WhatsApp’s disappearing messages begin rolling out

Posted on 05/11/2020 by Engadget

You’ll soon be able to get your WhatsApp messages to self-destruct after a certain period. The service has started rolling out “disappearing messages,” and when it’s switched on, WhatsApp will delete new chats within seven days. According to the Face...

WhatsApp makes it easier to clean up GIF and photo spam

Posted on 03/11/2020 by Engadget

All the GIFs, memes, random photos and videos your friends send through WhatsApp could pile up and eat a huge chunk of your device’s storage without you noticing. It can be a pain having to go through all of them when it’s time for a cleanup, which i...

Facebook leak hints at its defense against a government-ordered breakup

Posted on 04/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is under intense regulatory pressure, and it appears to be bracing itself for the worst. The Wall Street Journal says it has obtained a document outlining Facebook’s defense if the government orders a breakup that would unload Instagram and...

Facebook forms financial group to focus on payments

Posted on 10/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has decided to delve deeper into commerce with the creation of a new group focused on payments. According to Bloomberg, it’s called F2 internally (short for Facebook Financial), and is meant to take care of all payments-related projects incl...

WhatsApp makes it easier to fact-check forwarded messages

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp has been clamping down forwarded messages for years, but its work still isn’t complete. Today, the platform announced a new feature that lets users search the web for more info about frequently forwarded messages.Already, messages forwarded...

Facebook will ‘pause’ responses to data requests from Hong Kong

Posted on 06/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China just recently imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong, a region not subject to the country’s restrictive “Great Firewall” that censors the internet throughout the country. However, legal experts believe the new law gives police the pow...

Samsung begins offering support requests via WhatsApp in India

Posted on 06/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

With the COVID-19 crisis continuing unabated in India, more folks than ever are relying on their smartphone. At the same time, the pandemic means it’s not easy to get help if you have a technical problem. With all that in mind, Samsung has introduced...

WhatsApp lets you add new contacts with QR codes

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp is rolling out a handful of new features over the next few weeks. To make it easier to add new contacts, WhatsApp is introducing a new QR code capability. You’ll soon be able to scan another user’s QR code to add them to your contacts, no mo...

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