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Hike Founder Reveals Why The Instant Messaging App Failed: 'We Shut it Down...'
- Tuesday August 19, 2025
- Offbeat | Edited by Abhinav Singh
Kavin Bharti Mittal launched Hike in 2012 as a made-in-India messenger app to take on the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Status Ads and Promoted Channels in Latest Android Beta: Report
- Friday July 18, 2025
- Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta-owned WhatApp has reportedly started rolling out a new beta version of the messenger for Android smartphones that is allegedly introducing ads in the Status section of the app. The beta update is also bringing Promoted Channels to the app that will allow users to highlight their channels in the directory.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Business to Soon Get AI Chatbot That Can Make Product Recommendations
- Wednesday July 2, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp Business users will soon get to use two new features, Meta announced on Tuesday. The company unveiled new features for businesses at its global Conversations conference in Miami. The first feature is aimed at larger businesses that will soon be able to receive and make voice calls to customers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Announces Ads in Status, Channel Subscriptions, and More Features for Businesses
- Tuesday June 17, 2025
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
For years now, WhatsApp has been deliberating over bringing ads to its app and it has finally rolled them out. Ads will be displayed in the Updates tab, enabling businesses to promote their services or products. Further, it also introduces Channel subscriptions and Promoted Channels.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Arun Srinivas Appointed As Meta's Managing Director And Head For India
- Monday June 16, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Meta has appointed Arun Srinivas as the Managing Director and Head for its India operations.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Business Rolling Out AI Chatbot and Meta Verified Badge, India Among First Markets to Get It
- Friday June 7, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp Business is getting multiple new features, including a major artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade to help business owners intelligently automate some of their communication on the platform. The social media giant announced a new AI-powered chatbot for WhatsApp Business during an event in São Paulo. It has also rolled out the Meta Verified...
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Verified Channel Badge Feature Reportedly in Development: How it Works
- Thursday January 4, 2024
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp is developing the ability for businesses to display a verification badge on their channels. Spotted on the latest beta version of the app by a feature tracker, the chat application will soon let businesses set up a verified channel on WhatsApp. WhatsApp will switch over to blue verified check marks that are shown on Instagram and Facebook,...
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Rolls Out Instagram-Style Reply Bar for Status Updates to Beta Testers on iOS, Android: Report
- Tuesday December 12, 2023
- Written by Manas Mitul, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp might have started out as a simple messaging platform, but the app, now owned by Meta, has added multiple features over the years that have brought it closer to being a social media platform, a payments app, a business portal and much more. With features like status updates, channels and more, WhatsApp resembles a lot more like Meta’s ot...
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www.gadgets360.com
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India Leading World On How People, Business Embraced Messaging: Mark Zuckerberg
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Mark Zuckerberg today said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp.
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www.ndtv.com
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India Is Priority Market for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram: Meta India Chief
- Tuesday September 5, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Meta sees India as a "priority market" with "limitless" possibilities buoyed by macroeconomic growth, digital infrastructure and the popularity of its apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the social media giant's India head Sandhya Devanathan said.Â
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Business Users Jump Four-Fold In 3 Years
- Tuesday June 27, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Meta Platforms' WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a four-fold jump from about three years ago, chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Reportedly Testing Multi-Account Feature For Android Beta Users
- Thursday June 15, 2023
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Richa Sharma
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature for Android users. A multi-account feature was spotted on the latest WhatsApp Business beta version for Android. This will allow users to access multiple WhatsApp accounts from the same device.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Delhi Metro Launches WhatsApp-Based Ticketing Service for Airport Line Commuters
- Wednesday May 31, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Delhi Metro commuters will now be able to travel on the Airport Line using a WhatsApp-based ticketing service launched on Tuesday. The system allows commuters to receive a QR code-based ticket directly on WhatsApp, officials said.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Text Editor Features to Android Beta Testers: Report
- Saturday April 1, 2023
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Richa Sharma
WhatsApp has previously been reported to work on the text editor feature for some time. The feature is now reportedly rolling out to select beta testers using WhatsApp for Android. The feature is also being tested for iOS devices. The report added that the social media platform will soon roll out this feature to more users.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Hike Founder Reveals Why The Instant Messaging App Failed: 'We Shut it Down...'
- Tuesday August 19, 2025
- Offbeat | Edited by Abhinav Singh
Kavin Bharti Mittal launched Hike in 2012 as a made-in-India messenger app to take on the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp Rolling Out Status Ads and Promoted Channels in Latest Android Beta: Report
- Friday July 18, 2025
- Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta-owned WhatApp has reportedly started rolling out a new beta version of the messenger for Android smartphones that is allegedly introducing ads in the Status section of the app. The beta update is also bringing Promoted Channels to the app that will allow users to highlight their channels in the directory.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Business to Soon Get AI Chatbot That Can Make Product Recommendations
- Wednesday July 2, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp Business users will soon get to use two new features, Meta announced on Tuesday. The company unveiled new features for businesses at its global Conversations conference in Miami. The first feature is aimed at larger businesses that will soon be able to receive and make voice calls to customers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Announces Ads in Status, Channel Subscriptions, and More Features for Businesses
- Tuesday June 17, 2025
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
For years now, WhatsApp has been deliberating over bringing ads to its app and it has finally rolled them out. Ads will be displayed in the Updates tab, enabling businesses to promote their services or products. Further, it also introduces Channel subscriptions and Promoted Channels.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Arun Srinivas Appointed As Meta's Managing Director And Head For India
- Monday June 16, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Meta has appointed Arun Srinivas as the Managing Director and Head for its India operations.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- Kurt Wagner and Sabrina Willmer, Bloomberg News
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging app had no plans to compete with Facebook. Acton was present at a federal courthouse in Washington to testify in the ongoing US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta Platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Business Rolling Out AI Chatbot and Meta Verified Badge, India Among First Markets to Get It
- Friday June 7, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp Business is getting multiple new features, including a major artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade to help business owners intelligently automate some of their communication on the platform. The social media giant announced a new AI-powered chatbot for WhatsApp Business during an event in São Paulo. It has also rolled out the Meta Verified...
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www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Verified Channel Badge Feature Reportedly in Development: How it Works
- Thursday January 4, 2024
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp is developing the ability for businesses to display a verification badge on their channels. Spotted on the latest beta version of the app by a feature tracker, the chat application will soon let businesses set up a verified channel on WhatsApp. WhatsApp will switch over to blue verified check marks that are shown on Instagram and Facebook,...
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www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Rolls Out Instagram-Style Reply Bar for Status Updates to Beta Testers on iOS, Android: Report
- Tuesday December 12, 2023
- Written by Manas Mitul, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp might have started out as a simple messaging platform, but the app, now owned by Meta, has added multiple features over the years that have brought it closer to being a social media platform, a payments app, a business portal and much more. With features like status updates, channels and more, WhatsApp resembles a lot more like Meta’s ot...
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www.gadgets360.com
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India Leading World On How People, Business Embraced Messaging: Mark Zuckerberg
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Mark Zuckerberg today said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
India Is Priority Market for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram: Meta India Chief
- Tuesday September 5, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Meta sees India as a "priority market" with "limitless" possibilities buoyed by macroeconomic growth, digital infrastructure and the popularity of its apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the social media giant's India head Sandhya Devanathan said.Â
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Business Users Jump Four-Fold In 3 Years
- Tuesday June 27, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Meta Platforms' WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a four-fold jump from about three years ago, chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Testing Multi-Account Feature For Android Beta Users
- Thursday June 15, 2023
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Richa Sharma
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature for Android users. A multi-account feature was spotted on the latest WhatsApp Business beta version for Android. This will allow users to access multiple WhatsApp accounts from the same device.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Delhi Metro Launches WhatsApp-Based Ticketing Service for Airport Line Commuters
- Wednesday May 31, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Delhi Metro commuters will now be able to travel on the Airport Line using a WhatsApp-based ticketing service launched on Tuesday. The system allows commuters to receive a QR code-based ticket directly on WhatsApp, officials said.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Rolling Out Text Editor Features to Android Beta Testers: Report
- Saturday April 1, 2023
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Richa Sharma
WhatsApp has previously been reported to work on the text editor feature for some time. The feature is now reportedly rolling out to select beta testers using WhatsApp for Android. The feature is also being tested for iOS devices. The report added that the social media platform will soon roll out this feature to more users.
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www.gadgets360.com