- India
IT Ministry seeks report from WhatsApp on recent outage
New Delhi: The Ministry of Information Technology on Wednesday sought a detailed report from social media giant WhatsApp on the recent outage that was witnessed across the world on Tuesday. Union Minister…
- Technology
WhatsApp in Diwali mode, goes offline for millions in India
New Delhi: Millions of Indians were unable to share videos and photos after celebrating a cracker of a Diwali as Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday suffered a major outage in the country, along…
- India
WhatsApp resumes after over an hour of disruption
New Delhi: Popular messaging app WhatsApp faced a global outage from the UK to India, with users being not able to send and receive text and video messages for more than an…
- Technology
WhatsApp suffers major outage in India
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp went down on Tuesday across the globe, including several parts of the country, as multiple users reported they cannot access the messaging service or get a single tick…
- Technology
Memefest on Twitter as Whatsapp stops working globally
WhatsApp services are presently experiencing some interruptions. While WhatsApp has not issued an official statement or acknowledgement, there are reports that users are unable to send or receive messages on the messaging…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolls out ‘Avatars’ to some beta testers
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has rolled out customised ‘Avatars’ to some beta testers. According to WABetaInfo, an avatar is the best way to express yourself on WhatsApp. Users might experience…
- India
Study reveals yearning for old style news; 49% prefer bulletins, 12% for debates
New Delhi: News bulletins are preferred by nearly half of the news viewers compared to only 12 per cent favouring debate shows, a study on media in India found, highlighting yearning among…
- Technology
Meta starts anti-iMessage ad campaign to promote Whatsapp
San Francisco: Meta has launched a new advertisement campaign to target Apple’s iMessage platform. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, revealed the campaign in which Apple is criticised for only…
- India
SC dismisses pleas challenging CCI probe into WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of…
- Delhi
SC refuses to entertain WhatsApp-Meta pleas against CCI probe into privacy policy
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Delhi High Court order, which dismissed the appeals filed by WhatsApp and Facebook (now Meta) challenging a single judge bench order refusing to stay…
- Technology
WhatsApp now a spam factory, 1 in 2 Indian swamped with promotional messages
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has become a spam factory as more than one in two Indians now say that they are facing four or more spam messages each day, a report showed…
- Technology
WhatsApp allows some beta testers to add up to 1,024 users to groups
San Francisco: After announcing several new features, the Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is now releasing the ability to add up to 1,024 participants to groups, for some beta testers. According to WABetaInfo,…
- Business
WhatsApp rolls out optional subscription plan for businesses
San Francisco: After announcing that WhatsApp is working on a new feature that lets businesses assign chats to certain linked devices, the platform is now rolling out another feature for business accounts…
- Hyderabad
You can now buy Hyderabad Metro Rail tickets through Whatsapp
Hyderabad: The L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail on Monday became the first to roll out an e-ticketing system through Whatsapp in association with its delivery partner Billeasy. Billeasy is India’s most successful Fintech…
- Technology
Telegram reduces subscription fee for premium users in India
New Delhi: Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has reduced its monthly subscription fee in India for premium users, down to Rs 179 from Rs 469. In a message sent to its users in…
