NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday announced the integration of WhatsApp messaging services with the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) services of the Supreme Court.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new feature that will allow users to react quickly to status updates on Android. According to WABetaInfo, the "quick reaction feature for status updates" is set to release for a future update of the app.
NEW DELHI: Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, currently lodged in Delhi's Mandoli Jail, has written to Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking his "intervention" in the ongoing investigation into the Delhi Excise Policy case in connection with which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was recently arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Friday said that it removed Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government.
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has said that it is testing its large language model-powered chatbot Meta AI, with users in India and some other markets, in an effort to tap the massive user base to up its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings.
NEW DELHI: The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) on Thursday said that its Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU), in collaboration with Meta, will launch a WhatsApp tipline on March 25 to help detect and respond to AI-generated synthetic media in India.
NEW DELHI: The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) on Monday said that it has collaborated with Meta (formerly Facebook) to launch a dedicated fact-checking helpline on WhatsApp in India in an effort to combat media generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
LONDON: Families have slammed the British Police after it emerged during a misconduct hearing that they shared details about the victims of the 2023 Nottingham murders, which included an Indian-origin teen, on a WhatsApp group.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said that it banned over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of March in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely working on a feature that would let users chat with the same account on multiple phones, or on a phone and a tablet.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp has confirmed that it is running a cash-back campaign in India to drive more users on its digital payments service.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced to add emoji reactions directing in its chat app, allow up to 32 people in a single group voice call and increase file sharing to support files up to 2GB, up from the current sharing size of 100MB.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely to roll out a new drawing tool features for its users.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to share bigger-sized files and media with others over their platform.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday announced its selection of top 10 incubatees of the ongoing WhatsApp Incubator Programme (WIP) -- an initiative to facilitate positive and measurable health outcomes using the WhatsApp Business Platform.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned encrypted messaging service WhatsApp has started rolling out the much-awaited multi-device support for all users.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said that it banned 1,858,000 bad accounts in India in the month of January in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021.
SAN FRANCISCO: The Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add a new Facebook-like cover image.
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp users on Android will not be able to have an unlimited backup option on Google Drive soon.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said it is taking action on accounts engaging in automated and bulk messaging at a time when political parties and individual candidates are misusing the platform for reaching out to voters ahead of the Assembly elections in five states.
NEW DELHI: Meta owned instant messaging app WhatsApp is working on a new feature that would allow group admins on WhatsApp to delete messages for other members of the group as well.
NEW DELHI: As India prepares for the Assembly elections in five states, including the all-crucial Uttar Pradesh, Meta-owned WhatsApp is being heavily misused by various political parties as well as individual candidates to woo millions of voters via the automated bulk messaging route.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned WhatsApp's Head Will Cathcart has hinted that it may soon unveil an exclusive Apple iPad app, media report says.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing the ability to add two-step verification to its desktop app and web version.
NEW DELHI: Amid frequent violations of national communication guidelines and government directions to prevent leaks of classified information, the Centre has issued a revised communication advisory formulated by the Intelligence agencies after reviewing the gaps in the present system.
NEW DELHI: Global logistics and distribution company DHL, Microsoft, and WhatsApp are the topmost brands being frequently imitated by cyber-criminals in their attempts to steal individuals' personal information or payment credentials, a new report showed on Monday.
NEW DELHI: Citing privacy concerns, the Swiss army has banned the use of Meta-owned WhatsApp among other popular messaging services by army personnel.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has reportedly started testing a new feature on iOS that displays profile pictures in system notifications when users receive new messages from chats and groups.
CHENNAI: A private school Mathematics teacher, Mathivannan who had shared porn videos in the school group on Friday night, comprising Class 12 students and teachers was arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp has brought in a new privacy update to prevent unknown contacts to see a user's last seen and online status. This new feature has been reportedly rolled out for both Android and iOS enabled devices
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp on Monday announced that its users will now have the option to turn on disappearing messages by default for all new chats.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced an incubator programme in India that will select 10 organisations and help them build digital solutions to tackle critical health issues.
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it banned over two million accounts in India in October in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those.
NEW DELHI: Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new tool for web and desktop users to make their own custom stickers.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has released the 2.21.24.8 update for its Android users on the beta channel, which reveals the company is working on message reaction notifications for its Android app.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly developing a couple of new apps for macOS and Windows users.
SAN FRANCISCO:With an aim to empower its users with new features, Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature that will let you hide your "last seen" status from specific people.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned WhatsApp for iOS is rolling out a new beta version of its app. With this update, users can get a new interface to watch videos from Instagram, YouTube and other sites within the app.
NEW YORK: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that his company will have a new name, Meta.
NEW DELHI: Google has announced that WhatsApp's chat history migration feature to transfer messages from iPhones to Android is now coming to Pixel and all other Android 12 smartphones.
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp has already violated the fundamental rights of users in the country by denying dispute resolution rights while opposing a plea filed by WhatsApp and Facebook against the new IT rules.
NEW DELHI: Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp started coming back online on Tuesday after an outage that lasted almost six hours.
JAIPUR:Speculating about major changes in Rajasthan politics after Punjab, lobbying and WhatsApp calling have picked up pace in the state and Delhi after former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi twice in Delhi in the last one week. This time, he met Priyanka Gandhi too along with Rahul which is raising eyebrows of many leaders from the Gehlot camp.
NEW DELHI: After enabling a new payment chat shortcut, to quickly send payments from the chat bar, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is working on another feature for payments called "Cashback" for Indian users.
NEW DELHI:WhatsApp will stop working for some iPhones as well as Android smartphones starting November 1.According to the information on the WhatsApp FAQ section, starting November 1 Facebook-owned texting platform will cease to support systems running on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS 9, and KaiOS 2.5.0.
NEW DELHI: After enabling users to download vaccine certificates, the MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp now allows users to locate their nearest vaccination centre and book their vaccine-appointment, the Union Ministry of Health and MyGov announced on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: As social media platforms face greater scrutiny in several countries, including in India, Zambia has restricted the use of WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger on the general election day on Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO:After announcing an expiring media feature, Facebook-owned WhatsApp might soon allow users to choose what video quality will be uploaded when they send someone a video.
NEW DELHI: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced that it has appointed Manesh Mahatme to lead the growth of its Payments business in India.
NEW DELHI: The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp joined hands on Thursday to launch the Digital Skill Champions Programme that aims to train India's youth on digital skills, in order to make them employment ready.
NEW DELHI: Smartphone brand OPPO on Monday announced home delivery of its products with a simple text on the WhatsApp app.Starting from May 24, customers can order any OPPO product with a WhatsApp text stating the name of the state and pin code on +91-9871502777 and receive a call back from the nearest retail stores, the company said in a statement.
SAN FRANCISCO:Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is working on a new feature that allows users to choose if they want to receive 2FA codes through WhatsApp Messenger or WhatsApp Business.
CHANDIGARH: As part of Mission Fateh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday launched a Punjab Covid Care WhatsApp chatbot for self-care during home isolation, information on bed availability and vaccine centres etc.
NEW DELHI: With the Indian government once again directing WhatsApp to withdraw its controversial user privacy policy that came into effect from May 15, the Facebook-owned platform with over 400 million users in the country on Wednesday defended its position, saying that it continues to engage with the government to resolve the issue.
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has again directed WhatApp to withdraw its much controversial revised privacy policy and has warned action against the platform.
NEW DELHI: With the controversial WhatsApp privacy policy coming into effect from Saturday for its over 2 billion users including more than 400 million in India, industry experts emphasised that the government must implement stricter data privacy rules and restrain the Facebook-owned app as was done while banning Chinese apps to protect the sovereignty of the country.
NEW DELHI: As WhatsApp privacy policy came into effect from Saturday, instant messaging platforms Telegram and the Facebook-owned platform attacked each other with a battle of words by sharing memes on Twitter.
CHANDIGARH: The officers of the new Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the state government on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Monday held a maiden meeting at Vigilance Bhawan SAS Nagar to discuss the modalities for conducting the thorough investigations into the Kotkapura incidents. Besides this, the SIT has already held different meetings with the officers and officials of police and legal departments in this regard.
NEW DELHI: Facing criticism over its upcoming privacy policy, WhatsApp has said that its users will not immediately lose their accounts or face curtailed functionalities on the platform on May 15, but they will have to eventually go through limited functions if they fail to accept the new norms in the due course of time.
NEW DELHI: After the seven-day limit, WhatsApp is now testing and developing a Disappearing Message feature with the 24-hour option for personal and group chats.According to WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp in Beta, revealed that the disappearing message feature will be available in a future update.
BRASILIA/NEW DELHI: After facing an intense scrutiny in India over its upcoming privacy update, consumer protection agencies in Brazil have now asked the government to act on the May 15 privacy update that will allow Facebook to aggregate users' data across all of its platforms.
NEW DELHI: Amid the brouhaha over new and controversial WhatsApp privacy policy that is set to come into force from May 15, privacy-focused messaging app Signal became the fastest-growing app globally, including in India, both in downloads and monthly active users (MAUs) in the first quarter last year, according to a new report.
NEW DELHI: On demand-driver hiring platform, DriveU on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind, fully automated way to book a private driver through WhatsApp enabled through an AI-powered chatbot.
NEW DELHI: A WhatsApp chatbot called 'MyGov Corona Helpdesk', launched by the Indian government to help address queries around the Covid-19 pandemic has crossed the milestone of 30 million users over the last year, the Facebook-owned platform said on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy. "It is humbly prayed that the Respondent No. 2 [WhatsApp] may be restrained from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service dated 04.01.2021 from 08.02.2021 or any subsequent date pending adjudication by this Hon'ble Court," the government stated in an affidavit.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is working on a new password protection feature that will encrypt chat backups in Cloud, making them accessible only to the users.
NEW DELHI: Vahan, an Artificial Intelligence-enabled livelihood platform, on Friday said that it is placing 5,000 blue-collar workers every month through its WhatsApp-enabled chatbot called Mitra.
NEW DELHI: Facing intense scrutiny over alleged data sharing with Facebook via new privacy policy, WhatsApp has reiterated that personal messages will always be end-to-end encrypted and the company can't read or listen to them.
NEW DELHI: People have grave apprehensions on loss of privacy, the Supreme Court said on Monday, making it clear that it is the court's duty to protect this right as it heard an application against WhatsApp's new privacy policy.
NEW DELHI: Disha Ravi, arrested by the Delhi Police's cyber crime cell, is an editor of the 'Toolkit' Google Doc and a key conspirator in the document's formulation and dissemination and she started the WhatsApp group and collaborated to draft the document, the police said on Sunday.
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp recently updated its privacy policy, aiming to monetise better its huge customer base. Many users did not take it well and started exploring alternative options such as Telegram and Signal.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) seeking direction to WhatsApp to roll back its new privacy policy which can impact the country's security
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked WhatsApp to file its response on a plea seeking a direction to the NPCI and the RBI to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms is not shared with their parent company or any other third party under any circumstances.
NEW DELHI: While hearing a petition seeking direction for an injunction against the updated privacy policy by WhatsApp, the Delhi High Court on Monday emphasized that downloading the application is not mandatory and a person can choose not to download it.
NEW DELHI: Encrypted messaging app Signal that has seen a surge in new sign-ups has introduced several features in its upcoming update that already exist in WhatsApp in an apparent bid to woo more users from the Facebook-owned messaging platform.
LONDON: A 2018 case in the European Union (EU) focused on the transparency of data-sharing between Facebook and WhatsApp is headed for a final decision, at a time when WhatsApp is facing scrutiny over its new data policy.
NEW DELHI: Homegrown instant messaging app Hike Messenger, later known as Hike Sticker Chat, has been officially shut down.The company's chief executive officer Kavin Bharti Mittal announced the shutdown of its operations recently.
NEW DELHI: Facing intense criticism worldwide and now a court case in India, WhatsApp has deferred its new data privacy policy and no one will lose his or her account from February 8 for not accepting the updated terms of service, the Facebook-owned platform said on Saturday.
NEW DELHI: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court with the prayer to direct WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy which is encroaching upon various fundamental rights of the citizens granted by the Constitution of India.
NEW DELHI: As WhatsApp faces intense scrutiny over its upcoming data and privacy policy, a new poll on Tuesday revealed that nearly one in two Indian users will not accept the updated terms of service.
NEW DELHI: Facing intense criticism over its upcoming policy on February 8 as users leave the platform for rivals Telegram and Signal, WhatsApp on Tuesday issued a clarification, saying that individual chats would not be affected by the changes.
SAN FRANCISCO: A day after it was disclosed that Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group hacked iPhones of 36 Al Jazeera journalists, top tech giants like Microsoft Google, Cisco, VMware and the Internet Association filed an amicus brief in a legal case brought by Facebook-owned WhatsApp against the NSO Group.
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp Pay on Wednesday announced it is now live with State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank for its up to 20 million users in India.
NEW DELHI: In a bid to make buying and selling easier, WhatsApp on Tuesday announced to bring carts on its platform for millions of businesses and shoppers globally including in India.
NEW DELHI: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said they are starting to release some new updates including improvements to Wallpapers, the launch of a search feature for Stickers and a new animated sticker pack.
LUCKNOW:A minor has been arrested for allegedly sending a threat message to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. A mobile phone and a SIM card were recovered from his possession.