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With 13,000 businesses already registering with telcos, TRAI believes no disruption would occur
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Reportedly, the enhanced detection of package delivery and job scams feature is rolling out now, while others are either limited to select countries or will be available in the coming months
"India is one of the top markets for WhatsApp globally, not just in terms of users but also in messaging," said Sandhya Devanathan, Meta vice-president, India
The telecom regulator directs RBI, SEBI, Home Ministry and others to register the content of text messages
Reportedly, WhatsApp is testing a new option that will allow users to clear their unread message count whenever they open the app
Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp said that chat filters will allow users to find unread messages and groups without having to scroll through the entire inbox
RCS messaging on iPhones will support read receipts, typing indicators, high-res media sharing and location sharing when texting between iPhones and Android smartphones
End-to-end encryption or E2EE is the type of encryption where a message is encrypted at the sender's end and decrypted on the receiver's end
Majority of men in India love using gaming apps, while women prefer food and messaging apps, according to an analysis of 85 million Android smartphones by Booble AI. Bobble AI report said that despite a 50 per cent rise in the Indian users' time spent over smartphones last year and the participation of women in the workforce rising consistently, only 11.3 per cent of Indian women are using smartphones to access payment applications. In contrast to men, women are least interested in gaming apps. The analysis showed hardly 6.1 per cent of women are active on gaming applications. "Even though the usage of apps by women is low in general, the participation in the usage of communication apps (23.3 per cent), video apps (21.7 per cent) and food apps (23.5 per cent) is comparatively higher. "The concentration of women using payment apps (11.3 per cent) and games (6.1 per cent) was found to be the lowest in comparison to men using these applications," the report said. The research was do
The social media company aims to position WhatsApp as a platform with a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging experience that allows cross-platform communication
In January, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption in group chats for messages app users enrolled in the beta programme
With the new feature, users can select multiple messages after clicking on "Select" within the context menu of a conversation
Moreover, the company said that it had tested more than 200 Android phones and created "optimised default settings" for users
The new feature will give users up to 15 minutes to edit their messages to fix any mistake or include any additional information to the original message, reports WABetaInfo
Users will also see the 'Chatting with X' changed to 'RCS chat with X' while they are in an end-to-end encrypted conversation, the report said
The agreement will allow Vodafone customers to enjoy rich new messaging experiences by leveraging Google Jibe Cloud to power Vodafone's use of Rich Communications Services (RCS)
The ability to react to messages within the community announcement group is currently under development and it is expected to be released in a future update of the iOS application
The feature is likely to provide users a visibility option to select who can view their profile -- Public, Contacts or Only You
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has announced a new feature -- "Focused Inbox" for a better messaging experience on the platform