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Singer Rihanna Slammed Messaging app Snapchat

16Mar By AdityaNo Comments

USA

Singer Rihanna Slammed Messaging app Snapchat

American leading Singer Rihanna slammed Snapchat, a messaging app over an advertisement that promotes domestic violence and showed her assault by her former boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009 in an advertisement to promote the company. The Snapchat advertisement, made for the promotion of the mobile game Would You Rather? asked users which of the artists they would prefer to hit. The 30-year-old singer took to Instagram and posted a lengthy comment, saying she was "trying to figure out what the point was with this mess". Rihanna responding to Snapchat's ad. I can't believe they did this. pic.twitter.com/TpHQIXTm4j — Gennette Cordova (@GNCordova) March 15, 2018 The full text is - "Now Snapchat, I know you already know you ain't my favourite app out there! But I'm just trying t...

Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

14Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

Tech

Accept Our New Update Or Get Blocked: Snapchat

Snapchat, a widely used image messaging and multimedia mobile application is facing a major re-approval from its users over its redesign. Last week, Snapchat updated its features and changed the whole platform to target its revenue rates. Since then, the users have bombarded Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc asking Snapchat to reverse the updates. Dear #snapchatupdate , We hate you. Sincerely, Everyone ? — Mitz (@MitzLove) February 9, 2018 The result of such fierce reaction from the users is due to the confusion and struggle, they are going through to use their favourite features on the platform. Such updates include the difficulty to see stories that would easily appear by swiping right from the main camera screen earlier. Now, the whole update have shifted the ...

Now its Tencent Backed ‘Super-App’ Vs. Tencent’s own WeChat

25Jan By RishabhNo Comments

CHINA

Now its Tencent Backed ‘Super-App’ Vs. Tencent’s own WeChat

Another issue that is rising in China is tech apps taking over its rivals from the same backers. Recently, Meituan, a kind of Chinese technology that very few people out of the country understand is giving some serious competition to WeChat. Tencent Holdings Ltd, the messaging giant app is the developer of WeChat and a key investor in Meituan and watching its siblings take over each other, is something that nobody wants. Meituan has grown very popular in China. It has a restaurant review feature like that of Yelp (San Fransisco based review MNC), while its app also lets users order food off the menu from phone. Even to pay, users don't have to leave the Meituan app. This is the reason why its giving serious competition to Tencent's WeChat. the startup is already the world's fourth...

WhatsApp Crossed Its 1 Billion Daily Users Milestone Globally

27Jul By PriyankaNo Comments

ANALYSIS

WhatsApp Crossed Its 1 Billion Daily Users Milestone Globally

Messaging app WhatsApp today said it has crossed the one-billion daily users milestone globally. "Just last year, we shared that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every month. Today, we are excited and proud to share that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every day to stay in touch with their family and friends," WhatsApp said in a statement. Its monthly user base -- people who use WhatsApp atleast once in a month -- stood at 1.3 billion. The Facebook-owned company said about 55 billion messages and 4.5 billion photos are shared every day globally on its platform. The app, which supports 60 languages, also sees 1 billion videos being shared on a daily basis. India is the largest market for WhatsApp with over 200 million monthly active users as of Febru...

Security Flaw Found in WhatsApp, Telegram: Researchers

17Mar By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

News

Security Flaw Found in WhatsApp, Telegram: Researchers

A computer security firm today revealed a flaw that could let hackers break into WhatsApp or Telegram messaging accounts using the very encryption intended to protect messages. Check Point Software Technologies said that it alerted Telegram and Facebook-owned WhatsApp last week, waiting until the vulnerability was patched before making it public. Check Point did not specify how many messaging accounts were at risk, but did say the flaw posed a danger to "hundreds of millions" of users accessing the messaging platform from web browsers in computers, as opposed to mobile applications. "This new vulnerability put hundreds of millions of WhatsApp Web and Telegram Web users at risk of complete account take over," Check Point head of product vulnerability Oded Vanunu said in a release. ...

27Jun By reutersNo Comments

News

Messaging App Line Delayed IPO Launch

Japanese messaging app firm Line Corp has delayed setting a tentative price range for its initial public offering (IPO) by one day, until Tuesday, the company said in a regulatory filing, citing the "market environment". The IPO price range was originally scheduled to be announced on Monday. Line still plans to list in New York on July 14 and in Tokyo the following day, the filing showed. On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 3.6 percent, its biggest one-day drop in 10 months, and Japan's broad Topix index slid 7 percent after Britain voted to exit the European Union. The equity market in Japan recovered somewhat on Monday as the Topix closed up 1.8 percent, but the delay will allow the company to assess the market in New York and London on Monday before setting the tentative price range, a...

Snapchat Raises $1.81Bn For a Reported $20Bn Valuation

26May By reutersNo Comments

FUNDING

Snapchat Raises $1.81Bn For a Reported $20Bn Valuation

Messaging app Snapchat has raised $1.81 billion in an equity offering, indicating strong investor interest in the company despite concerns that it is struggling to attract advertisers. Snapchat did not disclose its valuation in the latest round of funding in its filing on Thursday but technology website TechCrunch reported on Monday, citing sources, that the company could be valued at about $20 billion. Snapchat, which makes a free mobile app that allows users to send videos, photos and messages that vanish in seconds, has faced concerns that the company's estimated valuation is not justified because of its uneven revenue stream. Investors in this round included General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, Lone Pine and Fidelity, among others, TechCrunch reported on Thursday,...

VIDEO CALLING ON WHATSAPP FOR IOS AND ANDROID USERS COMING SOON

23Dec By NitishNo Comments

News

VIDEO CALLING ON WHATSAPP FOR IOS AND ANDROID USERS COMING SOON

As per the recent reports WhatsApp is testing a new feature for its popular messaging service Video Calls. Video Calls will first come to the iOS platform and then most likely will get to the Android smartphones. It is a natural extension for the Facebook-owned world’s largest messaging service provider to have support for video calls. The video calls on WhatsApp will work on both the Cellular networks (3G / 4G / 5G) and also will be functional on the WIFI network. User will have an option to either make an Audio call from the Whatsapp or opt to make a video call. There is also option as shown in the picture to swap the front and rear camera on the smartphone to make it easier for users. WhatsApp video calls for iOS will come with the update of software to the version ...

How Slack Technologies developed from an idea for easier office chat to software juggernaut in two years, entirely by word of mouth

14Dec By NitishNo Comments

Story

How Slack Technologies developed from an idea for easier office chat to software juggernaut in two years, entirely by word of mouth

It's late morning on a Thursday in September, and Slack Technologies CEO Stewart Butterfield has convened a meeting with his design and product heads in the company's low-key San Francisco headquarters. On the agenda is the question that's been most on Butterfield's mind lately: how his $US2.8 billion ($3.9 billion) start-up, which makes business-collaboration software, can be as good with 250, 500, or a thousand people as it was when he founded it with a team of eight. For today's meeting, Butterfield, sporting camouflage suede wingtips and argyle socks, has prepared a list of "teachable principles" he wants his people to internalise. Butterfield is off and running when something distracts him: Brandon Velestuk, Slack's design director, is video-conferencing from Vancouver, and his...