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South African ed-tech startup FoondaMate is enabling students with limited internet access to study online using just WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.  Basically, by sending a text to the startup’s number on WhatsApp you can search anything you are confused by, get help with maths, and download practice questions and memos. For all the details, watch this demo. FoondaMate was launched in August of last year by Dacod Magagula and Tao Boyle, but its roots go back to Magagula’s time in high school in Daantjie, Mbombela.  “At the time, he was the only student in the school with a computer. He would walk to his local internet café to download study resources and practice questions. However, because no one else had smartphones or computers, he struggled to share the resources with other students,” Boyle told Disrupt Africa. The top matriculant in his year, Magagula ended up becoming the first student ever from his school to be accepted to the University of Cape Town, where he studied computer science before leaving to pursue opportunities in South Africa’s growing e-commerce sector. When WhatsApp opened up its business API in 2020, he saw a way to solve the problem his classmates had faced in…

The list includes older iPhone and Samsung models. Cover image via Messenger People Subscribe to our Telegram channel for our latest stories and breaking news. WhatsApp, the number one free messaging application, has announced they will no longer support certain phones starting 1 November According to The Sun, the change will affect millions worldwide, and will leave users on certain models without access to their messages, photos, videos, or media of any kind left inside the application. 43 models will be affected, mainly phones released from before 2013 The affected phones are:SAMSUNG- Galaxy Trend Lite- Galaxy Trend II- Galaxy SII- Galaxy S3 Mini- Galaxy Xcover 2- Galaxy Core- Galaxy Ace 2APPLE*- iPhone SE (First Generation)- iPhone 6s- iPhone 6s Plus* Unless updated to iOS 10 and above before 1 November.LG- Lucid 2- Enact- Optimus L2 II- Optimus F3- Optimus F3Q- Optimus L3 II- Optimus L3 II Dual- Optimus L4 II- Optimus L4 II Dual- Optimus F5- Optimus L5- Optimus L5 II- Optimus L5 Dual- Optimus F6- Optimus F7- Optimus L7- Optimus L7 II- Optimus L7 II Dual- Optimus Nitro HD- Optimus 4X HDSONY- Xperia Miro- Xperia Neo L- Xperia Arc SZTE- Grand S Flex- V956- Grand X Quad V987- Grand MemoHuawei-…

Transferring your WhatsApp content from your iPhone to your new Samsung Galaxy device has gotten easier. WhatsApp has launched a feature that preserves the end-to-end encryption when you move your entire WhatsApp chat history, account information, voice notes, media, photos, settings and even your profile photo onto your new Samsung device.This way, your WhatsApp messages stays and belongs to you as you enjoy the advantages your Samsung smartphone brings. To migrate your WhatsApp from iPhone to Samsung, simply follow these steps:Turn on your new Samsung Galaxy smartphone and connect by cable to your iPhone when prompted.Follow the Samsung Smart Switch experience.When prompted, scan the QR code displayed on the new device using the iPhone’s camera.Tap Start on your iPhone, and wait for the process to complete.Continue setting up your new Samsung.When you reach the home screen, open WhatsApp and log in using the same phone number used on your old device.Tap Import when prompted, and allow the process to complete.Finish activating your new device and you’ll see your chats waiting for you.Things to ensure:Your new Android device must be factory new or reset to factory settings.Samsung SmartSwitch app version 3.7.22.1 or greater on your new device.WhatsApp Android Version 2.21.16.20 or…

Changing operating systems today can be super hard, especially since most companies don’t provide a lot of help when it comes to data migration to a new OS. However, WhatsApp data has now become one of the most important assets of a user, and thus, needs to be preserved even when you change your smartphone. To help with this situation, the company is looking to facilitate migration from iOS to Android (Samsung) devices with a new feature. This is a step up from the current situation, which requires users to let go of their chat history while moving to a different operating system. In order to migrate your WhatsApp chat history from your iPhone to your new Samsung phone, you need to turn on your Samsung device and connect to your iPhone by cable when the prompt comes. Then follow the instructions given by the Samsung Smart Switch, and when the prompt comes, scan the QR code displayed on the screen. Following this, tap “Start” on the iPhone and wait for the process to complete, and continue setting up the new Samsung phone. Open WhatsApp once you reach the home screen and log in using the same number on your…

Due to privacy reasons, WhatsApp does not show contact (s) that has blocked a user. But, there are a couple of...Read MoreWhatsApp allows you to block users on its platform that you do not wish to receive messages from. One can also see the list of contacts he/she has blocked. However, things are not the same when a user is blocked by someone and he/she wishes to see the contact who has blocked them. Due to privacy reasons, WhatsApp does not show contact (s) that has blocked a user. But, there are a couple of indicators that can sort of confirm that you have indeed been blocked. You are not able to see a contact’s last seen or online status in the chat windowThis is one of the easiest methods to know if you have been blocked by someone on WhatsApp. While it could also be because the user has changed his ‘last seen’ settings, the possibility is that if you are no longer able to see someone’s last seen and online status, you have been blocked by them. You do not see updates to a contact's profile photoIf you have been blocked by a user on WhatsApp, his/her profile…

(Representational Image: Shutterstock) International Literacy Day 2021: This year the theme of the day has been finalised as 'Literacy for a human-centered recovery, Narrowing the digital divide.’Trending Desk Last Updated:September 08, 2021, 08:00 ISTFOLLOW US ON:International Literacy Day 2021 is celebrated on September 8. The day as the name suggests aims at making more and more people aware about the importance of literacy for each individual. This year the theme of the day has been finalised as ‘Literacy for a human-centered recovery, Narrowing the digital divide.’This theme has been kept as due to coronavirus, many children across the globe were unable to access education online for lack of equipment like phones and laptops. It is in such times that the importance of literacy has increased by many folds as individuals will now have to step in and help those who have lost touch with education. The first International Literacy Day was held in 1966. The day came into being because of the efforts put in by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).Here is a look at some quotes to inspire you on the occasion of International Literacy Day 2021:(Representational Image: Shutterstock)The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet. – AristotleEducation is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. – Albert EinsteinEducation without values, as useful as…

The news: Facebook-owned WhatsApp was fined $270 million for breaking the European Union’s data privacy rules, per The Verge. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) found that WhatsApp failed to properly inform EU citizens how it handles their personal data, particularly how it shares that data with parent company Facebook. The DPC ordered WhatsApp to update its privacy policy informing users about personal data sharing. This will bring it into compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs how tech companies gather and use data in the EU. The GDPR came into effect in May 2018, and WhatsApp was one of the first companies hit with a privacy lawsuit under the regulatory regime. WhatsApp will appeal the decision. “We disagree with the decision today regarding the transparency we provided to people in 2018 and the penalties are entirely disproportionate,” a WhatsApp spokesperson told The Verge.  How we got here: WhatsApp’s porous privacy policy and how it shares user data with Facebook have raised the ire of regulators in various countries—and its run-ins with the EU on GDPR privacy breaches expose a consistent trend of flouting privacy regulations to sustain Facebook’s wider monetization objectives. WhatsApp sued the Indian government in…

WhatsApp allows you to easily back up all your chats to Google Drive. In order to use Google Drive backup, you will need a Google account activated on your phone as well as Google Play services installed on your phone. You also get the option to change your Google account, but if you do that you will lose access to any backups that you saved in the previous account. Here’s a quick guide on how you can back up your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive and restore them. WhatsApp: How to back up chats to Google Drive Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and head to the settings section. Step 2: Now tap on Chats > Chat backup > Back up to Google Drive. Step 3: Select a backup frequency other than Never. Alternatively, you can also choose to manually back up your chats to Google Drive at any time. Step 4: Once you choose a backup frequency, select the Google account you would want to back up your chat history to. If you don’t have a Google account connected, you can tap on Add account when prompted and enter your login credentials. Step 5: You now need…

WhatsApp iOS would soon redesign its chat bubbles into a more "rounded" look, something which the company has avoided for the past years since it acquired Facebook. Now, WABetaInfo has revealed that it would soon come for the instant messaging application, bringing a fresh look for the application.  The instant messaging application has been setting up its service to bring several features for its applications, even on iPads and Androids. These are several of the actions being made by the company to regain the public's trust, particularly because it has certain anomalies with regard to privacy and data.  WhatsApp iOS Chat Bubble Redesign (Photo : Alexander Shatov from Unsplash)There is a new mod malware circulating in WhatsApp which could deliver ads and sign up the victims for premium subscriptions. Here's how you can avoid this Trojan in your Android device. It was unprecedented that WhatsApp would be active in bringing new features for the application, particularly because its main problem consists of losing the trust of the public concerning data. However, it has been making moves on bringing several services, which are also seen among other messaging apps.  According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp iOS would bring new changes that can be seen with the…

A security vulnerability in popular messaging app WhatsApp’s image filter function discovered by Check Point Research could have exploited more than two billion users worldwide if left unpatched. It is estimated more than 55 billion messages are being sent daily over WhatsApp, with 4.5 billion photos and one billion videos shared per day.  Check Point Research recommends for WhatsApp users to always keep their apps and operating systems updated. Image Filter Function According toe CPR, the vulnerability was rooted in WhatsApp’s image filter function. Image filtering is a process through which pixels of the original image are modified to achieve some visual effects, such as blur or sharpen.  During their research study, CPR learned that switching between various filters on crafted GIF files indeed caused WhatsApp to crash. CPR identified one of the crashes as a memory corruption.  CPR promptly reported the problem to WhatsApp, who named for the vulnerability CVE-2020-1910, detailing it as an out-of-bounds read and write issue. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability would have required an attacker to apply specific image filters to a specially crafted image and send the resulting image. Coordinated Disclosure CPR disclosed its findings to WhatsApp on November 10, 2020. WhatsApp verified and acknowledged the…