With over two billion active users, WhatsApp is without a doubt one of the most popular apps around the world. But users have been left reeling by the latest change, which means they could lose access to their account unless they agree to share data with Facebook. WhatsApp has announced that it’s making changes to … Read more
REVEALED: Kieran Trippier’s WhatsApp group messages that led to his 10-week ban from football, with England defender telling pals ‘done deal’ and ‘lump on if you want’ before they bet on his Atletico Madrid transfer By Jack Bezants for MailOnline Published: 15:31 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 5 January 2021 Kieran Trippier … Read more
WhatsApp will stop working for MILLIONS of users with older smartphones on New Year’s Day iOS9 and Android 4.0.3 will no longer be supported as of January 1, 2021 iOS 9 was the last software update the iPhone 4 could receive and will be cut off Users with these devices will lose access to their chats … Read more
Facebook tests voice and video calling on its WhatsApp desktop site in a bid to take on Zoom Facebook-owned WhatsApp is testing voice and video calling on its desktop app The features are available to just beta testers at the moment The example shows the voice and video calling options at the top of a … Read more
They’re been hit with speculation of a budding romance for weeks, with fans and co-stars alike commenting on their chemistry. And Strictly star Giovanni Pernice did little to dispel the chatter as he revealed his celeb partner Ranvir Singh, 43, is using a picture of them together on WhatsApp. The Italian, 30, made the revelation as … Read more
Serving police officers are sacked without notice for belonging to WhatsApp group that shared ‘derogatory and demeaning’ pictures and memes Sergeant Matthew Parker and PC Robert Fraser dismissed from Essex Police They were found to have committed gross misconduct and breached standards The hearing was chaired by Essex Chief Constable BJ Harrington By Harry Howard … Read more
Facebook will start charging merchants to use certain business features on WhatsApp like in-chat shopping and hosting Facebook is rolling out in-chat purchases and hosting services to businesses However, companies that intend to use the service will soon be charged The move comes as Facebook is looking to increase its revenue with WhatsApp By Stacy … Read more
WhatsApp messages that crash recipients’ phones instantly and forces them to delete and reinstall the app have reportedly been doing the rounds. When opened, the message, which contains a long string of unfamiliar numbers and characters, causes WhatsApp to freeze. The issue is caused by a software bug that prevents WhatsApp from processing the combination … Read more
Back in 1996, Brian Acton was the 44th employee hired by Yahoo as an infrastructural engineer. For the following nine years he worked at Yahoo and lost millions in the dot-com bubble in 2000. According to his Twitter he was turned down for a job at Facebook in 2009 and also spent a year travelling. … Read more
You may have thought your friends were ignoring you in WhatsApp, but the silence was the result of an outage. The Facebook-owned app started experiencing issues at around 4pm ET, affecting tens of thousands of users across the globe. Many reported issues with connecting to the platform, along with sending or receiving messages and logging … Read more