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30 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 30 2021

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Biometric feature for WhatsApp WebWhatsApp who was recently facing heat due to its revised privacy policy, is now all set to bring a new Biometric feature to its service. The new authentication layer will be provided for those using its web and desktop versions. So if a smartphone supports, users will not be able to add in a Biometric login, which will use different methods to sign in through fingerprint, face ID or iris ID.The additional layer of security will prohibit illegal logins to your WhatsApp account on the web. In order to link WhatsApp Web or Desktop to your…

30 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 20 2021

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Ban on Huawei strengthens in USAAccording to sources from Reuters, the Trump administration in its last few days of office has decided to revoke the licenses of companies that supply materials to the Chinese Telecommunication giant, Huawei. Companies like Intel and Japanese chip maker Kioxia Corp were informed that they would no longer be able to sell to Huawei. The administration plans to revoke several dozen more such licenses. US President Donald Trump has long considered Huawei’s dominance in the telecommunications world to be a threat to their national security. Huawei in May 2019, is put on an "entity list,"…

14 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 13 2021

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WhatsApp’s clarification on privacy updatesAfter the new privacy updates, things seem to be getting out of control from Facebook owned WhatsApp. With the lack of clarification, users have already started switching to alternatives like Signal and Telegram messaging apps. Through their social accounts, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Paytm CEO Vijay Sharma have already given their nods to start using Signal app. Use Signal— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021 They say, market has power. We are the largest market. Here in India WhatsApp / Facebook are abusing their monopoly & taking away millions of users' privacy for granted.We…

09 Jan

Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 09 2021

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LAVA brings customizable smartphones in IndiaIndian company Lava International is now entering into the market with their latest series of smartphones. On 7th January the company announced 4 new ‘Made in India’ smartphones: Lava Z1, Z2, Z4 and Z6 and also Lava myZ which will be India’s first customizable smartphone offering program. While the other 4 smartphones come with default specifications, with Lava myZ buyers can customize phone’s RAM, storage, front and rear camera and the color. The ‘Made-to-order’ concept for smartphones will allow buyers to pick and drop specifications on their phone as per their choice on select devices…

10 Aug

Support for WhtasApp account over multiple devices is now under development

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Facebook owned WhatsApp is working on adding yet another feature for their platform users. After successful implementation a single WhatsApp account can be opened on multiple devices with chat history synchronized. This is one of the highest requested features by users.Currently it’s not possible to access your WhatsApp account on multiple devices. App currently supports multiple devices through a web-browser based WhatsApp Web application, which requires a connection back to your phone account. If your phone is disconnected or switched off, then you cannot access WhatsApp web app functionality.The new multiple device support won’t need a constant connection back to…

08 Aug

WhatsApp is testing Expiring Messages feature for privacy improvement

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World’s biggest messaging app, WhatsApp is soon going to introduce Expiring Messages for its platform users. This feature will have the functionality of self-deleting messages so that history is not built-up in chats and groups. WhatsApp is actually developing the feature, so it’s not available in the 2.20.197.10 update, but they are internally working on it, improving the feature with a bug fixing process, in this update.Expiring message features can be turned on and off by any member of the chat, however for groups only admins will be able to enable this feature. This feature is already available on Signal…

06 Aug

WhatsApp is rolling out Advanced Search mode for its Android Beta Testers

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After the additions of new features such as Dark Mode, improvement in user limit for group voice and video calls, profile QR codes, messenger rooms integration in WhatsApp Web, animated stickers and upcoming reverse image search functionality within the app; WhatsApp is rolling out advanced search mode for its certain beta users on Android platform. One thing to note here is this feature is already available on WhatsApp for iOS since March.To test this new feature immediately, beta users need to update WhatsApp version to 2.20.197.7+. And if you are lucky, you might be able to use this new advance…

04 Aug

WhatsApp to introduce reverse image search in forwarded messages to fight against fake news

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If you are a regular user of social media platforms, chances are high that you have faced a fake or bogus information there. WhatsApp is soon going to introduce a feature that will enable users of the platform to search for a frequently forwarded message over the internet. This way WhatsApp is trying to educate its platform users the credibility of a viral message.Users will get a magnifying glass next to the forwarded message. Upon clicking on magnifying glass, users will get a prompt that the image will be uploaded on Google. After uploading the image, WhatsApp will open the…

02 Jul

Whatsapp Web Dark Mode: How to enable it

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Dark mode for Whatsapp which was only available on it's Mobile app is now available on its web based platform. Dark theme is finally available on Whatsapp Web and Whatsapp Desktop app.Here is how to enable it:How to enable Dark Mode theme on WhatsApp Web Update your WhatsApp mobile application from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. Open web.whatsapp.com or your WhatsApp desktop app. Verify your WhatsApp account with the WhatsApp Web QR code. Tap on the three dots located on the top right corner of the left window, where all your contacts are showing up. Tap…