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Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA Web Desk |Updated: Aug 05, 2022, 05:15 PM ISTFriendship Day 2022 is right around the corner. Every year, India celebrates National Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August and this year, the country will mark Friendship Day 2022 on August 7. People celebrate Friendship Day to honor the bond that they share with their friends. Since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, people across the globe are getting used to celebrating festivals by avoiding gathering and crowded places. Thanks to instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, it is easier to reach out to friends and send greetings and wishes to our loved ones. One of the best ways to express feelings on WhatsApp is through stickers. Sending a WhatsApp sticker is one of the easiest ways to extend your wishes on special occasions such as Friendship Day 2022, Independence Day and other occasions. If you want to know how to download and send Friendship Day 2022 stickers on WhatsApp, you can follow the steps below. Step 1: Open Google Play Store app on your Android smartphone. Step 2: Use the search bar at the top and search ‘Friendship Day’ stickers. Step…

Chatbots are increasingly being used in WhatsApp to communicate sensitive information or carry out transactions with security requirements, prompting Uruguay’s Simpletech to deploy voice biometrics from ID R&D to the messaging platform. BlueCross & BlueShield de Uruguay are using a Simpletech chatbot solution with ID R&D’s IDVoice biometrics integrated to provide multifactor authentication without adding inconvenient steps like one-time passwords, according to the company announcement. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging application in the world, and its WhatsApp Business Platform is designed to ease communication with customers. Simpletech’s Wittybots solution allows “Simpletech helps companies create innovative omnichannel experiences for their customers and stakeholders. Among different channels, the WhatsApp Business Platform provides powerful, media-rich interactions with users at scale, with over 7 billion voice messages exchanged per day, on average,” says José Luis Horta, Ph.D., CTO at Simpletech. “Our goal was to make WhatsApp transactional, adding security without friction, and that required voice authentication.” A chat initiated within WhatsApp by either BlueCross & BlueShield de Uruguay or a customer starts with voice biometric enrollment with a short passphrase, if it is a new user. Once enrolled, the customer sends a voice message with the push of a button to schedule a…

New features are currently in the works for messaging service WhatsApp, according to insider website WABetaInfo. The changes largely focus on WhatsApp group functionality, specifically giving group admins more control over the participation and content of group chats, enhancing their moderation capabilities. According to WABetaInfo, the platform will soon allow group admins to delete messages. The feature was first spotted in testing in 2021, but has now started rolling out. Admins can delete messages by long-tapping the message in question and selecting ‘Delete for everyone‘. The message will be replaced with placeholder text with the name of the admin who deleted it, so all participants will know who took the action. WhatsApp is also rolling out a feature to allow users to see a history of participants in a group. This includes those who left or were removed from a group within a 60-day period. These new features are bolstering WhatsApp group admin moderation tools – something which the platform has been lacking when compared to other apps like Telegram or Signal. This is particularly important within a South African context, where messages shared over WhatsApp hold serious legal repercussions, and group admins carry responsibility when it comes to some…

Recently we shared that WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow its users to see a list of past participants in WhatsApp groups to understand better what may have been happening earlier. And now, the app is finally rolling out the feature for the iOS beta. With this feature, WhatsApp iOS beta users will be able to discover people who left or were removed from the group in the last 60 days. Reporting the same, WABetaInfo tweeted, "WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to view past group participants on iOS beta! Discover people who left or were removed in the last 60 days thanks to a new section within group info!"WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to view past group participants on iOS beta!Discover people who left or were removed in the last 60 days thanks to a new section within group info!https://t.co/lzKELGxjG0— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) August 3, 2022 We all know that WhatsApp users can create a group and add up to 512 people to it. Similarly, the group admin also has the option to remove participants from the group. According to a report from WABetaInfo, information about the ability to view past participants within the group can…

Everyone loves emojis as It's the language and expression of the current digital age. Consumers across the world are happy that Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that reactions on WhatsApp are expanding to include a full emoji keyboard and this means people can now use any emoji when reacting to a message on WhatsApp. Not only this, he also shared his favourite emojis as part of the announcement. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also posted on his Facebook and Instagram accounts about the update. “We’re rolling out the ability to use any emoji as a reaction on WhatsApp. Some of my favourites: 🤖🍟🏄‍♂️😎💯👊” , he wrote.   So now that the entire social media is celebrating this new change, why should our Bollywood celebrities be left behind as they took the opportunity to share their favourite emojis on Whatsapp and how it saves them most of the time.   💃🏼 “This is my favourite emoji because it perfectly captures who I am: graceful, elegant, confident , self- assured, and carefree:  Muskan Kalra.  👉😎👉 “I love not one but 2 emojis. Used in a combo. I guess it’s self explanatory why these are my favourites.” - Shreyas Mendiratta  🙋🏻‍♀️ “Because a beautiful hello with a…

Published: Updated On - 04:13 PM, Wed - 3 August 22 New Delhi: Uber on Wednesday announced the launch and expansion of the WhatsApp to Ride (WA2R) product feature for users in Delhi-NCR. Through this integration, riders across Delhi NCR will be able to book an Uber ride via its official WhatsApp chatbot in Hindi, the company said in a statement. Following a successful pilot in Lucknow in December last year, the Delhi NCR — one of Uber’s top cities globally by volume — launch marks a superior and more intuitive product experience as well as multilingual capabilities in English and Hindi for enhanced user experience. Built on the WhatsApp Business Platform, the partnership will expand access to Uber’s mobility services to a new segment of consumers through integration in two languages. The Lucknow Pilot revealed that the WA2R audience is younger than the average Uber App user with almost 50 per cent of them being less than 25 years old. The fact that 33 per cent of the inbounds during this pilot were received from new users shows the potential of new user acquisition through this partnership. “Encouraged by the positive response from our Lucknow pilot, we are excited…

Whatsapp, a popular global instant messaging service owned by Meta, released its monthly report for June 2022 on Tuesday. Between June 1 and June 30, 2022, the company reportedly banned 22,10,000 bad accounts. In compliance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Indian Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, WhatsApp releases the monthly report. Reportedly, the steps taken by WhatsApp in response to complaints received from users in India via WhatsApp's complaint channels and accounts taken down for breaking Indian law or WhatsApp's terms of service using our prevention and detection procedures. The business declared in a statement. SEE ALSO: WhatsApp Group Admins Can Now Delete Messages For Everyone In The Group Previously, the messaging service had blocked nearly 19 lakh accounts in the nation in May and 16 lakh accounts in April. In June, WhatsApp received 632 grievance complaints from India; 64 of those issues were addressed by the platform. 426 of the 632 grievance complaints were to appeals of bans, with the other reports falling under other categories including assistance and safety. In May 2022, according to data from the previous month, WhatsApp received 528 reports of complaints and responded to 24 of them. SEE…

WhatsApp users could be hit with a fine for sending messages that may lead to pricey bills or even legal damages. The messaging app's user base - the biggest of its kind with around two billion users - has been tipped off to be careful about the types of messages they send. Users could be liable to copyright infringement, warned mint.com. The news business publication says people should avoid sharing copyrighted content, reported the Liverpool Echo. If its original creator found out, they could file a complaint, meaning the person who shared it could be forced to pay damages. Similarly, the sharing of adult content on WhatsApp can result in legal consequences, if any member of the group chat were to complain about it. And your WhatsApp account could even be banned if you send too many messages. WhatsApp warns users must not send "bulk messages" - when a person or organisation sends a large number of the same message to many phones. It is often used by companies trying to advertise a product, or even scammers. However, it can also be used by people trying to inform a large group of people of something, for example, a boss trying…

WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart has said that the security of their messaging platform would not be weakened following any government orders. In an interview with the BBC, Cathcart said that WhatsApp is used by millions of individuals to communicate throughout the globe, thus it must uphold the same privacy rules in every country. Earlier this month, the UK government proposed legislation that would force encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp to use automated scanning to spot child sexual abuse content being sent through their platforms, or risk facing heavy fines. The UK Online Safety Bill amendment would oblige tech companies to use their 'best endeavours' to implement new technology that detects and eliminates child sexual abuse content. It follows Home Secretary Priti Patel's praise for Apple's plans to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Apple announced the plan last year, although it was postponed following criticism by privacy groups. "Child sexual abuse is a sickening crime," Patel said. "We must all work to ensure criminals are not allowed to run rampant online and technology companies must play their part and take responsibility for keeping our children safe." She said security and privacy are not mutually exclusive and it is possible to…

According to a report by a tracker website the company is now getting a feature that will allow group administrators to remove any messages from any of the members. WhatsApp is constantly adding new features to its platform in order to enhance the experience and keep it safe. A recent update says the app is getting a new feature exclusively for group admins. According to a report by a tracker website the company is now getting a feature that will allow group administrators to remove any messages from any of the members. The new feature, which is reportedly being rolled out to users all around the world, will allow group administrators to moderate their group in a more effective manner, WABetaInfo reports. It will also show all the members of the group that the administrator deleted messages. Although WhatsApp has not officially revealed the feature, the report suggests that it might already be available to beta testers. To test the new feature, go to any group that you are part of and long-press on any message. If you are still not sure if you have received it, just go to the group that you are a part of and click…