Government officials have reportedly started using Sandes, a desi alternative to popular messaging application WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook. Back in 2020, the central government had hinted at developing a WhatsApp-like messaging platform. It appears like the application is ready is being tested by government officials of various ministries. Read more…
A virtual private network — better known as a VPN — is a key way to help protect your privacy when online, especially when you’re logging on from a public space such as a hotel lobby, coffee shop, library, or airport. When you sign up with a VPN provider, you Read more…
WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to better integrate with other products and services offered by Facebook. Unlike the release of a new feature or an update that adds new functionality, the instant messaging app has brought the change almost silently with an in-app notification. Millions Read more…
WhatsApp has millions of users around the world. Since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the number of active users on the platform has grown by many folds as this is one of the easiest ways to connect with friends and family members while maintaining social distancing. Scammers and hackers have used Read more…
A lot of people use WhatsApp calling over traditional phone calls, thanks to free availability and better clarity. However, unlike the latter, you cannot record calls on WhatsApp, which is a bummer for many. Thankfully, there are a few tricks that can help you record WhatsApp video as well as Read more…
Internet challenges are crazy things, from the past few weeks #CoupleChallenge is overrun all over the internet, where people are posting the pictures with their partners on social media. Similarly, thousands of teenagers began posting unflattering photos of themselves to their feeds with the cryptic caption “until tomorrow”. Anyone who Read more…
WhatsApp is undoubtedly ruling the world single-handed when it comes to instant messaging service. Almost every smartphone user is using the WhatsApp for messaging today. The app is most effective, cost-free, and instant communication channel, which allows you to share information in just one click. Apart from the messaging WhatsApp Read more…
Over the past few weeks, payment apps such as PhonePe that provide a platform for UPI transactions, online classifieds portals such as OLX as well as the National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) have been witnessing a stream of complaints. Many of these complaints are being made public through social Read more…
A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Snapdragon digital signal processor (DSP) chip that powers millions of high-end smartphones from Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, OnePlus, and other device manufacturers. For starters, DSP Read more…
If you’ve been browsing through some porn on a Google Chrome “incognito” window assuming that the trail will be wiped clean the minute you exit it, you’re in for some bad news. Turns out the incognito mode—which gives users the choice to search the internet without their activity being saved Read more…