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To prevent fake messages from being circulated on the platform, WhatsApp is testing a feature that will not allow users to forward a ‘forwarded’ message to more than one group. As and when the feature comes out, users who try to forward an already forwarded message will get a message …

“UAE BARQ” has launched the “Dr.Booking” Application, the best way to book your appointments at the nearest hospitals or clinics in the UAE within a few minutes. This step comes in line with the UAE BARQ’s strategies that aim to keep up with the smart transformation of various services in …

Google announced on Thursday its latest plans for using smartphones to monitor health, saying it would test whether capturing heart sounds and eyeball images could help people identify issues from home, Reuters reported. The company, a unit of Alphabet Inc, is investigating whether the smartphone’s built-in microphone can detect heartbeats …

GIF inventor Stephen Wilhite has died from COVID-19 at the age of 74 with his wife Kathaleen at his bedside, NPR has reported. He worked at CompuServe when he developed the “Graphics Interchange Format,” designed to allow photo transfers over slow modem connections. GIFs have since become synonymous with short …

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp face being blocked in Russia after the country’s state prosecutor filed to have the services’ parent company Meta branded as an “extremist organisation”. Russian media reported on Friday that the country’s authorities were moving against the US social media giant following a policy decision to permit …

There might be certain situations when you want to ask others for answers or opinions. For instance, you’re planning a trip with your friends and want to mutually decide for a location from a bunch of suggestions. This is where WhatsApp’s upcoming new feature could come in handy. The Meta-owned …

H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, today launched e&, marking the transformation ambitions of Etisalat Group into a global technology and investment conglomerate. Commenting on the launch, H.H. Sheikh Mansour emphasised the importance of capitalising on opportunities that the fast-evolving business …

Snapchat users will be able to change their usernames later this month, the company announced on Thursday. The username change won’t impact aspects of users’ accounts, such as their friend lists, Snap codes, Snap scores, memories, etc. Snap says all iOS and Android users globally will be able to change …

Meta’s Instagram is introducing a new way for people to interact with Stories. Starting today, you can send a private like when someone shares an image or video that catches your eye. Previously, the only way to respond to a Story was to either send the creator a direct message …

Social media giant Twitter has reported its fourth-quarter earnings and revenue, as well as growth in its number of daily active users, which reached 217 million, up 13 percent from a year-earlier 192 million users and up from 211 million users in the previous quarter. Analyst had forecast 218.6 million …