A British woman took her own life with a poison she bought from Amazon after using an online chat site to forge a suicide pact with other members, an inquest has heard. Chloe Macdermott, 43, took her own life using an unnamed ‘product’ ordered from the United States in 2021 after she joined an online forum that …
Like any organisation, WhatsApp employees always try to improve their platform, streamline the user experience, and stay ahead of their competitors by launching new and innovative ideas. READ: ‘7de Laan’ to be replaced by ‘Vetkoekpaleis’ Once upon a time, WhatsApp was a very basic messaging application and now you can post voice notes on your stories …
WhatsApp is finally allowing users to send uncompressed photos. (Image: Samsung / Meta, edited) WhatsApp has been allowing users to send photos in 4K resolution for a few months now, and soon it will be possible to send complete images and videos in full resolution without first having to compress these files into a zip …
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you recently heard about RCS and are wondering why there’s so much commotion around it coming to the iPhone. The short explanation is that RCS is a modern messaging protocol that can replace the SMS and MMS standards used by carriers for years. RCS enables popular chat …
Video chat service Omegle is shutting down, and navigating to the service now greets users with a lengthy statement regarding its closure. The chat service was started by Leif K-Brooks in 2009 when he was just 18 years old. K-Brooks announced the shutdown in a recent blog post explaining how and why Omegle was created. …
At the ‘Special event’ Microsoft made several new announcements including the Copilot integration across all its services and products, including the new Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Along with this, the company announced the pricing details for both the upcoming services. Here’s how much both services will cost to businesses out there. Bing …
Over the years, Google has tinkered quite a bit with the Chat app. Earlier, it was the Hangouts app, which was merged into the Chat app. Then with the advent of video calls, Google integrated Meet in the Chat app. And now the chat app is getting a revamp, including some AI-powered features. In a …
To enhance users’ ability to concentrate during their focus sessions, Google has introduced a new feature in Calendar. This feature allows users to mute notifications while they are in their focus time. It serves as a connection between the Do Not Disturb feature in Google Chat and the Focus Time feature in Calendar. By muting …
WhatsApp scams from international numbers appear to be increasing. Several users have recently reported receiving voice and video calls from unknown international numbers on WhatsApp. Though these fake calls are not new, there has been a sudden surge in them in the last few days. Users have shared their experiences on social media platforms such …