WhatsApp has announced a selection of fun new features including contact-adding QR codes, animated stickers and dark mode for desktops. The Facebook-owned chat platform, which has more than 2 billion users worldwide, is making it easier than ever to add a contact with unique QR codes for each user. Dark mode – WhatsApp’s most-requested feature … Read more
Brazil Central Bank suspends WhatsApp mobile payments for review less than two weeks after release Brazil has suspended WhatsApp’s mobile payment feature It will review if the feature meets the country’s regulatory standards The decision comes less than two weeks after the feature’s release WhatsApp has yet to expand mobile payments elsewhere By James Pero … Read more
Big Brother stars are ‘FUMING’ over their ‘cruel edits’ as they threaten to boycott the reality show in a secret WhatsApp group chat By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:10 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 23:55 BST, 21 June 2020 When Big Brother is always watching you, it seems the only solution … Read more
WhatsApp introduces digital payments in Brazil that allow users to send money in-app and buy goods via Facebook Pay The feature will enable person-to-person money transfers via Facebook Pay It will also let users buy goods from stores inside the app Currently it’s being rolled out in Brazil and will expand soon It’s unclear when … Read more
London’s secret Covid raves: How organisers are using WhatsApp and Instagram to run £15-a-head illegal all-night parties in abandoned buildings where hundreds ‘risk lives’ by flouting social-distancing Organisers charged £15-a-head for the illegal raves in Leytonstone, east London Private social media pages would direct customers to shady WhatsApp groups Customers are then sent a picture … Read more
Two senior police officers ‘sent each other grossly offensive WhatsApp messages about women they met in their jobs’ Ex-inspector Scott Snowden denied the charges at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court Co-defendant former Superintendent Ed Cook was not present for the hearing Humberside Police declined to comment until court proceedings are concluded By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 12:01 … Read more
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that lets you add and share contact details via QR code just like in Instagram and Snapchat The new QR code feature is available for Android and iOS users with the beta app It works in a similar way to Snapchat Snacodes, making it easier to add a contact … Read more
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron spent a weekend exchanging WhatsApp messages about quarantine-free travel between Britain and France – blindsiding officials on both sides of the Channel Boris Johnson uses WhatsApp to regularly converse with Emmanuel Macron The two world leaders were in touch throughout last weekend on messaging app PM announced travellers from France would … Read more
International group of fact-checkers launch a myth-busting WhatsApp bot that lets users query terms like ‘masks’ to pull up trustworthy information on coronavirus The bot is designed by Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checkers Network It can be queried by WhatsApp users and pulls from the IFCN’s database IFCN’s chatbot also directs users to their local fact-check … Read more
Soho Farmhouse has been accused of sacking up to 30 staff members via phone and WhatsApp video in the last fortnight during the coronavirus crisis. Former employees have slammed the exclusive countryside resort near Chipping Norton after they were allegedly dismissed over ‘poor performance’. All branches of the Soho House chain are closed due to … Read more