This week, WhatsApp confirmed that it has introduced a new feature that lets you send messages to yourself.
Since the platform is open to abuse and misconceptions, a lot is riding on WhatsApp group admins and chat members to play it down the line when interacting online.
The world’s most popular messaging app appears to have stopped working, which is affecting billions of users in various parts of the world.
One of the world’s most popular chat apps, WhatsApp, has conjured another innovation, launching a test version of a new subscription model for business users.
Thanks to the messaging platform’s latest update, we can all breathe a little easier knowing that we can hide our online status from prying eyes.
Under South African law, WhatsApp group admins could be held legally liable for other users’ posts.
The latest changes are all about bringing people together, with the new ‘Communities’ feature a way for separate groups to come “under one umbrella”.
An incoming WhatsApp update brings a whole host of new features designed to make us less anxious about who sees what, when, and how.
Sometimes you just want to pop onto WhatsApp without being bothered. The messaging app seems to have considered this.
Hands up if you’ve ever received a WhatsApp from your boss or colleague on the weekend about something that very much could have been addressed on Monday?
One change is the launch of a ‘reactions’ feature, similar to that found on Facebook and Facebook Messenger.
We might be good at saying ‘everything in moderation’ but the truth of the matter is that we’re not too skilled at ensuring we heed those words.
WhatsApp voicenotes have come a long, long way and new features aimed at improving their ease of use keep on coming.
President Ramaphosa is making the new laws actionable from today (March 1), so it is definitely a good time to familiarise yourself with what can land you with a hefty fine and potential jail time.
The ability to speed up voicenotes is a welcome addition and WhatsApp isn’t done with handy new features.
Despite being signed into law back in June, most of the Cybercrimes Act will come into force from today.
If an influencer drinks a coffee with some lovely foam art on top and doesn’t get to document it on social media, did it even happen?
For six glorious hours yesterday, Facebook and Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram suffered outages.
WhatsApp’s new feature, which is currently in development, would let a user read transcribed voicenotes.
In an upcoming update, WhatsApp will allow users to block specific contacts from viewing certain information.
If anyone is found to have committed a hate speech offence, they can be fined and jailed for up to three years in the case of a first conviction.
WhatsApp has now launched the ‘View Once’ feature, which allows you to send photos or videos that are deleted immediately after being viewed.
Facebook is introducing new features to WhatsApp, including improved ways to shop and communicate with businesses.
There is also the option to turn off ‘Read Receipts’, which is to say your messages won’t be ‘blue ticked’ once you have read them.
South Africa’s Information Regulator isn’t chuffed about WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, and is considering litigation about the matter.
May 15 is just around the corner, and if you choose not to accept WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, how you use the app will begin to change dramatically.
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WhatsApp has confirmed that the updated privacy policy will go into effect starting from May 15.
LWA will soon be a globally recognised medical condition that you yourself are more than likely suffering from.
If you have made, or plan to make, the switch from WhatsApp to Telegram, there’s a really easy way to move your chat history across.