whatsapp – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ Get the latest trusted reviews, breaking news and expert insights in consumer tech, cars, gadgets, and digital lifestyle. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:23:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://media.vernonchan.com/2018/05/cropped-Artboard-300px-1-32x32.png whatsapp – VERNONCHAN.COM https://vernonchan.com/ 32 32 Facebook is buying Giphy for USD400 million https://vernonchan.com/facebook-buys-giphy-usd400-million/ Sat, 16 May 2020 15:04:53 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=61689 It’s official. Facebook is buying Giphy, one of the largest GIF-making and sharing sites on the Internet, for a reported sum of USD400 million. The deal shouldn’t be a huge surprise, seeing that Facebook has used Giphy’s API in the Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp apps for years. In fact, Facebook revealed that 50 per […]

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]]> Facebook Messenger loses bloat, dumps Discover tab and bots https://vernonchan.com/facebook-messenger-redesign-discover-tab-removed/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:30:52 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=59050 The next time you fire up Facebook Messenger, it will be a cleaner, simpler experience. Gone will be the bot-littered Discover tab that was previously used to showcase businesses. The removal of the Discover tab was first noted by TechCrunch on Facebook’s Developers website. The reasoning behind the removal was to “simplify the experience” for […]

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]]> WhatsApp stops working on Windows Phones https://vernonchan.com/whatsapp-stops-working-windows-phone/ https://vernonchan.com/whatsapp-stops-working-windows-phone/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:49:19 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=57733 Last year, Facebook’s WhatsApp made a decision to stop support for Windows Phone. As reported by Windows Latest, popular messaging app was supposed to stop working on 1 January 2020, but the company extended support till 14 January. This follows Microsoft’s release of the last ever build for Windows 10 Mobile OS. Effective 15 January […]

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]]> https://vernonchan.com/whatsapp-stops-working-windows-phone/feed/ 2 Facebook is renaming Instagram, WhatsApp https://vernonchan.com/facebook-renaming-instagram-whatsapp/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:37:03 +0000 http://vernonchan.com/?p=54404 In a peculiar move, Facebook plans to rebrand Instagram and WhatsApp to “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook,” The Information reports. The app rebranding is a major departure for Facebook which until now had wholly left both apps to operate independently operationally and as autonomous brands. Separating the apps from the mother brand has […]

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