Users added aplenty but Google, Facebook, and Twitter lose ad revenues amid covid lockdowns
As travel and shopping shut down, advertising on the three platforms plummeted, but now as lockdown curbs begin to ease, things may look up
Reliance JioMart begins using WhatsApp for grocery deliveries in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan
The deal with Facebook will help Ambani set up a digital platform to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart
Searches for child sexual abuse material spike, NCPCR sends notice to Google, WhatsApp, Twitter
A recent report by India Child Protection Fund showed that there has been a surge in searches for child sexual abuse material amid lockdown
Facebook introduces Messenger Rooms allowing video calls with 50 friends, in alternative to Zoom
Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, you can join a Messenger Rooms video chat
Now WhatsApp video call can have 8 participants; Centre offers Rs 1 cr prize to build homegrown Zoom
WhatsApp's earlier limit was four callers; Centre's innovation challenge encourages developers to build an alternative videoconferencing app
WhatsApp limits forwards to one chat at a time in India to halt spread of coronavirus misinformation
The messaging app earlier restricted forwards to five chats but it did not prove effective enough against the spread of fake news
Shashi Warrier: The power of levity in the time of lockdown
Laughter kept us sane during wars and strikes
Centre’s MyGov corona WhatsApp chatbot used by 2 crore people
More than 55 million messages have been sent by over 20 million users since the chatbot was launched by the government on March 20.
This new security algorithm helps improve checks against online fraud
WhatsApp is one of the applications that uses such an algorithm
High time government busted fake news on Coronavirus with public service ad
The spread of fake information must be stopped before damage is done