Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, sat down for an interview with the Big Technology Podcast to discuss Facebook v Apple, iMessage, and how WhatsApp became popular. The interview also covers a variety of other topics including the issues the company…
Microsoft-owned social network LinkedIn has announced that it will stop collecting Identifier for Advertising (IDFA) through its iOS apps to align with Apple’s upcoming App Tracking Transparency privacy changes for iOS. The social network says that the change will impact…
WhatsApp has introduced support for video and voice calls on Windows and Mac desktop operating systems. Using WhatsApp’s desktop app, users can initiate one-on-one calls with their contacts. The company has made sure to inform users that these calls are…
Expected to roll out in early Spring this year, Apple’s new ATT privacy feature on iOS 14.5 has created a loud ruckus in the tech industry. However, unlike other digital advertisers and social media apps, Twitter CFO Nad Segal has…
WABetaInfo has shared details of WhatsApp self-destruct photos for the app’s iOS and Android versions. In November 2020, the leaker discovered that the company was working on the new Snapchat-like self-destruct photos to feature in the app’s FAQ page, under…
At its 2021 Virtual Analyst Day, Twitter has announced two new features, Super Follow and to Community. Expected to launch by the end of the year, the new features would bring more engagement to the platform by building an online…
The US House Judiciary Committee held a major hearing regarding big tech antitrust concerns in the summer of 2020. The hearing included testimonials from Apple’s Tim Cook, Alphabet/Google’s Sundar Pichai, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. The antitrust subcommittee…
Facebook has introduced new voice command support with ‘Hey Facebook’ on its popular Oculus Quest 2 VR headset. Like Apple’s Siri voice command to wake its devices to perform a variety of tasks, now Oculus Quest 2 users can take…
Facebook has just announced it is launching a new PR campaign that will highlight the importance of personalized ads for small businesses. The new campaign indirectly seems to be an attack on Apple’s upcoming App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature. ATT…
Mozilla has introduced a new privacy update on its Firefox 86 browser ‘Total Cookie Protection’ to prevent web tracking across third-party websites. The new privacy update will confine cookies to the site where they are created that will stop trackers…
