The internet is in trouble with China’s government. Again. The Cyberspace Administration of China is investigating WeChat, Weibo and Baidu — the Chinese equivalents of WhatsApp, Twitter and Google — due to reports filed by Chinese internet users alleging illegal content, such as “violence, rumours [and] porn,” is being circulated on the platforms, it said …
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When India threatened to put people responsible for fake news behind bars, it didn’t exactly know how it’d do that. The Indian Minister for Electronics and Information Technology admitted that the country is “helpless.” It’s unable to access “objectionable” content because of encryption, according to The Economic Times. WhatsApp‘s encryption is the only obstruction to the government’s ability to act on …
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There are 7.5 billion people on this planet. And WhatsApp says that 13.3 percent of them are using Whatsapp every day. The news was posted by WhatsApp yesterday. According to the messaging app, which is owned by Facebook, other notable stats include: 1.3 billion monthly active users 55 billion messages sent daily 4.5 billion photos shared daily 1 billion videos …
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Now playing: Watch this: Siri vs. Google Assistant vs. Bixby 4:46 “Hey Siri, who’s the best voice assistant?” Talking to your phone can be way easier than typing in many situations. Siri, Google Assistant and Bixby Voice are the three big voice assistants available on phones so let’s see how they compare. Siri’s only on iOS, while Google Assistant is …
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People are increasingly worried about fake news from Facebook, so they’re looking to other places to stay informed — like WhatsApp. No, really. This trend has “jumped significantly” and is demonstrated in “a number of markets,” according to the Digital News Report, a study from the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford which surveyed 71,805 respondents from 36 countries. While …
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If you get FOMO from being away from Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, Opera’s new update will please you very much. Opera today introduced a new browser that integrates messaging apps to its sidebar. Codenamed Reborn, the browser lets you chat with friends through Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram on a side window while you work on the main browser. Other …
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Being a WhatsApp group admin in India is becoming relatively dangerous. Police in Indian state Karnataka arrested an admin after a member of the group shared an image of India’s prime minister that had been photoshopped to look “ugly and obscene.” The arrest comes hot on the heels of a ruling in India that aims to curb the spread of …
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The past year has seen Xiaomi fall from grace in its homeland of China, dropping from the top spot at the end of 2015 to just making the top 5 in 2016. But the company is now back to making a splash — only this time, it’s in India. Xiaomi scored a valuable silver medal over the weekend, with Counterpoint …
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Being a WhatsApp group chat admin is getting riskier in Malaysia. The country’s government may use an existing law to investigate group admins at the popular messaging app if they fail to curb the distribution of fake news (factually incorrect or misleading information), said Johari Gilani, the country’s deputy minister of Communications and Multimedia. This is particularly so if the …
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If you’re a WhatsApp user, life just got a little better. On Friday, an updated version of WhatsApp was released that introduced Siri functionality. This means you can have Siri read your latest messages simply by saying: “Hey Siri, read new WhatsApp messages.” The functionality is the result of Apple opening up Siri’s software to third-party developers last year at …
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