The mobile WhatsApp app shall begin blocking screenshots of disappearing photos and videos to protect the privacy of view-once media in chats. Here's what to know.
WhatsApp will start blocking view-once screenshots and recordings on November 1
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Audio reactions are coming to Spotify
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Instagram testing tall photos that fill the entire screen as you scroll in your feed
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Twitter’s tweet frequency feature helps you determine whether to follow someone
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Spotify will let you pre-save albums in the weeks before they’re released
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WhatsApp will support chatting on a secondary phone or tablet
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A new WhatsApp feature lets you stop vanishing messages from disappearing
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