Major E-Commerce Push As the economic lockdown continues across the world and e-commerce becomes even more crucial, Facebook has unveiled new ways to shop through its apps, as the social media platform expands “Shops” to WhatsApp and Facebook Marketplace. It is also bringing a new visual product search option on […]
Daily Archives: February 26, 2025
WhatsApp’s effects In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A group of influential academics say the company should allow for better research into how its social media platforms affect young users. Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp – formerly known as Facebook – should make available […]
WhatsApp is coming With introducing a host of new features this year, such as disappearing messages, an updated look and more, users were wondering what could be next from the company. They didn’t have to wait long, as a beta version of a native app on the Microsoft Store was […]
WhatsApp is working WhatsApp is constantly working behind the scenes to add new features to its service, and today we’re talking about one such thing. The beta version of WhatsApp for Android now has an option to hide your “last seen” status from specific people. The feature has been in […]
WhatsApp makes its The ever-reliable WABetaInfo has peered into the future and spotted evidence that work is underway to give WhatsApp’s delete message feature a much-needed upgrade. The upgrade means that WhatsApp users will be able to delete the message either for themselves or for everyone involved. Regardless of the […]
WhatsApp has become a lifeline for humanitarian aid and keeping families torn apart, making the app’s shutdown this month, along with other Facebook products, more than just an inconvenience. Among Syrian refugee households in Lebanon in 2017, 84% used WhatsApp to relay their needs to international organizations. The United Nations […]
A solution to A Rutgers researcher has developed techniques to help WhatsApp identify unwanted senders in public groups and automatically filter unwanted and spam messages for WhatsApp users. The study, “Jettisoning Junk Messaging in the Era of End-to-End Encryption: A Case Study of WhatsApp,” will be presented at The Web […]
Why did Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world’s reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant. But what actually caused the failure? What does Facebook say happened? In an apologetic blog post, […]
Messenger and WhatsApp On October 4, the main social network Facebook, its Messenger offshoot, Instagram and WhatsApp properties were down for more than seven hours for users around the world. After issuing an apology last night, Facebook has informed users of what happened, in an effort to curb speculation about […]
WhatsApp and Instagram In this March 29, 2018, file photo. The Facebook logo is seen on screens at the Nasdaq Market Site in Times Square in New York City. Facebook prematurely disabled safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and mob unrest after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 election […]