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Telegram Update Brings Auto-Delete Feature, Home Screen Widgets, Expiring Invite Links, and More

Vineet Washington | Wednesday February 24, 2021

Telegram has added an auto-delete feature for messages, widgets, expiring invite links, and unlimited members to the app. The update also improves chat importing experience and reporting system, as well as adds more animated emojis.

After Facebook, Twitter Ban, Donald Trump Fans and Extremists Turn Elsewhere

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 23, 2021

Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders – banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential and harder to regulate.

Telegram the Most Downloaded App Globally in January, WhatsApp Slides to Fifth: Sensor Tower

Tasneem Akolawala | Saturday February 6, 2021

Sensor Tower in its latest blog post titled ‘Top Apps Worldwide for January 2021 by Downloads’ announced that Telegram has trumped TikTok and Signal to become the most downloaded app globally. Telegram attracted more than 63 million downloads in January 2021. The report also claims that the largest number of Telegram downloads (at 24 percent) w...

How to Transfer WhatsApp Messages to Telegram

Shubham Raheja | Wednesday February 3, 2021

Telegram lets you import chats from WhatsApp. Here’s how to do it.

Signal Adds Chat Wallpapers to Android and iOS With Update 5.3

Vineet Washington | Friday January 29, 2021

Signal has added chat wallpaper feature to the messaging app. This feature is already present in WhatsApp, as well as Telegram.

Telegram 7.4 Update Will Let You Import WhatsApp Chats Using a Migration Tool

Tanishka Sodhi | Thursday January 28, 2021

Telegram 7.4 update for iOS and Android includes a migration tool to let users import chats from WhatsApp and other apps. The iOS update was replaced by version 7.4.1 soon after, which does not mention the migration tool. However, the tool is still working for users who have installed the latest update.

Beeper Brings WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, More Chat Apps Into a Single Inbox, Including iMessages on Android

Tanishka Sodhi | Friday January 22, 2021

Beeper brings 15 chat platforms including Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger, into a single inbox. You can chat, search, and archive through chat of any of these platforms on Beeper. The app also helps in bringing iMessage to Android, Windows, and Linux users.

Facebook Said to Be Questioned on WhatsApp’s Privacy Terms by Parliamentary Panel

Reuters | Thursday January 21, 2021

Facebook executives will field questions from a parliamentary panel about the changes to WhatsApp's privacy, a source said, days after the messaging platform was asked by the country's technology ministry to withdraw them.

WhatsApp Treating Users With All-Or-Nothing Approach: Centre's Rejoinder

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 19, 2021

The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unacceptable.

Questions That India Asked WhatsApp On Privacy, Data Security

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday January 19, 2021

The government has sent 14 questions to WhatsApp seeking the Facebook-owned messaging app's answers on key questions about privacy and data security of users in India, sources have said. India is WhatsApp's biggest market. The messaging app has postponed its data-sharing policy change after users concerned about privacy fled the service and flocked...

WhatsApp May Retain Only 18 Percent Users Amid Privacy Row: Survey

ANI | Tuesday January 19, 2021

A recent survey has revealed that only 18 percent of users may continue using WhatsApp in India while 36 percent will reduce their usage drastically. Also, 15 percent of users are likely to stop using the app completely, amid the ongoing privacy row.

WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy, But It's Still Sharing Data With Facebook

Gopal Sathe | Monday January 18, 2021

WhatsApp has been sharing metadata with Facebook for many years now, so it's new policy wouldn't have changed much for users. But that doesn't mean that people should not be concerned about their privacy.

WhatsApp Delays Data-Sharing Change After Backlash

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 16, 2021

WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.

WhatsApp Faces First Legal Challenge in India Over Updated Privacy Policy

Reuters | Friday January 15, 2021

WhatsApp's updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India's security, a petition filed in an Indian court said, presenting another legal challenge for the Facebook-owned messenger.

WhatsApp Gained Most Monthly Active Users in India in 2020, Facebook Led Downloads: App Annie

Jagmeet Singh | Thursday January 14, 2021

WhatsApp gained with most monthly active users in India in 2020, according to mobile analytics firm App Annie. Telegram, however, led the chart of top breakout social apps in the country. Apps including YouTube and MX Player also saw an increase in average time spent in the country in 2020.