A mob lynched a woman in India after rumours circulated on WhatsApp about child kidnappers, police said Monday, days after the messaging firm said it was curbing the forwarding of messages. More than 20 people have been killed in similar […]
India has asked Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the country in the past few months. With […]
Another nail appears to have been hammered into BlackBerry’s coffin. The once-dominant smartphone’s popularity has dramatically waned in recent years. Now Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is dropping support for some older phones – including all BlackBerry models. It will also […]
