No one can deny the fact that most of us enjoy chatting via WhatsApp and stay connected. WhatsApp Web and free voice calls have been the main attraction these days.
WhatsApp has around 200 million users who prefer using the WhatsApp Web version. The web version of WhatsApp allows you to chat using your desktop, instead of getting disturbed on continuous WhatsApp pings on your smartphone, while working on other important projects/assignments. Keeping aside the convenience element of WhatsApp Web, the browser is easily vulnerable to bugs. Latest media reports state that security experts claim that WhatsApp Web users could easily have their security and devices [...]
Because even the simple act of walking home after dark is just too dangerous. But while letting your friends and family know when you’ve made it home helps everyone sleep a little easier, it doesn’t offer much help if something actually does happen. That’s where Companion comes in, a new app which lets you virtually accompany your friends as they walk home.
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WORKS WITH ANYONE Anyone in your contact book can be your Companion, they don’t even need to have the app installed!
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Harvard student Aran Khanna was denied his chance to intern at Facebook after the company learned that one of his creations exposed a critical flaw in its Messenger service, reports Boston.com.
In May, Khanna released Marauder’s Map, a Chrome extension that used location data to show you exactly where your friends were. It was downloaded 85,000 times in three days, before Facebook asked him to disable it.
Facebook also disabled location sharing from desktops and subsequently updated Messenger for mobile, giving users the option to control their GPS data. Prior to that, the app had been sharing users’ locations by default since it launched in 2011.
Khanna was then [...]
