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Whatsapp rolls out new feature that blocks capturing of photos and videos

14Dec

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Whatsapp rolls out new feature that blocks capturing of photos and videos

WhatsApp took a cue from Snapchat and added the ability to view once The feature allows users to send photos and videos that can only be seen once—they self-destruct after that. It is a handy option to have, especially when sharing private and sensitive photos. But the Meta-owned company made a major oversight in how it implemented the feature: you could take screenshots of view once media, thereby defeating their entire purpose. A year later, in August 2022, Mark Zuckerberg announced screenshot blocking was coming up soon for self-destructing media. The feature is now showing up for some beta testers of the app. WhatsApp has released a new version of its view once media viewer with built-in screenshot blocking for selected beta users. Like on Google Pay and other apps, when you t...

Apple Finally Will Let You Encrypt iCloud Backups. Here’s Why That’s Important.

9Dec

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Apple Finally Will Let You Encrypt iCloud Backups. Here’s Why That’s Important.

Apple will let people encrypt most data backed up to iCloud from their iPhones and iPads, the company announced on Wednesday. The feature will be available in the US later this month and around the world in 2023. Previously, Apple only encrypted sensitive information, such as people’s health data, credit card information, and passwords. But the new feature, known as Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, will allow users to encrypt device backups, which contain a copy of most personal data on an iPhone and iPad, in addition to notes, voice memos, photographs, and more, "end-to-end". Encrypting data end-to-end means that the digital key required to unlock it is only stored locally on someone’s device, as opposed to on a server somewhere. No one, including hackers or the company the...

4Nov

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Twitter Says Layoffs To Begin Friday

Twitter said it will start laying off employees on Friday, as the new billionaire owner Elon Musk moves quickly after his big takeover to make the messaging platform financially sound. A company-wide email seen by AFP says Twitter employees will receive word via email at the start of business Friday, California time, as to what their fate is. It does not give a number but the Washington Post and New York Times reported that about half of Twitter's 7,500 employees will be let go. "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force," the email said. Twitter employees have been bracing for this kind of bad news since Musk completed his mammoth $44 billion (around Ksh.5.4 trillion) acquisition late last w...

12Apr

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Nokia To Quit Russian Market

Nokia will pull out of the Russian market, the Finnish telecoms provider said on Tuesday, a day after rival Ericsson decided to suspend its activities in the country indefinitely. Hundreds of mainly Western companies have announced the suspension of their activities or their departure from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February and the severe sanctions against Moscow. Nokia, which stopped deliveries to the country in early March, "can now announce that we will exit the Russian market," the mobile telecoms giant said in a statement. The move will result in a provision of 100 million euros ($108.6 million) in Nokia's first quarter accounts, published on April 28, the group said. Russia accounted for less than two percent of Nokia's 2021 net sales and the group s...

10Nov

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WhatsApp announces new web features

WhatsApp has announced that it is introducing new feature updates for the messaging application’s desktop version commonly known as WhatsApp web. One feature is the user can control and manage calls while using the app on the web. The user can now turn off all desktop incoming calls and incoming call ringtones. "The second one is a new interface for Contact Info, Business Info, Group Info,” the website said. This is similar to the interface a user can see on their Android or iPhone when they are looking at a contact or group info. The features will be seen by the users once they update the WhatsApp web version. For others, however, their versions will be updated after some time. Users can also edit photos and preview links in the web version as well. With...

Twitter tests internal ‘dislike’ button for select iOS users

22Jul

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Twitter tests internal ‘dislike’ button for select iOS users

Twitter is testing a new feature where users will be able to upvote and downvote replies on tweets, saying this is still not a 'dislike' button. “Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies. We're testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo," Twitter said on Thursday. "...so we can work on ways to show more of them." The testing is currently being done on a select group of iOS users. Twitter said users downvotes aren’t public, while their upvotes will be shown as likes. "Your downvotes are visible to you only. Votes won’t change the order of replies,” the micro-blogging website said. The thumb down icon is a downvote that lets you know that you think the reply isn’t relevant to the conversation. “We...