Bharat Bandh 10 April 2018: Centre issues advisory over social media, WhatsApp status; key …
In Madhya Pradesh, where violent incidents took place during the April 2 bandh, police said they are aware of the calls being given on social media and WhatsApp groups. Director General of Police (DGP) of Madhya Pradesh Rishi Kumar Shukla has appealed to maintain peace and law-and-order. Read More
Opportunities For Blockchain Based Social Apps
For example, Google spent hundreds of millions on Google+ going after Facebook, with little to show for it. Facebook tried to grow Messenger into a Whatsapp competitor before capitulating and purchasing Whatsapp for a whopping $19B. Microsoft launched Windows Phone as a direct competitor to iOS … Read More
Delhi gang notorious for honey trapping, extortion through dating websites, WhatsApp busted
The Delhi Police Crime Branch today busted a gang involved in extortion of money by honey trapping people through dating websites and WhatsApp. Six people, including three women, have been arrested in Keshavpuram area of the city for allegedly honey trapping their victims and extorting money … Read More
WhatsApp’s new feature makes voice recording way easier
WhatsApp introduced many features in its latest update, however, one of the features regarding WhatsApp's voice recording has made the process a lot more easier. The social media messaging app WhatsApp introduced two new options to its voice recording feature, 'Locked Recordings' and 'Preview … Read More
WhatsApp clarifies on its end-to-end message encryption
After the whole controversy of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, the world's most popular messaging application Whatsapp has now been reported of keeping track of messages while collecting a minimal amount of data from users, as Whatsapp worked on end-to-end encryption policy. Basically … Read More
Reporter beaten up in Telangana for posting pictures of illegal sand excavation
As a reporter, he is also a part of the mandal press WhatsApp group, where the latest news in the mandal is shared. Several police and revenue officials are also reportedly a part of it. Suresh received information about sand being taken from a lake in Abbugudem, which was then …
WhatsApp Claims They Collect ‘Very Little’ Data On Users
Facebook is currently faced with a privacy scandal and while Facebook itself is being looked at, this is not the first time that Facebook's other products have also gone under the microscope. WhatsApp has in the past faced some controversy over their plans to share user data with Facebook, and …
How Fake News Spreads in India
When U.S. President Donald Trump began crying “fake news,” and prime time news slots in India began to hold debates on photoshopped WhatsApp forwards, we knew post-truth times had truly arrived. But as is the nature of governments, it took some time for the arrival of fake news to register …
Some Facebook employees are reportedly quitting or asking to switch departments over ethical …
Some dissatisfied Facebook engineers are reportedly attempting to switch divisions to work on Instagram or WhatsApp, rather than continue work on the platform responsible for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to a recent report from the New York Times. In March, Christopher Wylie, the … Read More
Whatsapp introducing new voice recording function which could prove very embarrassing
Whatsapp is about to roll out an update which could result in a lot of red faces. Now the communications app is preparing to roll out an Android update which could end up recording your secrets and broadcasting them to chums. It will soon release a 'locked record' function which …