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WhatsApp to combat “fake news” with reverse image search

Rizwan AnwarMarch 15, 2019

2018 saw WhatsApp significantly step up their efforts to combat the spread of "fake news" on their app. The app now tells users if a message is "forwarded" and ...

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Latest WhatsApp beta update on Android is deleting media content

Rizwan AnwarMarch 8, 2019

There is currently a serious bug on the Android version of WhatsApp. If you are a beta tester in the Play Store, we highly recommend avoiding updating your ...

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Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany

Noor ImtiazJanuary 11, 2020

In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating ...

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Zuckerberg’s plan to combine messaging apps is a spectacularly bad idea

Jessica Baron, PhDMay 9, 2019

Ok, so here's what we know: 4 Facebook employees, described only as "people involved in the effort, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter ...

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Facebook looking to merge Instagram DM, WhatsApp, and Messenger

Noor ImtiazJanuary 26, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed plans to merge the messaging services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But this would not mean making these into ...

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WhatsApp limits forwards to five accounts only

Muhammad AbdullahJanuary 29, 2019

WhatsApp is trying to rein in fake news on its platform. So, to put its reputation back on track, they are trying to restrict the feature that fuels fake news. ...

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Instagram has also introduced the voice messages feature

Nouman S GhummanJanuary 17, 2020

The trend of Voice messaging is not that new; it started with the walkie-talkie devices in the Second World War. Nowadays, it has become a new phase of digital ...

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WhatsApp becomes the source for spreading misinformation in Nigeria

Areen ZahraDecember 3, 2018

Africa’s most populous countries are facing the fake-news storm just like India and Brazil. WhatsApp fake news has taken over Nigeria just around the corner of ...

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WhatsApp Sticker Feature is out now!

Areen ZahraJanuary 15, 2019

We all love using stickers in our chats and we have been waiting for them on WhatsApp for quite a while now. WhatsApp’s latest update is here with 2.18.329 ...

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Hackers can use a WhatsApp video call to hack your phone

Muhammad AbdullahOctober 10, 2018

WhatsApp vulnerability lets Hackers take over your WhatsApp account and phone. Imagine receiving a video call on WhatsApp that lets someone else access your ...

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WhatsApp backups won’t use Google Drive storage from this November

Amnah FawadAugust 17, 2018

WhatsApp backs up your chats counting on the Google Drive storage. Good news; it won’t start this November. This means now you can use the Google Drive storage ...

Meta’s Acquisition Strategy: What Facebook Bought and What It Missed

Ali RazaApril 8, 2026

In April 2012, a writer on this very site posed a question that seemed perfectly reasonable at the time: should Facebook buy Foursquare? Facebook had just ...

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