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Facebook Rolls Out Light Messenger App For Emerging Markets

3Oct By NitishNo Comments

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Facebook Rolls Out Light Messenger App For Emerging Markets

Facebook Inc launched a stripped down version of its popular Messenger app for emerging markets on Monday as it seeks to expand its international footprint. Messenger Lite, which uses less data and is designed to work in areas with slower internet connections, will roll out in Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. Facebook said it will expand to other countries in the coming months. Facebook has largely saturated Western markets, including North America and Europe, and has set its sights on developing countries, in part by rolling out "lite" versions of its main Facebook app and now Messenger, which have fewer capabilities than the main apps. Users with Android phones will still be able to use the core features of Messenger, including the ability to send text messages...

WhatsApp Scam – A New Digital Scam in The Social Media

6Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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WhatsApp Scam – A New Digital Scam in The Social Media

The Independent Reports that WhatsApp has reportedly been the target of a new scam which deceives users into disclosing personal information. In the scam, the links appear to come from your friend but instead lead you to a discount page which then asks for your personal details. Unassuming users are then led to a fake website which infects your phone with malware, allowing the scammer to obtain sensitive information. WhatsApp's popularity has exploded in recent years. It now has nearly one billion users worldwide and has become a key target for scammers. Speaking to This Is Money, David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, an internet security and anti-virus software company, says the scam operates in a range of languages. "We have noted that this WhatsApp sc...

WhatsApp Extend Group Users Limit From 100 Users to 256 Users

5Feb By PriyankaNo Comments

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WhatsApp Extend Group Users Limit From 100 Users to 256 Users

Facebook Owned messenger App WhatsApp has silently updated its Android version group limit of users which includes now 256 users. Earlier the group user limit was 100 users per group. iOS users have also received an update that brings the same functionality, with version 2.12.13 of the app. It is worth mentioning that the new group limit is only visible on Android and iOS for now. However, it should reach Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and other platforms soon. WhatsApp last month got rid of its $1 (approximately Rs. 68) annual subscription fee. Until now,WhatsApp asked some users to pay an annual fee for using the app after the first year of use - though as many of us experienced, most users were not asked to pay after a year, and instead were given extensions each year. I...

Hike Messenger crosses 100-million user mark

21Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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Hike Messenger crosses 100-million user mark

New Delhi :- Home-grown Hike Messenger today said it has crossed the 100-million user mark. “Crossing 100 million users is a milestone for us and we have achieved this well ahead of our expectations,” Hike Messenger Founder and CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal said in a statement. The company acquired 30 million additional users in just three months as it crossed 70 million users in October 2015, the statement said. Hike is now logging a monthly messaging volume of 40 billion messages, having doubled on messaging in a span of 5 months from 20 billion messages per month logged in August 2015, it added. “This huge user base is not only messaging and calling on Hike, but is reading News on Hike in Hindi and English, viewing live Cricket scores, getting inspired on Hike Daily, transferring huge f...