WhatsApp

The Union government said that to trace rogue messages on platforms such as WhatsApp, it has proposed to amend the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 of the IT Act, 2000

WhatsApp which is testing its payment services in India said that it has built a local system to store payments-related data to comply with the RBI’s data localisation requirement.

WhatsApp for JioPhone has finally been launched in India. The private messaging app owned by Facebook informed that they built a new version of WhatsApp for JioPhone users.

Department of Telecom (DoT) has written to telecom operators and different stakeholder for their inputs to block the applications under Section 69A of the IT Act.

With case after case of misinformation, propaganda and fake news attached to its platform leading to death and severe law and order problem across the country, Facebook the owner of WhatsApp has announced a research awards to scholars to understand the menace of misinformation.

Noida-based fintech startup Wishfin which deals in financial services has launched a new services called “Whatsapp for Credit Score”.

WhatsApp has added Group description, Admin controls, Group catch up and Participant search features to revamp Groups.

Months after rolling out WhatsApp Business app for Android, the Facebook-owned company is now reportedly working on WhatsApp Business app for iOS.

Slowly, more and more CRM companies are offering customized API’s to integrate WhatsApp messages with their offering leading to tracking the flow of communication easy for SMBs.

Cyber Security researchers have discovered a new strain of Chinese Android Trojan that is customised to steal chats, shared videos, pictures and audio files.