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WhatsApp could finally be getting a long-awaited ‘dark mode’

WhatsApp enthusiast blog WABetaInfo reports that the Facebook-owned chat app could soon receive a dark UI on Android. The feature will introduce the option…

Two top Facebook executives leave the company, Zuckerberg announced

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that two Facebook executives have decided to leave the company. In a blog post, Zukerberg referred to the news in…

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffer global meltdown (and so do their users)

Last night Facebook and its “family of apps” went down for a large number of global users, with many unable to post updates or…

WhatsApp to get its own Facebook-made cryptocurrency, report suggests

Facebook is working on a cryptocurrency for its chat service WhatsApp, a New York Times report suggests. Citing five individuals familiar with the matter,…

Do you feel old? WhatsApp celebrates its 10th birthday

WhatsApp has now officially been around for 10 years, after first launching on smartphones back in 2009. To celebrate, the company released a “thank…

WhatsApp Business beta now available for iOS

Everyone’s favourite WhatsApp feature leakers WABetaInfo has revealed that WhatsApp Business is now available for iOS beta users. Previously, the app was only available…

Instagram, Facebook videos can now be viewed within WhatsApp

An update to WhatsApp on iOS brings with its a nifty new feature. Users who send one another Instagram or Facebook videos can now…

WhatsApp will raise its minimum age from 13 to 16 in the EU

Facebook’s raising WhatsApp’s minimum age to 16 in Europe, as the company prepares to iron its shirt ahead the forthcoming instalment of the General…

WhatsApp now lets you set descriptions for chat groups

Have too many WhatsApp groups with arbitrary names? Well now you can add a “group description” to differentiate the one from the other. The…

WhatsApp buffs its message deletion time to 4096 seconds

That awkward moment when you hit send and realise that sultry message you just drafted for your significant other is heading to your granny’s…

WhatsApp Business app debuts, lets companies chat with users

There’s a brand new official version of WhatsApp, but it won’t be replacing the current green-icon messenger you know and love. Instead, the Facebook-owned…

Is WhatsApp down across the world again? Twitter thinks so

WhatsApp is down yet again, this according to user reports published to Twitter on Thursday evening. Tweets suggest that the messaging service began experiencing…

WhatsApp down worldwide

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp experienced a brief outage Friday morning. Users, voicing concerns on Facebook and Twitter, were reportedly unable to send or receive…

WhatsApp Status, Instagram Stories both top 300m users

On the back of its quarterly financial statement and clarification of its user numbers, Facebook this week announced the figures behind its two other…

You can soon ‘unsend’ embarrassing, erroneous messages on WhatsApp

WhatsApp is finally rolling out a feature that will let users to retract and delete messages they’ve already sent. Although it doesn’t seem to…

WhatsApp introduces live location sharing feature

WhatsApp will soon introduce a live location tracking feature, the company announced this week. “Whether you’re meeting up with friends, letting loved ones know…

WhatsApp now completely blocked in China

China is now blocking WhatsApp in its entirety, according to a report by The New York Times. The Facebook-owned messaging service was earlier this…

WhatsApp may soon let you watch YouTube videos in its app

You might soon be able to view YouTube videos within WhatsApp. According to WhatsApp feature watcher WaBetaInfo, the new feature is currently being tested…

WhatsApp becomes a file sharing service with new feature

WhatsApp is no longer just a messaging app: it’s now a file sharing service too. A new feature added to the chat app this…

6+ news services using WhatsApp in useful ways

WeChat is one of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world, in no small part due to its wide range of uses…

Sanlam debuts SA’s first WhatsApp drama in novel marketing campaign

We’ve seen social media used extensively as the vehicle for performance art, but what about less image-heavy services like WhatsApp? Arriving via a clever…

YahClick launches public WiFi hotspots in Western Cape and Gauteng

A ‘SpongeBob’ spinoff all about Squidward could be coming to Netflix

Smaller Section 12J funds will struggle to raise investor capital with new changes [Opinion]

Startups selected for Flat6Labs Cairo’s 14th cycle to get up to $47k in funding

Microtraction invests in Nigerian online marketing platform Termii

Motorola RAZR 2019 proves the flip phone never really died

Fitbit OS update: 7 new features heading to the Versa and Ionic

Orange, Itel and KaiOS announce the $28 Sansa XL smart feature phone

What other parts may need to be replaced with my windscreen? [Sponsored]

African car company Mureza to debut Prim8 mini-SUV at Automechanika Johannesburg

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m

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