How does WhatsApp Earn Money?

Do you know how much work goes on building an Point to Point & Multi-Point chat application and to add furher for the app to work fine you need to maintain database, servers, etc thus cost to be beared by the company is very high and don't forget the maintenance costs.

The number of users grow, infrastructure grows and again the cost to be beared by the company Increases.

Even though there is this much of spending to bear, and no ads to earn money. then Why did FaceBook Acquired the WhatsApp.

WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, etc all fall under the category of Data Mining Companies.

Akhil Neelam (Blogger. RTI enthusiast. Interested in Diplomatic Affairs ) says,

" A one liner explains it all : ' WhatsApp is not their product. It is YOU'.

They sell your personal information to MNCs and show advertisements based on your intrests. 

For instance, now that WhatsApp is a subsidiary of Facebook, WhatsApp messages which reflects our likes, dislikes and depict our prefernces are backed up on there servers and is used by Facebook for User Specific Target Ads(by which FaceBook makes money:) )

After this aquisition, we can find our WhatsApp contacts being shown as Friend Suggestions on FaceBook. 

Hence, it is clear that WhatsApp shares data with its new parent FaceBook.

FaceBook aquired WhatsApp for 19 Billion USD, only because FaceBook think 'Over Data is Worth it'.

These Companies play with our data and do all sorts of analytics and come up with what we want.

The purpose of this blog is to Show that YOUR DATA IS NOT SAFE..

Irritated by ads in YouTube?

Have you ever got irritated by ads that start playing automatically while watching YouTube videos & ever thought of getting rid of it!?

I'm also an YouTuber and I know this is how we get some penny's for our hardwork and I'm not against the ads that comes in the beginning and ads on banners. But ads in middle of a video is not what I and all my YouTuber friends. We made the video to make viewers happy not irritate them.

So here is a simple add-on that does the job.

1. open your Mozilla Firefox

2. Search for 'YouTube Enhancer Plus' for Firefox / Chrome

3. Click on Add button

It will download and ask for install, after installation is complete, restart the browser

Features:

* Automatically plays videos in your preferred quality

* Controls volume with mouse wheel

* Removed ads on-demand or automatically

*Stop autoplay and preloading

and much more

No Balance in your Phone? Don't worry!!

I am Back

Has this happened to you?

You are in outskirts of the city and you want to do an urgent call, but sadly your balance ran out. What will you do!?

Okay, I'm a techie!! B-) let me do a VoIP call (Viber,line,skype,WhatsApp,etc), then there is another problem your mobile data is running in '2G' BW(how can you forget your in outskirts of the city, and in India only 30-35℅ of the base stations are 3G enabled), but you take a brave step and call them, the superb call quality frustrates you. This is what happens right, this happens to me..

There is a solution (to be particular a Indigenous solution), an Indian based company called hellonanu.com has launched an app called ' nanu ' .

Features:

1.The app provides both call and messaging (single or group).

2. Ultra low bandwidth Technology (claims up to 80% less bandwidth of your VoIPcall) so save even your day.

3. Clear and crisp calls even on 2G(company claims "even in slower 2G or congested network").

4. Free nanu to nanu calls.

5. nanu to out calls(40 credit points equivalent to 20 mins of talk time *DAILY*)

No longer will we have to go into a chat

WhatsApp (Android, iOS) loves pulling new surprises out of the bag. Recently, the updates have been coming in thick and fast - and the world's favorite messaging app has set its users' tongues wagging for not always the right reasons either: "$1 a year? No way, José!" - "Selling my chats to Facebook? I didn't sign up to THAT!"
But the latest change looks to be GOOD news. A new update for its Android app (currently available for beta testers and coming to the rest of the world very soon) has introduced a whole bunch of interesting new features that are about to make communicating even quicker and easier.

In version 2.12.560 of the app, we'll get multiple chat selection, and be able to perform simultaneous actions on contacts and groups. But the most important change has to be the Quick Reply function. From now on, we will no longer open the conversation to answers someone; and there'll be no need to let others see if we're online or not. We can respond directly, via a magically appearing notification window, without wasting time to open the application.

The most recent update lets us select multiple conversations at once (before we had to do it one at a time) to perform actions such like adding shortcuts, archiving, deleting, muting, or even marking as read. Cleaning contacts will also be much faster and more effective.

Finally, for all you customization lovers out there, WhatsApp is also introducing a new wallpaper selector - a feature that came in an earlier version but has been modified, - that allows you to choose a custom background photo, or block color, for those who prefer a more sober look.

Lots of changes, all very interesting. And soon we'll all have them.

What is PUP?

A potentially unwanted programme (PUP) is, namely, a programme that is not desired. Users may be tricked into its download no matter it is with or without their consent. Unwanted programmes are often downloaded together with a desired programme, which works as a wrapper to hide the sign of a PUP.

Because PUPs can lead to slow computer performance, they are annoying in addition to undesired. They may also lead to violation of users’ privacy. Take adware, a common type of PUP, as an example. This malware may stealthily insert add-ins to users’ browser and monitor their Internet activities. This collected data is sold to advertisers, who then place intrusive advertising to web pages.

Potentially Unwanted Bundling

With its malicious purpose, a PUP sneaks onto victims’ system without their knowledge or consent. Even if one learns its existence, it is still hard to find the instruction to remove an unwanted programme.

The most common way to get infected by unwanted programme is bundling. If users download an application or software from untrustworthy sources, they may be fooled to download PUPs, which are wrapped as part of the programme they really want.

Some software providers claim that they have mentioned the installation of a bundled programme in the download agreement. Yet, many users fail to finish reading the download agreement before hitting the agree button.

Moreover, the mention of bundled programme is usually placed at the end of the terms, making it too hidden to be noticed. This approach to force installation is regarded as unethical as it is against user’ interests.

How to stay away from PUPs?

It is suggested to choose the Custom install whenever downloading a programme. Read carefully before accepting the licence agreement and specially pay attention to those small boxes that have been checked as default, where you may ‘agree’ to receive ads or change your default browser.

One should also download programmes from trusted sources like official sites instead of untrustworthy sharing space. Otherwise, you may have to pay by compromising the integrity of your system in exchange for a ‘free’ software.

In addition to all aforementioned tips, you can adopt a third party detection programme to increase your protection. Whenever someone tries to access or make change to your startup routines, you can get notified in time and respond consequently. PUP blocker is a common feature to help users detect and stay away from this annoying-ware.