Telegram tops 700 million users, launches premium tier
Telegram has amassed 700 million users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as it pushes to monetize a portion of its large user base.
WhatsApp now lets you hide your profile picture and ‘Last seen’ status from specific people
WhatsApp announced this week that it’s rolling out the ability for users to select who from their contact list can see their profile photo, about and “Last seen” status. Prior to the official launch, the new privacy setting was available to select users as part of a limited beta. …
WhatsApp now lets you export your chat history, photos, videos and more from Android to iPhone
WhatsApp is adding the ability for users to transfer their conversation chat history, photos, videos and voice messages from Android to iPhone via Apple’s Move to iOS app. Prior to this expansion, users only had to option to transfer chats from iPhone to Android. The ability to transfer Whats…
WhatsApp given a month to fix consumer ToS concerns in Europe
WhatsApp has been warned by European regulators it has one more month to fix its confusing terms of service, the Commission said today. The Meta-owned messaging platform has been under investigation by the bloc following a series of consumer protection complaints lodged against it by the Consumer P…
Meta and Google’s Gradient back LatAm startup OlaClick
Over 80% of food delivery orders in Latin America are still made over phone calls and settled with cash. OlaClick, a young startup that is helping these restaurants sell online and collect money digitally, announced on Thursday it has received backing from scores of investors including Gradient, Me…
Daily Crunch: ‘Things don’t look good’: Y Combinator sends founders a 10-point survival strategy
Thursday May 19, 2022, and it’s the last day of our in-person Mobility event. Tomorrow we take the journey to the mean streets of the world wide web, and you can still join us virtually! — Haje and Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Tl;dr: We know you don’t have 32 minutes to read Meta global […]