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WhatsApp, one of the most widely used instant messaging apps, rolled out  "Delete for Everyone" feature  recently. But do deleted messages really disappear from the phone? A new report claims that  WhatsApp  messages that are deleted are actually still on the device and can be easily accessed. Spanish Android blog Android Jefe has claimed that  deleted messages  are present in the notification log of the device. It adds that the recipient can easily access the deleted messages regardless whether it has been deleted from sender's end. "What we found is that the messages are stored in the notification register of the Android system. So, it's just a matter of entering that record to see the messages that the other person deleted," the blog said. How to read deleted WhatsApp messages someone sent you The blog explains that anyone can access deleted WhatsApp messages sent to them via a third-party app named Notification History which can be downloade...

Facebook bought  WhatsApp  back in 2014 to curb the growing menace of the latter with its popularity. WhatsApp was founded back in 2009 with the creators having a little idea of the enormous acceptance it will attain over time that today it’s the most popular messaging app in the world. Although Facebook tried to take on WhatsApp with its Facebook Messenger app, it was still one pedestal down from where WhatsApp was standing. After the acquisition, WhatsApp co-founders – Jan Koum and Brian Acton – joined Facebook and became wealthy while playing bigger roles in further developing WhatsApp under Facebook. However, the duo had a fallout and Brian Acton moved on to form his new non-profit foundation. He now seemingly is still holding some feelings against Facebook, as in a  Twitter post , Acton asked people to ‘delete’ Facebook. Consequently, Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014 from the co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton, who beca...

Facebook today  announced  the rollout of a new feature in Messenger called "Admin Privileges." With this toggled on, the company said that it will give specific users in a group chat "more control" over who partakes in the chat, and should help boost the app's privacy.  If you have admin privileges you'll be able to approve or decline new members before they join the chat, remove members already in a chat, and promote or demote any other person as an admin. The company said that the feature should help large groups who need to get in touch but may not be connected to on Facebook, like for a friend's surprise party.  There are also new joinable links that any member can create and send out to potential new members, which an admin will then be able to approve. These admin privileges will be turned off by default:  The great thing about admin privileges in Messenger is they work in the background; if your group chat doesn’t need that level of control, i...

It's finally here! The next milestone update for Google's Android operating system is finally available for download. While it may get Android smartphone owners excited, this one's only available for Pixel smartphone owners. Yes, you read it right, an ArsTechnica report confirmed that Android P will not be arriving on the older Nexus devices like the Nexus 5X, 6P, and the Pixel C tablet. Android P comes with a handful of visual changes, and is not the massive Fuchsia revamp that many have been expecting, so for those who own a Pixel smartphone, the changes will be subtle overall. With the bad news about device support out of the way, here comes the rest of the news. This is a "Developer" Preview, so your only take away as consumers are the new features that you will be able to experience in the upcoming Public Beta Preview of the same. The early build did not arrive as an over the air (OTA) update for users who are a part of the Android Beta Program. So i...

Machine Learning APIs make it easy for developers to develop predictive applications. Here we review 5 important Machine Learning APIs: IBM Watson, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, Google Prediction API, Amazon Machine Learning API, and BigML. Big data is streaming into businesses all over the Internet from various data sources like sensors, social media data, excel spreadsheets, reviews, customer data, etc. There are many companies like Google, IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft helping businesses process big data by building Machine Learning APIs so that organizations can make the best use of the machine learning technology. Machine Learning is the big frontier in big data innovation but it is daunting for people who are not tech geeks or data science domain experts.Similar to how standard APIs help developers create applications, Machine Learning APIs make machine learning easy to use, for everyone. Machine Learning APIs abstract the complexities involved in creating and deplo...