Apps Culture & Policy News 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… Upneet SinghJuly 12, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp Business gets QR codes and a new way to share catalogs After quietly building a strong 50M MAU base of mostly small and… Chinni SinghJuly 9, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News 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… Chinni SinghJune 24, 20202 minute read
Apps News 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… Chinni SinghJune 19, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next? WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months… Upneet SinghJune 15, 20203 minute read
Internet News 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… Staff@The Tech PortalMay 16, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook now has a combined monthly user base of over 3 billion While announcing its quarterly financial numbers, Facebook also gave us a pretty… Upneet SinghMay 1, 20202 minute read
Apps Business Internet News Whatsapp eyes lending services in India There’s a phrase that has become quite common in big tech these… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 29, 20203 minute read
Apps Internet News Whatsapp records 70% drop in viral messages after limiting forwards While governments globally struggle to fight the human side of coronavirus pandemic,… Shalabha SarathApril 27, 20202 minute read
Apps News 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… Shalabha SarathApril 24, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News 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.… Sajid SaleemApril 7, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News 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… Upneet SinghMarch 30, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook announces a ‘Coronavirus Community Hub’ on Messenger to contain misinformation spread Facebook announced yesterday, a coronavirus community hub for people who use its… Upneet SinghMarch 27, 20202 minute read
News Whatsapp tests search button on forwarded messages to verify content via Google COVID-19 has brought humanity together like never before. Everywhere you see people… Sajid SaleemMarch 22, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp launches dark mode for Android, iOS users After teasing for about a year, WhatsApp has finally launched its dark… Shalabha SarathMarch 4, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp now has over 2 billion users worldwide WhatsApp is, without a shred of doubt, the biggest messaging app in… Upneet SinghFebruary 12, 20202 minute read
Apps News Whatsapp has reportedly received regulatory go-ahead for ‘Whatsapp Pay’ roll out in India After close to two years of intense deliberations, and a rather failed… Staff@The Tech PortalFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp to stop working on millions of phones from today Just a month after WhatsApp ended support for some of the older… Jeet SutharFebruary 1, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Facebook says “vulnerabilities in operating systems” responsible for Jeff Bezos’ Whatsapp-based phone hack In case you have been living under a rock for the past… Upneet SinghJanuary 24, 20202 minute read
Apps Facebook halts controversial plan to sell ads on WhatsApp It seems like social media giant Facebook is taking a back seat… Jeet SutharJanuary 18, 20201 minute read
Apps Internet WhatsApp Beta sees major new upgrades including auto delete messages, universal low data mode & call waiting Whatsapp is continuing with more feature showcases for its Beta users. Apart… Upneet SinghDecember 29, 20192 minute read