WhatsApp Beta for Android Adds Group Calling Button in Group Chats WhatsAppintroducedgroup audio and video calling to both iOS and Android users earlier this year, but you had to ring up one user and then add all of the other participants. But, the messaging giant has been looking to simplify the process by adding a dedicated video and audio calling button within group chats. It wasearlier spotted in testing for iOSbut has now rolled out to Android beta users as well....

WhatsApp Vows to Remove Child Porn, But Encryption Under Threat WhatsApp has committed itself to remove child pornography and rape videos from its platform and in a statement, today, said that itwill take strict actions against violators. While the current resolution is banning users who share such “vile” content, WhatsApp says that it also provides legal support to help during investigations for such crimes. This came after a bench of Supreme Court Justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that the government and leading internet companies operating in India have agreed that the videos showing non-consensual sex – such as in form of rape, harassment, or pedophilic content – must not be transmitted on the internet....

[UPDATE] OnePlus To Launch Snapdragon 855 Smartphone Early Next Year Update: OnePlus has clarified to Engadget that it will have one of the first 5G smartphones with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 next year, and not the absolute first. We have updated our article to reflect this correction.​​​​​​​ Qualcomm’s Tech Summit is currently underway in Hawaii and we’ve nowofficially been introducedto the flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset. However, things took an interesting turn on the second day of the event, where OnePlus announced that it will be releasing one of the first smartphones with Snapdragon 855, which brings reallykiller camera featuresthanks to the Spectra 380 ISP....

Ahmedabad Doctor Claims World’s First Telerobotic Heart Surgery on Patient 32 KM Away Dr Tejas Patel, an internationally renowned cardiologist, claims to have performed the world’s first cardiovascular stent surgery in a female patient, operating from a remote area, which would make history in cardiovascular surgery in the world. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, present at the Akshardham temple to watch the surgery take place, said: “Gujarat government will be thinking on how to utilize this technology to save precious lives....

Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2, Max M2 Officially Unveiled in Russia Ever since the Redmi Note 6 Pro arrived in India earlier last month, we have been waiting on the release of theZenFone Max Pro M2launch in the country. As you must have already heard, Asus had planned to officially unveil its much-awaited ZenFone Max Pro M1 successor on December 11. However, it seems like the company couldn’t contain the excitement any longer and has bared it all by quietly launching the ZenFone Max M2 and ZenFone Max Pro M2 in Russia....

Facebook Messenger Lite Gets Animated GIFs, Customization Settings Facebook’s Messenger Lite has got richer with more features such as animated GIFs and most customization features that were available in the full-sizedMessenger app. “While you could receive GIFs in Messenger Lite for some time, they were not animated. Starting now, people can express themselves more in chats with family and friends by sending and playing animated GIFs. “To send a GIF, use a third party keyboard (such as the Google keyboard), search for GIFs in their library, and send a more expressive message,” Krish Gali, Product Manager,Facebook, wrote in a blog post late Wednesday....

Fact Check: No, Google Didn’t Launch a Rs 500 Feature Phone in Indonesia If you haven’t been living under a rock, I’m certain that you would come across a number of stories – even from leading publications – talking about a Google 4G feature phone called the WizPhone WP006, which was supposedly launched by Google at its ‘Google for Indonesia’ event earlier this week. Everyone is hyped to see Google finally take onJioPhonewith the debut of its own $7 4G feature phone, which is quite affordable, but sadly, I will have to burst that bubble for you....