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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey says Bitchat has a range of up to 300 meters.

No internet? No problem: Bitchat lets you message via Bluetooth

July 08, 2025 12:24 pm

Like Jack Dorsey's X alternative - Bluesky, Bitchat is a decentralised instant messaging platform that uses Bluetooth to send and receive messages.

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New WhatsApp update lets users set up ‘Favourites’ list for quick access

July 17, 2024 1:49 pm

Here’s how you can add your best friends or family group chats to your ‘Favourites’ list.

End-to-end encryption: What it is, how it works, and why you need it

January 08, 2024 8:31 am

You may have heard of end-to-end encryption, but do you know what it means and how it works?

Beeper gives up on bringing iMessage to Android after battling Apple

December 22, 2023 5:22 pm

Messaging app Beeper is conceding defeat in its quest to outmaneuver Apple and bring iMessage to Android.

How to use WhatsApp’s new Status features: Voice status, private audience, status reactions

February 09, 2023 8:49 pm

A new update is enhancing the WhatsApp Status experience, with features like voice status. Here's how you can use them.

Telegram's first 2023 update lets users turn animated emoji into profile pictures

February 08, 2023 7:09 pm

Any sticker or animated emoji on Telegram can now be turned into a profile picture for accounts, groups, or channels.

‘Discord’ 101: All you need to know about the go-to communication app for gamers

December 04, 2021 8:42 am

Here’s a quick rundown on the popular messaging and voice chat app, ‘Discord’: Tips, features, and more.

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WhatsApp privacy update: Signal to Telegram, a detailed look at the best alternatives

January 11, 2021 10:29 am

We take a look at the three messaging apps that you can try to bid farewell to WhatsApp. The list includes Signal, Telegram and Viber.

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WhatsApp: Over 1.4 billion video and voice calls were made on New Year's Eve

January 02, 2021 6:33 pm

As per the stats shared by Facebook, more than 1.4 billion video and voice calls were globally made on WhatsApp on New Year’s eve. Read on to know more about it.

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Messenger Kids app good for families, says Facebook top executive

February 02, 2018 4:01 pm

A Facebook executive has come out to defend the company's Messenger Kids app, saying that the service would help connect families.

Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud case that they allegedly orchestrated through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking in connivance with some bank officials at the Brady House branch in Mumbai.

‘Personal space, adequate light’: India assures Belgium on Mehul Choksi if extradited

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Four months after Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in India for the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, was arrested in Belgium, India sent a letter of assurance to the country’s government, saying it will keep him in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail complex, “if extradited”.

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