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WhatsApp
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Anyone With Your Number Can See Your WhatsApp Profile Pic – Here’s How To Change That
24 May 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Are you really okay with anybody who gets your number being able to view your WhatsApp profile picture? Changing the setting takes 30 seconds, tops.
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WhatsApp Security Breach – Signs That You Might Have Been Hacked
15 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A vulnerability in WhatsApp made it possible for hackers to spread surveillance software to mobile devices. Here’s what to look out for.
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Change These Five WhatsApp Settings To Protect Yourself
05 Apr 2019 by Carrie / 1 Comment
WhatsApp has listed five settings you can change, in order to keep you safe from scammers and crooks on the platform.
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Send This To Your ‘Friend’ Spreading Fake News And Casual Racism Over WhatsApp
28 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s now a way to fact check those dodgy viral messages on WhatsApp, which seem to spread like wildfire before anyone bothers to search for the truth.
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Gender Non-Specific Couples, Periods, Small Penises And More Official Emojis Coming Your Way
07 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
200 new emojis are coming our way in 2019, including some new ways to talk about periods and gender without using actual words.
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Thursday Morning Spice
07 Feb 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘Black people use K word’. Grande out of Grammys. R Kelly tour. Rich kids being poor. WhatsApp deleting 2m a month. Sans Souci mum lays charges.
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Things Haven’t Gone Well For Margaret Van Wyk Since She Shared THAT Photo On WhatsApp
14 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2016, Margaret van Wyk made the kind of error that everyone makes at least once, by sending a WhatsApp message to the wrong group.
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New SA Cybercrimes Bill: Three Types Of WhatsApp Messages That Could Land You In Jail
13 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Parliament’s Justice Committee adopted the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill last week, which means that you could end up in jail if you contravene a few laws.
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This Is How Ads Will Start Appearing On WhatsApp
02 Nov 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook is currently on a serious money-making mission, and they’ve now greenlit advertising in certain ways within WhatsApp.
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On Death’s Door – WhatsApp Video Shows Lion Air Passengers Boarding Plane
01 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
A passenger on Lion Air Flight 610, which crashed shortly after taking off, shared a WhatsApp video of him and other passengers boarding.
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There Is No Love Lost Between The WhatsApp Co-Founder And Mark Zuckerberg
27 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has come clean about his reservations about Facebook’s intentions for the messaging app, and his various run-ins with the company.
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Things Have Gone From Bad To Worse For The Local Poet Who Outed That WhatsApp Porn Group
24 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
After poet Martie Wessels posted pictures of the members of a WhatsApp porn group on Facebook, she started receiving death threats. Since then, things have worsened.
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Local Poet Receives Death Threats After She Outs WhatsApp Porn Group Members
22 Aug 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
If you think our headline is odd, consider the News24 headline: “Christian poet harassed by porn WhatsApp groups run by a ‘mentally challenged’ rabbit farmer”.
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WhatsApp ‘Dick Pic’ Scam Costs Jozi Man R170 000, And Is Proving To Be Big Business
14 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
WhatsApp sexploitation scams are on the rise in South Africa, with more than 1 000 cases being dealt with by law enforcement on a daily basis.
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Looks Like ‘Momo’ Is The New ‘Blue Whale’ Parent Worry
08 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Momo is the latest online buzzword to scare parents and intrigue horror fans, but how much of the story should we believe?
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People Are Dying Because Of WhatsApp And Zuckerberg Is Not Handling
25 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 7 Comments
Mark Zuckerberg has seen his fair share of headaches this year, and the latest one sees people dying due to the spread of fake WhatsApp messages.
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Admit It – Your Friends Are Spreading Fake News On WhatsApp
18 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 1 Comment
We often tend to believe news shared with us by friends, but a recent study shows that we might need to be more vigilant on that front, too.
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Inside The Very Messy WhatsApp / Facebook R17 Billion Break-Up
06 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
WhatsApp’s co-founders have given up billions of rands after splitting from Facebook over petty issues such as chairs, desk sizes and bathroom designs.
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The ‘Bok Boks’ Voice Note Everyone (Including AB De Villiers) Is Talking About [Videos]
18 May 2018 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sending a WhatsApp voice note to the wrong group can quickly spiral out of control, and this chap’s blunder has made it all the way to AB in India.
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WhatsApp Calls Or Normal Calls – Let’s Have That Chat
08 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 1 Comment
More and more folks are turning to WhatsApp calls these days, but how much money are you really saving?
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WhatsApp Co-Founder Urges Everyone To #DeleteFacebook
22 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter / 2 Comments
As the whole world wonders whether or not it should delete one of the most popular social media platforms, the co-founder of WhatsApp is nudging people to do it.
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Everything We Know About The Whatsapp Business App Launching In SA
25 Jan 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Moving upwards and onwards, WhatsApp will soon be introducing a nifty little business version to South Africa. Here’s what we know.
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WhatsApp’s Massive Security Flaw Lets Anyone Join Group Chats
12 Jan 2018 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
A simple security flaw has been discovered in WhatsApp’s design, but Facebook said it won’t be fixing the problem. Oh dear.
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This Is How You Can Read Messages People Delete From WhatsApp
17 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
People rejoiced with the introduction of WhatsApp’s “delete for everyone” feature added to their latest update, but then some clever cats found out that the message isn’t completely gone.
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WARNING: One Million People Downloaded Fake WhatsApp
06 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
Android users beware, there’s a bevy of fake apps waiting to take advantage of you, the latest fooling more than a million people into downloading it.
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WhatsApp Went Down Today
03 Nov 2017 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It seems Whatsapp is down. 2oceansvibe has contacted the technicians at Whatsapp and they are working together with 2oceansvibe to get the country back online again.
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Good Luck, Cheaters – Now Your Friends Can Track Your Movements In Real Time On WhatsApp
19 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everyone knows about the dreaded ‘drop a pin’ request – it’s easier to send the address, just saying – but now WhatsApp is taking things to the next level.
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Started A WhatsApp Group Lately? You Might Want To Worry About What People Are Posting
15 Jun 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
A recent criminal case has led to lawyers reminding admins of WhatsApp groups that they better watch out, because things can go south very quickly.
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Purpose-Built Neighbourhood App Replacing WhatsApp Groups Throughout South Africa
24 Apr 2017 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It seems the only people sending text messages these days are banks and the TV license department. With WhatsApp completely dominating SA, it seems the digital messaging darling does have its limitations. OurHood provides a digital notice board for users to post to their real neighbours. This could be anything from a crime issue or general […]
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Monday Morning Spice
27 Mar 2017 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
WhatsApp slammed for helping terrorists. New US nightclub shooting. Trump admits defeat. Maimane goes hard at Zille. Russian anti-Putin youth uprising. First 2017 F1 race results. Apple disses Wikileaks. Ed Sheeran forgets words.
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