WhatsApp

You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging, and four months after TechCrunch reported Instagram  was testing its own walkie-talkie feature, voice messaging is rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today.

Facebook will soon allow you to delete messages that you've already sent via its Messenger app, according to the Business Insider. 

Httpool is now the official reseller partner for Facebook in the Balkans, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.

Facebook recognizes the opportunity for this long-term partnership to aid local agencies and advertisers in reaching greater audiences and engaging in meaningful conversations with users, improving potential of the local businesses.

The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook Inc with more than 1 billion daily users, said on April 30 he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook.

TheVerge - WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum is leaving the company amid arguments with parent company Facebook over data privacy and the messaging app's business model, according to a report from The Washington Post.

The popular WhatsApp communication app will now only allow users over the age of 16 to use it. The measure applies to the countries of the European Union.

So far, the border was 13 years old. The change is due to the new rules on personal data protection that enter into force in the EU in May.

Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan has claimed that the government’s new “domestic” messaging app, reportedly introduced to rival WhatsApp, will protect all users’ privacy and conversations on it will be untraceable.

WhatsApp is now completely Blocked in China, reports BloombergTV.

Until recently, only image and other file upload features have been blocked, but authorities have for the time being banned the use of the app.

From 1 January 2018, a new cyber security law will be enacted in the country that will further restrict Chinese Internet users.

Moniquinha, the daughter of ex-footballer Romario, had her phone stolen a few days ago and the thieves have uploaded an intimate video.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the daughter of the Brazilian star has seen how the thieves have leaked the intimate video onto social networking sites.

The Saudi government lifted the ban on calls made through online applications but will continue to monitor and censor them, a government spokesman said on Thursday.

All online voice and video calls - such as Skype, WhatsApp, Messenger on Facebook and Viber  - that meet the regulatory requirements, are available today.