Enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seen Wells Fargo and several other banks fined a total of $549M for using personal end-to-end encrypted messaging accounts to discuss company business.
The SEC said senior bank officials used personal iMessage, WhatsApp, and Signal accounts when making business decisions …
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WhatsApp is becoming more like your standard video calling service thanks to a new feature rolling out now.
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WhatsApp group voice chats are now being tested, after an earlier vague report of something then referred to as audio chats …
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A new WhatsApp Channels feature gives the impression that the app may be aiming to become a Twitter replacement, at least for announcements by major organizations, public and private.
Like the longstanding channels features in Telegram and Instagram, the idea is to use it for one-to-many broadcast announcements …
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WhatsApp announced earlier this year that it would finally let users log into the same account on multiple smartphones, as the platform has never allowed this except by offering the Web version that works only on desktop devices. After making the feature available for Android users, WhatsApp’s new Companion Mode is now being rolled out to iPhone users as well.
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WhatsApp usernames look likely to be offered in a future version of the secure chat app. This would potentially make it easier to add contacts, and offer greater privacy …
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WhatsApp is finally rolling out the ability for users to edit their messages after they’ve been sent, Mark Zuckerberg announced today. This is one of the most often-requested features among WhatsApp users, and it comes after Apple launched the ability to edit iMessages as part of iOS 16 last year.
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WhatsApp has its own payment platform called WhatsApp Pay, which lets users transfer money within a WhatsApp chat. After launching the platform in India and Brazil, the messaging app is now rolling out WhatsApp Pay to businesses in Singapore.
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If you have more than one phone, and want to be able to use your WhatsApp account on both, you’re now in luck: The company has just announced support for multiple smartphones …
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WhatsApp has been working on a lot of somewhat inspired features from its competitor Telegram recently. And now the popular messaging app is experimenting with its own version of animated emoji that replace the ones from iOS and Android.
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An upcoming WhatsApp security feature means that you might need to authorize your old phone to allow your account to be moved to a new one …
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The popular messaging platform WhatsApp currently offers multiple ways to communicate beyond text, such as pictures, videos, and even calls. However, WhatsApp is now working on a new feature that will let iPhone users send short video messages to other people.
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WhatsApp on Wednesday announced new features to enhance the group chat experience on its platform. With its latest update, the popular instant messaging app now lets admins decide who can join a group. In addition, it has become easier to check which groups you have in common with other contacts.
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Following the arrival of PiP video call support in February, WhatsApp is starting to roll out a new “Voice Status” feature for iOS. As the name conveys, the capability lets users post status updates via voice.
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WhatsApp has been adding a lot of new features to its platform recently, and soon users will have a new option for managing groups. More specifically, the popular messaging platform has been testing a new Expiring Group feature. As the name suggests, the new option will remind the user to delete a group after a period.
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It’s been a while since the popular messaging platform WhatsApp introduced support for stickers. However, creating your own stickers wasn’t an easy task as you had to use third party apps to do so. Luckily, the latest version of WhatsApp for iPhone is finally letting users easily create their own stickers for the app.
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WhatsApp last year began working on the ability to edit sent text messages, just as users can already do in apps like iMessage and Telegram. The feature was introduced in a beta version of WhatsApp for Android, and we haven’t heard anything about it since then. However, the platform is still working on this feature, this time for the iOS app.
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A beta version of the Android app includes a hidden WhatsApp newsletters feature, which the company appears to be readying for testing. Such tests are normally conducted on the Android app ahead of the iOS one …
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The popular messaging platform WhatsApp is now rolling out a major update to its iPhone app. Users will now be able to use the picture-in-picture feature during video calls, so that the call won’t be interrupted when you need to access another app.
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The popular messaging app WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will transcribe audio messages into text. As a result, users who are not fans of listening to audio messages will be able to simply read the content of such messages as regular text.
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Five new WhatsApp status and reaction updates have been announced by the company, including the ability to limit your audience, and what Meta says was the most-requested new feature …
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A beta of a Catalyst-based WhatsApp Mac app was made available back in June last year, but only to a limited number of users via TestFlight. The app is now available to all Mac users, though is still officially considered a beta version …
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The popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is now introducing another new feature. With this update, users will be able to send messages to themselves using the messaging platform, just as is already possible in apps like Telegram.
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WhatsApp is certainly one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, and it’s available in a lot of different countries. However, the app is blocked in some regions due to local internet censorship. But Meta now wants to challenge these restrictions, as the company announced that users will soon be able to connect to WhatsApp through a proxy server.
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