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WhatsApp working on mute shortcut for Desktop group chats
San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a mute shortcut for group chats for a future update of WhatsApp Desktop beta. The mute shortcut will display at the top of group chats and will help users to…
WhatsApp denies 500 mn users’ data leak
New Delhi : Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday denied that phone numbers of 487 million users have been stolen and put on sale on a "well-known" hacking community forum. Cybernews first reported that the dataset allegedly contains WhatsApp user…
Twitter may exceed 1 bn users in 12-18 months : Elon Musk
San Francisco : Twitter boss Elon Musk has said that the microblogging platform may exceed one billion monthly users in the next 12 to 18 months. "I think I see a path to Twitter exceeding a billion monthly users in 12 to 18 months," Musk…
Snapchat arrives on Microsoft Store
San Francisco : Snapchat, which avoided the Windows platform with no official apps or support, has finally arrived on the Microsoft Store as a Progressive Web App. According to Windows Central, Snapchat's Progressive Web App (PWA) will run…
WhatsApp rolls out contact cards sharing on Windows beta
San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has started to roll out the ability to share contact cards on Windows beta.The new feature allows users to share contact cards within the same chat share sheet, reports WABetaInfo.…
Millions of Android devices prone to hacking due to GPU bug : Google
San Francisco : Google researchers have warned that millions of Android smartphones are prone to hacking due to a bug in one of the graphics processing units (GPU) within the devices.The tech giant's Project Zero team said it had alerted…
WhatsApp working on voice status updates on iOS beta
San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on voice status on iOS beta for an upcoming iOS update.It provides users the ability to share voice notes to their status updates, reports WABetaInfo.
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Twitter ‘Verified’ next week, all accounts to be manually authenticated : Elon Musk
New Delhi : Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter will tentitavily relaunch 'Verified' service on Friday next week and all verified accounts will be "manually authenticated before check activates".The new Twitter owner had earlier paused its $8…
YouTube starts beta testing quiz feature for community posts
San Francisco : YouTube has started testing a new feature which will allow creators to add quizzes to their community posts.The new feature is in beta and only available to a small number of creators.According to TechCrunch, the streaming…
Twitter alternative Hive sees surge in new users
San Francisco : Twitter alternative Hive has seen a boost in new sign-ups since users started switching to other social media platforms after Elon Musk's takeover of the micro-blogging platform.Due to the ongoing deterioration of the…