Facebook and other tech companies are warning about the privacy risks from a new Australian law that gives government agencies the power to demand access to encrypted messaging services such as iMessage and WhatsApp. Lawmakers voted in favor of the…
Warning: Whatsapp messages are no longer safe
Are you a whatsapp user, then you must read this. A new update means that messages backed up on whatsapp are no longer encrypted meaning that anybody can read your backed up messages in Google drive Android users are most…
First Bank makes transactions simple, lunches chatbanking on Whatsapp
First Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday officially launched chat banking on WhatsApp, in its latest push of making banking simple and allowing customers carry out banking services through any channel they desire. In a press release, the bank said customers…
UBA launches Leo on WhatsApp
United Bank for Africa (UBA), who recently clinched the Euromoney awards as the Best Digital Bank in Africa, is once again asserting itself as a pacesetter, moving in leaps and bounds in unchartered territory. UBA’s chat banker, Leo has launched…
WhatsApp finally introduces group video chat (Punch)
It is now possible to simultaneously video chat with up to four friends on WhatsApp. The company made the announcement in a blog post on Tuesday. It said, “Over the last couple of years, people have enjoyed making voice and…
Use WhatsApp to call for prayers, environment minister tells mosques (Punch)
In Ghana, mosques and churches are seen to be compounding the problem of noise pollution, according to a report by Deutsche Welle. In the capital, Accra, authorities are seeking to deal with the noise caused by these places of worship, mosques…
I almost lost my marriage over ‘April Fool’ prank –Woman (Punch)
A 23-year-old housewife, Eliza Guta, almost lost her home when she played a prank on her husband on April 1st, popularly called ‘April Fool’s Day.’ To give her husband what she thought was a surprise, she told him their only…