WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging app. It makes use of internet connection on mobile devices for messaging, voice calls, video calls, and file sharing. The company was bought by Facebook in 2014.
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WhatsApp delays it privacy policy update by three months — but what's the point?
After a ton of backlash and user exodus, WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of its controversial privacy policy by three months. Instead of applying the new privacy policy on February 8, the chat app will now apply it on May 15. In a statement, the company said that it's going to ...
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Signal has better privacy policies than WhatsApp or Telegram — here’s why
WhatsApp made one of its most controversial changes to its privacy policy last week. The new policy gives the app more freedom to integrate with Facebook and let users chat with businesses easily; this also means the app will collect a lot of your data. Because of this change, ...
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Here’s what that WhatsApp privacy policy pop-up means for you
If you use WhatsApp, you probably spotted a pop-up on your phone sometime in the last 24 hours, suggesting that the service has updated its privacy policy — and promptly clicked the button at the bottom to proceed. If you read more closely, you'll have learned that and users ...
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Here’s how to easily get rid of large WhatsApp files
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. WhatsApp doesn't take a large space on your phone compared to some games and apps. However, over time, files sent on the chat app can fill ...
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WhatsApp now lets you assign separate wallpapers for your favorite people
WhatsApp is announcing a few aesthetic updates to its app today; you can now assign different background images to individual ...
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After two years in test mode, WhatsApp Pay finally launches in India
After serving 1 million users for over two years in test mode, WhatsApp Pay is finally launching in India. The company first launched the payment service in the country in 2018, but faced regulatory hurdles in getting approval for a full-fledged launch. WhatsApp's payment system ...
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WhatsApp will now let you send ephemeral messages — but they'll last 7 days
WhatsApp is finally rolling out ephemeral messages, the ones that'll disappear after a fixed amount of time. There's a catch though. Your disappearing messages will last for seven days on the chat. "Our goal is to make conversations on WhatsApp feel as close to in-person as possible, ...
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WhatsApp just made it easier to clear up space on your phone
If you spend a lot of time chatting on your phone, chances are that a good chunk of its storage is taken up by images and videos sent by friends and family over the years. Now WhatsApp is making it easier to clear up storage right from the app. WhatsApp already had basic functionality ...
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How to create an AI that chats like you on WhatsApp
The goal of this guide is to build a system capable of chatting like you, using your own WhatsApp and Telegram chats as an ML dataset. What we will do could be summarized in the following steps: Get your WhatsApp and Telegram data Parse it to build an ML-ready dataset ...
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WhatsApp now lets you mute a chat FOREVER — here's how you can do it
WhatsApp's mute function has been a boon for many who've wanted to keep their notifications at bay. However, the maximum duration allowed for silencing these chats was one year. So, if you were part of a pesky group of relatives that you couldn't really leave, you had to perform ...
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WhatsApp might soon let you make calls from its desktop app
Video calls have increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, and companies such as Facebook and Zoom have taken full advantage of that. Earlier in the year, WhatsApp increased the group call limit from four to eight people. Now, it seems like the chat app will soon introduce the calling ...
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WhatsApp is working on self-destructing pics and videos
WhatsApp might soon become a lot safer when it comes to exchange risqué pics and video as it appears the company is working ...
