The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly sought the views of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on formulating a framework for regulation of internet messaging and voice calling applications. According to a report, this rule can be applied to over-the-top (OTT) service providers like Meta-owned WhatsApp, Signal, Google Meet and other similar apps…
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp has announced to roll out a new feature called Call Links by the end of this week. With the help of this feature, users will be able to start a new call or join an already ongoing call. ‘Call Link’ option will be added inside the Call tab. Users will be…
The WhatsApp Privacy Policy case was heard in the Supreme Court on Thursday. Two students have filed a petition challenging the policy of WhatsApp. It says that sharing the details of users with Facebook or anyone else, the company that owns WhatsApp, is a violation of their privacy and freedom of expression. During the hearing,…
WhatsApp may soon allow its users to add more than 1 thousand people to the group. A report claims that this feature is already available on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS. Let us tell you that earlier 256 people could be added to the WhatsApp group, which was increased to 512 this year. Now,…
Russia has termed Facebook’s parent company Meta as a “terrorist and extremist” organization. The country which is at war with Ukraine (Russia Ukraine War) has taken many shocking decisions regarding foreign global companies even before this. Meta is an American company and it owns many social media platforms, such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram etc….
Meta has warned its Facebook users about dangerous Android and iOS apps that aim to steal users’ login details and hack their accounts. The tech giant claims that more than 400 such dangerous apps detected by it are available in the official Apple and Google app stores. The company has informed the operating system’s parent…
ByteDance is a Chinese company, whose most popular short video sharing platform TikTok had once made the youth crazy in India. This app is now banned in India, but it is still included in the top apps abroad. It seems that now, the company is preparing to launch a video sharing platform as well as…
You want to keep your driving license on your smartphone or download a soft copy of it instead of physically carrying it everywhere? The government has provided the option to help you keep your driving license safe in your phone or keep a soft copy of it through DigiLocker or mParivahan app. This comes in…
Google’s new privacy policy says that no third-party app can silently record your calls. The Android maker previously blocked apps from recording calls through the microphone with the launch of Android 10 in September 2019. Subsequently, Google also removed the Accessibility API used by developers for call recording on Android. However, first-party dialer apps pre-installed…
Google has reportedly removed 16 apps from the Play Store. These apps were draining the battery of smartphones and tablets rapidly and causing high network usage, i.e. increasing the consumption of internet data. A security firm had identified these apps. These apps were committing fraud by opening web pages in the background and clicking on…