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If you’re eyeing up Apple’s latest devices, here’s when and how you’ll be able to order the products. When Can I Order Apple’s Latest Products? Whenever Apple announces new products, they’ll have a pre-order date shortly after the announcement, and then an actual release date where pre-orders ship and the device become available in-store. This year is no different. The iPhone 13 line-up follows usual tradition, and pre-orders open on Friday, September 17, with devices shipping the following week on Friday, September 24....

What Is WhatsApp Plus? Working kind of like a WhatsApp premium service, WhatsApp Plus is an app for Android smartphones that adds extra features to your existing WhatsApp app. For the most part, it enables you to customize your experience extensively such as by installing themes or new fonts. There are downsides though. For one thing, it’s not an official app. You can’t download it from the Google Play Store. Instead, you have to download the APK file and install it manually....

Facebook, owner of WhatsApp, says multiple phones have been affected by the spyware, originally developed by the NSO group. It works by allowing spyware software be installed when a voice call is made to a WhatsApp account, even if that call is not picked up. Take action now to stop spyware being installed via WhatsApp The solution in securing your WhatsApp account and your phone is actually pretty simple: the vulnerability has been patched in the latest update, so all you need do is make sure that patch is installed....

The change is that WhatsApp no longer supports devices running Android 4.0.4 or older. To use WhatsApp from today, you’ll need an Android phone running version 4.1 or later. Fortunately, as Android 4.1 was first released in July 2012, most phones already have a newer version than this. But it’s bad news for those that are still using old an Android smartphone that can’t be updated to version 4.1 or newer....

It’s available to a limited number of users in the US and uses Novi – a digital wallet which itself is brand new, having launched just six weeks ago. Like WhatsApp, Novi is owned by Meta, formerly called Facebook, and the trial is designed to get feedback on this “new experience”. Novi’s Stephan Kasriel tweeted about the new feature becoming available on WhatsApp saying that it makes “sending money to family and friends as easy as sending a message”....

WhatsApp Is Working on Sticker Suggestions According to WABetaInfo which specializes in software reverse engineering, this new capability is being tested with Android and iOS customers who participate in the WhatsApp beta program. The feature is currently unavailable to the public. The work-in-progress feature is currently limited to WhatsApp’s own sticker packs. However, it looks like the sticker recommendation feature might eventually work with third-party sticker packs that can be found in WhatsApp’s sticker store as well....

It was announced at the same time as Messenger Rooms, a new Facebook service that apes Zoom and allows for up to 50 people in a video chat. WhatsApp, unlike Facebook Messenger, uses end-to-end encryption and so can be considered more secure. It’s a little surprising that the limit is only eight people though, given Google Duo allows for 12. Perhaps WhatsApp has straight copied Houseparty’s eight person limit, though given WhatsApp is an exclusively phone-based app, eight is the most video boxes the app can fit on a smartphone screen before you can’t see what’s going on....

“As of November 1, 2021, WhatsApp will no longer support Android phones running OS 4.0.4 and earlier,” the Facebook-owned messaging company reports. “WhatsApp for iPhone requires iOS 10 or later. For the best experience, we recommend that you use the latest version of iOS available for your phone.” What to Do if You Are Affected The first thing that you should do if you are affected by this change is back up your WhatsApp messages....

WhatsApp Communities Rollout Begins With the official launch of Communities, the global rollout has begun. However, Meta notes that it will take some time to roll out for everyone, with the feature expected to be available to every user over the next few months. WhatsApp Communities help you organize other group chats under a single directory and have been positioned as the next major update for the messaging app. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted an announcement to his Facebook page on 3 November 2022, as the rollout began....

Also Read: How To Use WhatsApp Multi-Device Support? What Is The End Of Support Policy By WhatsApp? WhatsApp, like all other apps, provides new features to all its users along with the latest security patches to ensure that WhatsApp messages remain encrypted and user privacy is maintained. However, after a considerable period of time, WhatsApp stopped supporting older devices with older operating systems. This is not the first time WhatsApp has announced such a list....

WhatsApp Testing Auto-Vanishing Messages This was first reported by WABetaInfo, a site dedicated to discovering unreleased features in popular software. This isn’t the only unreleased feature being tested on iOS and Android. As a matter of fact, WhatsApp is also working on sticker suggestions and recently rolled out a new feature on iOS that enables you to export specific chats. How To Turn On WhatsApp Disappearing Mode Off by default, Disappearing Mode has to be turned on manually in your WhatsApp settings....

Making Payments Through WhatsApp In an About Facebook blog post, Facebook (WhatsApp’s parent company) announced that payments in WhatsApp finally gained approval by the National Payments Council of India (NPCI). Users in India will now be able to use WhatsApp to digitally send money. According to the NPCI, third-party apps are allowed to process no more than 30% of UPI transactions over a period of three months. Due to the NPCI’s guidelines, UPI payments on WhatsApp will roll out in waves, and will be temporarily limited to a maximum of 20 million users....

According to the reports from WABetaInfo, the Reason for this brutal decision is that the company wants to promote new functionality of iPhones, which is not possible to operate on older models of iPhones. Consequently, WhatsApp is planning to remove the support for iOS 11, IOS 10, iOS 5C, and iOS 5 in the coming months. WABetaInfo stated, “Unfortunately, due to some internal reasons, WhatsApp is now really planning to drop the support for certain iOS versions over the coming months: we are talking about iOS 10 and iOS 11!...

What Is Windows 7 Support End Date? For those who think their computer will stop working, there is no such thing as that. Windows 7 support ends means that the extended support for Windows 7 will discontinue and there will be no new feature updates. In other words, updates, and services for Windows 7 which require assistance in it are going to end next year. You can still install and work on a computer even after the Windows 7 support end date....

The report (opens in new tab) from ESET says that the ‘Android/Filecoder.C’ malware has been active since July 12 and first cropped up on Reddit. According to the researchers, the virus is typically disguised as an X-rated online game, but can also come masked as a more PG-13 tech app. Best VPN New Android nasty emerges If the infected .APK file is downloaded by an unsuspecting user, it then connects with a server and taps into the victim’s contact list....

The origin of the cell phone The idea of a wireless telephone (later to be a cell phone) has been around for a long time. Back in 1908, Professor Albert Jahnke and the Oakland Transcontinental Aerial Telephone and Power Company claimed to have developed such a device before being accused of fraud. The charge was later dropped but production was never continued. From then on though, the idea grew in power and potential....