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The Home feature in HikeLand is a private space where users can hang out with their closest friends and offers a voice-led experience where users can talk and watch videos together virtually. Keeping user privacy at the heart of the experience, no one can enter a Home without the user’s invitation, Hike said in a statement. (Representative Image | AFP)

Missing going to the movies with friends? Now you can enjoy Hike's shared video watching

The app’s new feature Hikeland lets friends talk and watch videos together virtually

17 Jun 2020 10:29 PM

In the chat section, it comes equipped with all these new and cool features which have been combined with Artificial Intelligence to give users a dynamic experience.

Hike Sticker Chat review: A sticker for all your emotions!

Hike has a very clean and easy to understand interface, there is no difficulty in finding or using anything.

03 Jul 2019 2:21 PM

WhatsApp has opened its doors for two-way communications at scale between enterprises and their consumers.

10 Tips to identify the right WhatsApp business solution provider

Tips on evaluating technology partners that can help you leverage the tremendous potential of the WhatsApp Business API.

27 Jun 2019 6:06 PM

While texting has become an efficient and immediate way to communicate with many individuals, it has also removed the many complexities and nuances of languages.

Text messaging: In search for a meaningful communication

This texting language has grown into such a separate communicative medium that there is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to it.

26 Sep 2018 1:30 AM

WhatsApp appoints grievance officer for India to curb fake messages

Under pressure to clamp down on sinister messages, Whatsapp has appointed a grievance officer for India.

23 Sep 2018 3:08 PM

More than two months after it was taken down hastily, Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved on Wednesday said that its messaging app 'Kimbho' is ready with new features and plans to re-launch it this month. (Photo: PTI)

Patanjali brings back Kimbho chat app; official launch on Aug 27

Kimbho app is now ready with new and advanced features.

15 Aug 2018 5:00 PM

WhatsApp provides message encryption technology that likely does not please Chinese authorities.

China blocks WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party congress

Chinese authorities appear to have disrupted WhatsApp in the latest step to tighten censorship ahead of Communist Party congress next month.

26 Sep 2017 9:50 AM

WhatsApp has rolled out a host of features in the recent past, including encryption facilities and two-step verification.

Five WhatsApp features you didn't know existed

The app, since its inception eight years ago, has grown multiple folds, owing to its expanding user base.

28 Jul 2017 9:01 AM

Amazon — like most other of its other competitors — is going to integrate its app with basic features such as message encryption, video, voice and emoticons.

Amazon to introduce its own messaging app

Amazon is rumored to be planning on introducing its own messaging app.

16 Jul 2017 1:57 PM

Roskomnadzor's head, Alexander Zharov, said in a letter published on the regulator's website that time was running out for Telegram to provide the necessary information.

Russia threatens to block Telegram messaging app

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused the Telegram messaging app of violating Russian legislation.

24 Jun 2017 4:10 PM

Hike's wallet, however, is the first such service by a messaging platform in the country and comes ahead of a possible launch of a payment facility by Facebook-owned WhatsApp later this year.

Hike rolls out India's first payment wallet within messaging platform

Indian instant messaging platform Hike has rolled out an in-app electronic payments wallet.

21 Jun 2017 10:38 AM

The feature is currently in Beta testing, which means it is possible that the feature won’t be rolled out for public.

WhatsApp soon to add 'unsend' feature to its app

WhatsApp will give users the ability to edit or delete the sent messages before they’ve been read.

22 May 2017 4:09 PM

While WhatsApp does not intend to introduce any third-party ads, it is looking at ways to monetise the platform and working with businesses could be a step in that direction.

India to play 'crucial role' in WhatsApp's business solutions

WhatsApp will test tools that allow users to communicate with businesses and organisations like banks and airlines through its platform.

26 Apr 2017 4:36 PM

WhatsApp eyes India's digital payments market

Report claims messaging app presently looking for someone to head its digital transactions business in India.

04 Apr 2017 12:12 PM

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

WhatsApp's security feature not acceptable: British official

Encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp must make their platforms accessible to intelligence agencies.

30 Mar 2017 3:12 PM

Apple does not say how many people use the app, but it does say that there more than 1 billion iOS devices on the market and that 79 per cent of them run iOS 10.

Apple drives further into Facebook, Snap territory with video app

Apple's new video app will hit the App Store in April

22 Mar 2017 7:51 AM

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been staying at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, since 2012. (Photo: AFP)

WikiLeaks: CIA has targeted everyday gadgets for snooping

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) would neither confirm nor deny the documents were genuine, or comment on their content

08 Mar 2017 8:34 AM

Whether Snapchat can expand beyond its core base of teens and millennials remains a big question mark for the company.

Snap future debated as popular app makes market debut

Snap priced its initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday at $17 a share to raise $3.4 billion.

02 Mar 2017 8:18 AM

Users can now simply tap on any sticker a friend shares in chat to download it directly from the respective sticker pack in the sticker marketplace.

Google rools out new update for its messaging app Allo

The new update will also bring new themes including a variety of different colours and patterns.

18 Nov 2016 1:51 PM

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