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  1. Jan

    WhatsApp iOS beta gets Group past participant view

    WhatsApp group chat changes in the works WhatsApp is working on a feature that lets users view a group's past participants. You will be able to view and search for any participants who left the group in the past 60 days by navigating to the Group Info menu, WABetaInfo reported.
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Facebook adds tab to help you stay in your echo chamber

    Facebook's new Feeds tab limits posts to friends and pages you follow Facebook has launched a new Feeds tab for its mobile app, allowing users to only see posts from friends, groups, and pages they follow. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new feature in a post on his Facebook page on...
  4. Jan

    Amazon suing over 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews

    Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook group admins over fake product reviews Ecommerce giant Amazon.com is suing the administrators of over 10,000 Facebook groups for allegedly orchestrating fake reviews on its marketplace in exchange for money or free products. A dedicated team investigating fake...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Facebook will allow multiple profiles on one account

    Facebook will allow multiple profiles on one account Meta Platforms Inc. will start letting more users create multiple profiles with their Facebook accounts, the company’s latest attempt to encourage posting and sharing on its social network. As part of a test, certain Facebook members will be...
  6. Jan

    WhatsApp voice status and reaction emoji updates

    WhatsApp getting new voice and message reaction features WhatsApp will soon allow users to share a voice note as their status update and has started rolling out more emojis to use in message reactions. According to WABetaInfo, the popular chat app is developing a new voice status feature and...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    WhatsApp boss warns about fake versions of the Android app

    Fake WhatsApp warning Using fake or modified versions of WhatsApp on Android could lead to your personal information being stolen, warned the company's CEO, Will Cathcart. Cathcart said that the company's security research team found hidden malware within apps offering similar services to...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    WhatsApp working on syncing chats across multiple smartphones

    WhatsApp multi-smartphone support on the way WhatsApp is working on adding support for syncing chats across multiple smartphones, WABetaInfo reports. The publication discovered the feature in WhatsApp's Android version 2.22.15.13, available through the Google Play Beta programme.
  9. Jan

    Quest VR will no longer require a Facebook account - but you will need a Meta login

    Quest VR will drop Facebook login for Meta account Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets will no longer need a Facebook login, but it will require that users have a new Meta account, the company revealed in a blog post. The company will begin rolling out the new accounts to existing and new...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta's next VR headset will be called Quest Pro and cost $1,000

    Meta's next VR headset will be called Quest Pro and cost $1,000 Meta Platforms Inc.’s upcoming high-end headset for virtual and augmented reality will be called the Meta Quest Pro, according to code findings inside the company’s iPhone app for setting up headsets. Meta has been touting its new...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Fired employee accuses Facebook of breaking EU and FTC privacy rules for accessing deleted user data

    Fired employee accuses Facebook of breaking EU and FTC privacy rules for accessing deleted user data A former Facebook content screener says he was fired for raising alarms about a new company protocol allowing employees to resurrect data that users deleted. Brennan Lawson sued Meta Platforms...
  12. Jan

    Facebook takes legal action against scraping-for-hire

    Facebook launches lawsuit against scraper who posted data from 350,000 Instagram profiles Facebook's parent company Meta has instigated legal action against a man who scraped and published profile data from over 350,000 Instagram accounts, according to a statement from the company. The social...
  13. Jan

    WhatsApp working on "appear offline" setting linked to "last seen" status

    WhatsApp working on "stealth mode" feature WhatsApp is working on allowing users to hide their online status on Android, iOS and its desktop application, WABetaInfo reports. There is no release date for when the future update will get rolled out to the public.
  14. Jan

    Meta kills Novi crypto wallet

    Facebook kills cryptocurrency wallet Facebook's holding company, Meta, is shutting down its Novi cryptocurrency wallet after it only made it to the piloting phase of the project, Bloomberg reported. Both the Novi app and the wallet on WhatsApp will no longer be available come 1 September 2022...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    WhatsApp Group silent exit and video call avatars

    WhatsApp getting new group and video call features Popular chat platform WhatsApp is working on new features for groups and video calls on its mobile apps. Reputed WhatsApp-focused publication WABetaInfo has picked up a silent group exit feature within iOS WhatsApp beta version 22.14.0.71.
  16. Jan

    Big Tech and game publishers team up with W3C on Metaverse Standards Forum

    Facebook, Microsoft and 34 others team up for Metaverse Standards Forum Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Epic Games, Microsoft, and 33 other organisations have formed a forum to promote open standards for augmented and virtual reality. It will be open to any organisation for free, and the...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    WhatsApp rolls out interface for reacting with any emoji to iOS beta

    WhatsApp testing updated iOS interface for emoji reactions WhatsApp is working on adding more message reaction emojis to the six currently available for users on iOS devices, according to a WABetaInfo report. The app currently lets users on both Android and iOS choose from six reactions...
  18. Jan

    WhatsApp image quality tested - sending as media vs document

    Avoid losing WhatsApp image quality with this trick MyBroadband tested sending media files as documents on WhatsApp and found it significantly impacted image quality, especially on higher resolution images. When sending an image or video over WhatsApp, the file is scaled to a lower resolution...
  19. Jan

    WhatsApp announces group calling and privacy changes

    Big WhatsApp group call and privacy changes WhatsApp has rolled out new features for group calls, including the ability to mute and message specific people — even if you aren't the one who placed the call. Meta's head of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, announced the new features on Twitter, saying...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Facebook not loading link preview when sharing link, any advice?

    Is anyone else experiencing Facebook Pages not creating link preview when posting URLs when creating new posts? How did you resolve it. It's not my adblocker. I haven't tested in Firefox, this occurs in Chrome. Android is fine. Just desktop affected.
  21. Jan

    Telkom expects to announce hyperscaler partnership in 3-6 months

    Telkom in major data centre play Telkom is potentially looking at announcing a partnership with a hyperscale computing provider soon, CEO Serame Taukobong has told MyBroadband. Hyperscalers include players such as Alibaba, Huawei, Oracle, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, SAP, Microsoft, and Google.
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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