Facebook renames its parent company, now called as “Meta”

Facebook has changed its parent company’s name to "Meta" on Thursday. The tech giant is trying to move forward with its new virtual reality vision for the future.

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• Facebook has changed its parent company’s name to "...

BUSINESS SERVICES OF VOLKSWAGEN INDIA NOW ON WHATSAPP

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• Under the Sarvottam 2.0 program, business services Of Volkswagen India have been launched on WhatsApp.
• Exclusive Taigun squad has been created for prospective buyers.

Under the Sarvottam 2.0 initiative of Volkswagen India,...

PEOPLE IN UK STOP USING WHATSAPP DUE TO CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY

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• Millions of people living in the United Kingdom have stopped using WhatsApp because of the new changes in the privacy policy
• According to the regulatory body of the United Kingdom, the people have stopped using the WhatsApp because of the ...

SIGNAL CO-FOUNDER APPLAUDS INDIAN MARKET

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• Signal co-founder Brian Acton is talking about strength of Indian market while discussing the privacy concerns of WhatsApp.
• Signal is hoping to capitalize on the opportunities in India.
• Acton mentioned the terms of service and pr...

COMPETITION WATCHDOG OF TURKEY PROBES WHATSAPP AND FACEBOOK OVER NEW DATA SHARING RULES

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• The competition watchdog of Turkey has launched an investigation into WhatsApp and Facebook over the changes into the data sharing rules of the application
• The watchdog also said that, it has ordered a suspension of the new data collection...

HERE IS HOW FACEBOOK HELPED RELIANCE TO REMOVE THE TAG OF OIL CONGLOMERATE

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• Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. for the stake of 9.9 % 

• Following Facebook, total 12 companies decided to invest millions in Jio Platforms and helped Reliance Industries Limited become net-debt free

• R...

DONT USE WHATSAPP SAYS GERMANY’S DATA CHIEF

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• Responding to the allegations, WhatsApp has stated that messaging service doesn’t forward any user data to Facebook

• WhatsApp spokesman said that as the messages are encrypted throughout by default, they can’t be read by anyone except the pe...

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) ON WHATS APP

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• WHO alerts on Whatsapp
• Zukerberg worked with 
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Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of the World Health Organization’s Whatsapp alert. He said that the alerts are meant to keep people awar...

WILL SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES REVEL THEIR USER IDENTITIES TO GOVERNMENTS?

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• Governments pushing for user information from social media companies
• Social media companies refuse to oblige  

People use social media for every possible reason imaginable. The thin line in between privacy and publi...

Facebook's messaging apps to avoid end-to-end authentication

If officials expected that Facebook's messaging apps would avoid end-to-end authentication only because they sent a strongly worded letter, they would have something else to come. Facebook sent its own letter to US Attorney General Bill Barr, Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, and relevan...

Kashmir WhatsApp users kicked off WhatsApp on account of their inactivity

WhatsApp users living in the areas of Indian administered Kashmir are being kicked off on the account of their inactivity.

Generally, after the inactivity of 120 days, WhatsApp accounts expire to limit data retention and maintain security.  Inactive accounts automatically exit from...

Personal Data Protection Bill in India – a way to curb “fake news”

Spreading fake news and unnecessarily trolling people will become a bit easier to curb with the government’s proposed new privacy bill. All social media platforms will have to provide an identity-verification option. You can call it a precedent-setting effort for handling fake data and news...

How to avoid Forex Scams in Africa

Trading in Africa for foreign exchange (forex) is still pretty much in its early stages. But with the African Development Bank Group emphasizing the sustainable growth of the regional economy, forex trade has been gaining speed in the continent over the past couple of years, as the country is inc...

Sticker stacking feature by WhatsApp Web makes texting better

The Android and iOS apps of WhatsApp have one feature of stacking two stickers in a single line, in case they are sent almost simultaneously. A lot of online space is saved by stacking two stickers. Functionally it is not that useful but is a ‘decent’ addition. The sticker stacking, a...

WHATSAPP BUG COULD STEAL YOUR MESSAGES BY JUST SENDING A GIF

A security bug was originated in Facebook-owned prompt messenger WhatsApp that could let attackers acquire access to a device and steal data by using a nasty GIF file. The hazard stems from a double-free bug in WhatsApp. But WhatsApp alleged that the bug was fixed last month and it had no reason ...

WhatsApp Hack has Targeted Officers in Over 20 Countries

This week has seen the cybersecurity world taking generous walks contrary to one of the domain's most forceful programmers. In a sensational and conceivably point of reference environment stream, WhatsApp, the Facebook-possessed informing stage, sued the Israeli reconnaissance contractual wor...

WhatsApp’s latest Catalog feature to cater to small businesses

For business owners who wish to contact customers on smartphones, they may have good news from WhatsApp. The popular messaging app is expanding its capabilities.

The newly launched WhatsApp Business app has a series of new catalog features which will help businesses to display their pro...