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Whatsapp has finally hinted at some of its most anticipated features and people are beyond excited!The Facebook-owned messaging app, Whatsapp has not made any official announcements regarding new features for users for a while now, however in an interview with WABetaInfo today, the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerburg shone light on not one but three different features that will be launched soon.The CEO proudly announced the arrival of two new modes including the disappearing mode and the view-once mode which has us beaming from end to end. Both these features will tend to save space and secure privacy in a single shot!Furthermore, the much awaited beta-testing multi-device support tests will be started in the coming weeks and if it is a success, it is indeed going to take the world by a storm. We are exhilarated with even the thought of having Whatsapp on multiple devices without the obligation of having WiFi on your primary device.The disappearing mode was introduced a while back in November when texts older than 7 days were automatically deleted. Although the feature did not gain much response, it is back again with a new twist. The feature will now allow all texts to disappear in…

A Tasmanian father who used Snapchat and WhatsApp to coerce underage girls into sending sexually explicit images and videos will spend at least 15 months in jail.From November 2019 to June 2020, Samuel Christopher Norris used the two mobile phone apps to groom four girls, who were aged from 14 to 16.Two lived in Tasmania, one in NSW and the other in America.One of the girls, aged 15 at the time, sent him a picture of her naked with the words "Daddy's Girl" and "15 today" written on her body.The pair exchanged 4300 text and video messages over a fortnight in June, with Norris becoming jealous of her speaking to other boys.Norris, 33, who was aware the girls were underage, used the name Mike on Snapchat and Santa Clause on WhatsApp and told them he was younger than his actual age.He sent the girls sexually explicit images and videos of himself and coached them to do the same.He was on Friday sentenced in Hobart Supreme Court to three years and three months' jail, although nine months was suspended.Norris was granted a non-parole period of half the operational sentence.Justice David Porter said Norris' actions were deliberate and purely for sexual gratification.He…

After borrowing statuses and disappearing messages from Snapchat, WhatsApp is working on another major feature that Snapchat is known for. Once enabled, this will make WhatsApp a complete replacement for Snapchat. Apart from this, WhatsApp is also working on adding another highly requested feature – multi-device support. WhatsApp is gearing up to add another Snapchat-like feature after adding statuses and disappearing messages. Only, this time around, this feature will allow you to replace Snapchat completely. In a WhatsApp group chat with WABetaInfo, a website that tracks developments in the app, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed several features coming soon to the messaging service. Stripping away Snapchat’s features, one after the other WhatsApp’s Disappearing Mode will turn it into a Snapchat replacement, allowing you to send disappearing messages to all your contacts, instead of turning it on for individual chats. Essentially, this will turn WhatsApp into an ephemeral app like Snapchat. All individual and group chats will have disappearing messages turned on by default once you enable Disappearing Mode. Instagram and Facebook Messenger already have this feature, called Vanish Mode. Zuckerberg also confirmed another feature called ‘View Once’. When turned on, this will allow users to…

World Environment Day 2021 will be celebrated on Saturday, June 5. And in the run-up to it, Snapchat has introduced dedicated Bitmojis to let you virtually showcase your efforts and love for nature. There are specific Bitmojis that you can use while watering plants, saving water, or looking at the rains. This year's World Environment Day is based on the ‘Ecosystem Restoration' theme. The Bitmojis available from Snapchat match the theme and are aimed at promoting habits that can help us clean our environment.There are as many as nine Bitmojis that allow individuals to share their expressions on this year's World Environment Day. Users can share the Bitmojis to promote recycling, gardening, and practices of saving electricity.There also are Bitmojis that Snapchatters can use while doing something good for nature and their surroundings, such as giving water to plants or turning off their electric appliances when not in use. These can help spread some awareness on saving our environment while continuing to stay indoors till the coronavirus pandemic ends.Bitmojis work as personalised stickers that feature your virtual avatar. Users can create new Bitmojis through the Bitmoji app or using the Snapchat app. Once created, Bitmojis can be shared over social…

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Parents and tech companies are both struggling with how to handle underage kids using social media apps. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP Parents and tech companies are both struggling with how to handle underage kids using social media apps. Rick Bowmer/AP Social media companies prohibit kids under 13 from signing up because of federal privacy law. But parents like Danielle Hawkins can tell you a different story. "She got on Instagram and Snapchat without my approval when she was about 12," Hawkins, a mom of four who lives near Detroit, said of her eldest daughter. The tech companies are well aware of this problem. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a congressional hearing in March that his company knows kids get around the age limits on apps like Instagram, the photo-sharing network Facebook owns. "There clearly a large number of people under the age of 13 who would want to use a service like Instagram," he said. Now, Facebook is working on a solution for underage kids: "We're exploring having a service for Instagram that allows under 13s on, because we worry that kids may find ways to try to lie and evade some of our systems,"…

Jake Bezzant ran unsuccessfully for the Upper Harbour seat in 2020. Photo / SuppliedNational candidate Jake Bezzant has parted ways with the political party following explosive claims that he impersonated his ex-partner online, shared explicit photos and even pretended to be her during cyber sex.Bezzant's former partner, Tarryn Flintoft, has gone public with the claims in an hour-long podcast shared online this week.Bezzant, who unsuccessfully ran for the Upper Harbour seat last election, told the Herald there is no truth to the accusations.The National Party touted Bezzant as a promising part of its intake of fresh talent in 2019."We were first made aware of the podcast, and the allegations and behaviour it mentions, late this morning," a party spokesman told the Herald last night."We looked into the matter, and Mr Bezzant is no longer a member of the National Party."Flintoft said she recorded the podcast after discovering that Bezzant was still allegedly impersonating her online, even though they had broken up a year ago and they hadn't been in contact for months." used to impersonate me online, would make Snapchat and dating sites and things. and would engage in online sex as me, and would send nude images and videos…

There's a disturbing trend of drug dealers turning to social media to find new clients, especially young ones, that they can hook at an early age.Child safety advocates tell ABC15 these criminals are using apps like Snapchat, TikTok, Kik, and Instagram to build bonds with teenagers."It's, unfortunately, all way too easy," said Detective Scott Pietrzak who is part of the Mesa Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and owner of Online Safety Specialists, a business he founded to educate parents about dangerous predators targeting children online.With a few taps on their smartphones, Pietrzak said these drug deals could be taking place right under your roof, and right under your nose."What these guys are doing is basically becoming friends with all these kids out there," said Pietrzak."Once they become friends with them, it's easy for them to advertise what they're selling. Whether it be, you know, marijuana or fentanyl, cocaine, LSD, heroin," added Pietrzak.The drugs could be delivered to your front door, or hand-delivered to teens at local parks. What has child safety advocates so concerned about these shady deals are how dangerous these street drugs could be."These kiddos are not even realizing what they're taking is Fentanyl," said…

Patrick Starrr is the latest content creator to join Jellysmack’s Creator Program.The makeup mega-influencer — who has amassed a following of more than 11 million across his highest performing platforms: YouTube, Instagram and TikTok — joins additional influential creators in the program, including fellow beauty gurus Brad Mondo, Jackie Aina, and James and Robert Welsh. Jellysmack, founded in 2016, originally started as a social media video company that leveraged technology and data to build and scale its own popular social channels into large social communities around the world. For instance,  it’s ranked No. 1 in beauty, soccer and basketball, and No. 2 in gaming and movies across social channels, according to social video analytics company Tubular Labs. As the company developed proprietary tools to detect trending content and then optimize and distribute that content across various social platforms, it discovered it could replicate the model to help individual creators do the same. Starrr’s content on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, for example, will be distributed and tailored to Snapchat and Facebook, his less-engaged social platforms. “Jellysmack has a great reputation with creators and has done some amazing work in the beauty space,” Starrr said. “I haven’t been able to devote as…

Brand love is one of the biggest marketing strategies for marketers in times of crisis. It brings price premium, brand loyalty and brand advocacy during normal times. And during a crisis, when every penny counts, it's the differentiating factor that determines whether the consumer stays with you or migrates to a different brand. To explore the concept and to gain expert insights into the subject, the theme of the Pitch CMO Summit 2021 was "The Power Of Brand Love”.  At the event, marketers from across verticals looked at brand love as the perfect solution against the economic consequences of the pandemic. The event’s final speaker was Dante DiCicco, Sr. Manager, International Expansion at Snap Inc, who spoke about Snapchat a brand that was founded exactly a decade ago, in 2011. exchange4media’s Dr Annurag Batra was the session chair for this address. Dante Dicicco shed a light on “Brand love and how the generation is driving change in the future of Snapchat.” Dicicco started off by quoting CEO and co-founder of Snap Inc Evan Spiegel: “Snapchat isn’t about capturing the moment. It’s about communicating with a full range of human emotion- not just what appears to be pretty or perfect.” The…