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This Message Can Crash Your Friend’s WhatsApp Remotely [Video]

Zayed Rehman·December 4, 2014

So what do you do when your favorite IM app decides to pull the 'Read Receipts' feature on you? If you're a security researcher, you figure out how to crash it for others. WhatsApp may have added the ability to turn that feature off, but a group of security research students in India have demonstrated how a simple text message can be used to crash the app at the receiver’s end, pretty much ending the "message seen" dramas.

How To Customize Every Part Of WhatsApp On iOS 8

Ben Reid·November 23, 2014

WhatsApp is among the most popular instant messaging app around, and having been acquired by Facebook recently by a colossal amount, is considered the de facto cross-platform IM service. But despite its array of features, it's still not complete, and WhatsApp+ has long offered Android users the perks that many would deem to be missing. Now, WhatsApp+ has arrived for iOS 7 and iOS 8, and while being jailbroken is the key prerequisite, the list of enhancements to WhatsApp suggest that it's a tweak worth jailbreaking for.

WhatsApp Messenger For iPhone 6 / 6 Plus Released, Get Downloading [Direct Link]

Oliver Haslam·November 18, 2014

How To Install WhatsApp Beta With iPhone 6 / 6 Plus Support

Paul Morris·November 15, 2014

Here's a complete step by step guide on how to install WhatsApp Messenger beta on your device with full support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus resolution.

How To Disable WhatsApp Read Receipts On Android

Zayed Rehman·November 15, 2014

It would be interesting to see how many friendships WhatsApp has destroyed till now, because from today onwards, most who have not suffered the wrath of the infamous Read Receipts feature can remain safe, as the company is now giving an option to users to disable them for good.

How To Disable Read Receipts In WhatsApp For iPhone

Zayed Rehman·November 9, 2014

WhatsApp For iPhone, Android Updated With Read Receipts; References To VoIP Found

M Asad·November 6, 2014

WhatsApp is the go-to IM’ing app for most smartphone users out there. While the app itself is feature-rich in a lot of ways, there’s always room for improvement, and today, WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature over-the-air that enable users to see if their message has been read by the recipient.

Facebook Messenger And WhatsApp Adds Support For Android Wear Smartwatches

Oliver Haslam·August 7, 2014

Google's Android Wear initiative may be in the midst of what could be called a false start, but that problem maybe alleviated once the big software companies start to integrate wearable support into their apps. Two giants of the messaging world have done just that over the last couple of days, with both Facebook and WhatsApp issuing updates to their Android apps that give Android Wear, err, wearers a little taste of the future.

Major Flaw In WhatsApp For Android Leaves Your Conversations Open To Prying Eyes

Ben Reid·March 13, 2014

Google Wanted To Buy WhatsApp For $10 Billion, Tips Insider

Ben Reid·February 21, 2014

Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp for $19 billion has taught us a lot of things, and while the focus has been mainly upon the breathtaking sums of money involved in this particular transaction, WhatsApp's swift 5-year rise, and the dogged, determined nature of one Brian Acton, the acquisition has made apparent the fact that Facebook is up there with the big boys when it comes to spending. Indeed, hitherto, it has been Google stumping up the cash to acquire large firms such as Motorola, and intriguingly, Fortune is reporting that the search giant once placed $10 billion on the table in an offer to buy WhatsApp out.

WhatsApp Co-Founder Was Rejected By Facebook For A Job In 2009; Today Tables Have Turned

Ben Reid·February 20, 2014

Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp Messenger, is naturally among the headlines today after Facebook acquired the instant messaging service for the colossal sum of $19 billion. But what make's Acton's story particularly interesting is not just the mere fact that he, along with another former Yahoo employee, created perhaps the most high-profile service to be bought-out in tech history, but in an ironic twist, was rejected when applying for several jobs at major firms - including Facebook.

Facebook Just Bought WhatsApp For A Whopping $16 Billion

Ben Reid·February 20, 2014

How To Send Unlimited Photos At Once From WhatsApp On iPhone

Ben Reid·January 22, 2014

Instant Messaging apps are absolutely everywhere, and despite a cluster of established, widely-used efforts, newer ones continue to crop up all of the time. WhatsApp Messenger, which works on essentially all of the major mobile platforms, has been around for a number of years and boasts a user base well into the hundreds of millions, but despite offering a decent array of features, it could still use some improvements. Not being able to send more than 10 photos at once on the iPhone app, for example, is of major annoyance to some, but luckily, a new tweak by the name of WhatsApp Unlimited Media allows jailbreakers to bypass this limitation.

WhatsApp For iOS 7 Released, Get It From Here!

Uzair Ghani·December 3, 2013

There are a ton of apps on the App Store which are due for an update for iOS 7, and one of those apps is WhatsApp for iPhone. After a long wait, which almost felt like an eternity, or maybe light-years for some, the famous cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp has been updated with a brand new face for iOS 7.

WhatsApp For iOS 7 Leaks In The Wild [Screenshots]

Ben Reid·October 8, 2013

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