Facebook-owned WhatsApp is changing the amount of time you have to delete messages you’ve sent for all recipients. According to WABetaInfo, since the release of WhatsApp beta for Android 2.18.69, the messaging app allows users 2¹² seconds (4,096 seconds, which is 68 minutes, 16 seconds) to take back a message you didn’t want to send. …
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BlackBerry’s tired of waiting for Facebook’s friend request. So it sued. The Canadian business software provider and former phone giant sued the world’s largest social network in a Los Angeles court. The suit, filed Tuesday, targets Facebook and its Instagram photo sharing app and WhatsApp messaging service, BlackBerry said in a statement. It came after what BlackBerry said was “several …
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WhatsApp is king of the messenger apps, with over a billion daily users. Now, the Facebook-owned company looks to better expand its reach to businesses. WhatsApp Business is a free Android app released Thursday in the US, UK, Mexico, Italy and Indonesia, with more countries coming soon. WhatsApp did not state when or if an iOS version would be available. …
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Messaging platform WhatsApp has ended support for older phone operating systems including Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10. “These platforms don’t offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app’s features in the future,” the company said in a support note. “If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer …
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An Indian lawyer isn’t too happy with WhatsApp’s suite of emojis. Specifically, he wants the “middle finger” removed from the social messaging platform, threatening to sue if it’s not taken down within 15 days of a notice served to WhatsApp, News 18 reported Wednesday. It’s not the first time WhatsApp has received criticism in India. The country’s government has previously …
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Wallets could become a thing of the past in China. Starting next year, the Chinese will no longer have to worry about leaving their identity cards at home, as long as they’re registered users on WeChat. On Monday, the Guangzhou government in China released the country’s first batch of “WeChat identity cards.” They’ll allow citizens to verify their identities through facial …
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You’ve just sent someone the wrong message and now you’re having a heart attack. Breathe easy. Much like Gmail’s Undo Send feature, WhatsApp now lets you delete messages you sent by mistake, according to a WhatsApp support article spotted by The Next Web. The Facebook-owned messaging app tested the feature throughout this year and will release it gradually for real …
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Chinese authorities have apparently squelched another service — Facebook‘s WhatsApp text-messaging service. The popular app — more than a billion people use WhatsApp, at least until the China ban — opens up an encrypted communication channel between two people. That encryption protects your privacy but also makes life hard for law enforcement, spies, and other forms of government snooping. China started …
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Brian Acton, a co-founder of the popular messaging app WhatsApp, said Tuesday he will leave the Facebook-owned company to launch his own foundation. Acton, who founded the popular messaging app with WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum in 2009, said in a Facebook post his foundation will focus on the intersection of nonprofit, technology and communications. “It’s something I’ve thought about for …
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Facebook is finally making plans to start making real money from WhatsApp. The social networking giant snatched up WhatsApp in 2014 for a whopping $22 billion, but the popular messaging service still isn’t making Facebook much cash despite WhatsApp’s 1 billion daily users. Now, Facebook is planning to charge businesses for WhatsApp services to help them connect with customers, The …
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