 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News WhatsApp updates terms of service, will start sharing user data with Facebook Millions of WhatsApp users from India received a notification on the updated… Nikhil MakwanaJanuary 7, 20212 minute read
Apps Business News Whatsapp partners with 4 of India’s top banks for a nation-wide Whatsapp Pay roll out WhatsApp’s much anticipated feature, WhatsApp Pay (or Payments), which went live in… Maaz AhmedDecember 16, 20203 minute read
Apps Internet News Apple’s privacy labels will apply to both third-party and native apps WhatsApp criticized Apple’s mandatory privacy labels initiative for its iOS App Store… Maaz AhmedDecember 10, 20202 minute read
Apps Business News WhatsApp introduces ‘Carts’ to help businesses manage orders better WhatsApp has announced that it will be adding a new feature in… Swastik BhattacharjeeDecember 8, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News Mark Zuckerberg looking forward to a “more digital India” as WhatsApp payments launched in the country Facebook, the company that rules the world of social media as we… Upneet SinghNovember 6, 20202 minute read
Apps News 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… Shashank RajNovember 5, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp introduces ‘Disappearing Messages’, allowing automatic deletion of chats after 7 days Whatsapp, the most widely used messaging app across the world, is receiving… Shashank RajNovember 5, 20202 minute read
Apps News 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… Maaz AhmedNovember 3, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp is testing disappearing messages which vanish after 7 days WhatsApp has been teasing disappearing messages numerous times, and now it looks… Upneet SinghNovember 3, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Whatsapp now delivering nearly 100 billion messages in a day One phrase describes Whatsapp pretty aptly: ‘In a league of its own’.… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 30, 20201 minute read
Apps Internet News 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… Chinni SinghAugust 10, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News 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… Chinni SinghAugust 4, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News 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… Upneet SinghJuly 29, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp plans small scale financial services pilots in India WhatsApp is planning to introduce multiple pilot programs in India over the… Upneet SinghJuly 23, 20203 minute read
