Penang farmer charged with making seditious remarks against Agong in WhatsApp group

Penang farmer charged with making seditious remarks against Agong in WhatsApp group

BUTTERWORTH, April 30 — A paddy farmer was charged in the Sessions Court here today with issuing defamatory remarks against His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, through the WhatsApp application, last week. Azman Md Yusof, 46, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him before Judge Noor Aini Yusof. According to the … Read more

WhatsApp Chat Filters: Keep your chats organised and find messages quicker

WhatsApp Chat Filters: Keep your chats organised and find messages quicker

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Do you have too many chats and unread messages on WhatsApp? Often need to scroll just to reply to a message in a group chat from a while ago? If that sounds like you then you might just be able to appreciate WhatsApp’s new Chat Filters feature. Chat Filters is … Read more

Kes Ebit Lew: Saksi sebak ketika beri penjelasan teks perbualan WhatsApp

Kes Ebit Lew: Saksi sebak ketika beri penjelasan teks perbualan WhatsApp

Tenom: Seorang wanita hari ini memberitahu Mahkamah Majistret di sini bahawa dia menolak untuk menerima panggilan video daripada Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew atau Ebit Lew sebaliknya hanya membenarkan panggilan biasa sahaja. Wanita berusia 40-an itu berkata demikian selaku saksi kesembilan pendakwaan yang juga pengadu kes, pada perbicaraan kes gangguan seksual pendakwah itu di hadapan Majistret … Read more

PDRM kesan waran tangkap palsu di aplikasi WhatsApp, Telegram

PDRM kesan waran tangkap palsu di aplikasi WhatsApp, Telegram

KUALA LUMPUR – Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) mengesan elemen penipuan yang menggunakan modus operandi menghantar mesej waran tangkap palsu kepada mangsa melalui aplikasi WhatsApp dan Telegram. Timbalan Pengarah (Siasatan) Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial Bukit Aman Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa berkata waran itu didakwa dikeluarkan oleh Pejabat Ketua Pendaftar Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia, Putrajaya bertajuk ‘Unit Khas … Read more

Bukit Aman: Police detect fake ‘arrest warrant’ messages circulating on WhatsApp, Telegram

Bukit Aman: Police detect fake ‘arrest warrant’ messages circulating on WhatsApp, Telegram

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — The police have detected fraudulent activities involving the distribution of fake “arrest warrant” messages through WhatsApp and Telegram. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director (investigation) Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the “arrest warrant” was claimed to have been issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar of the … Read more

Woman in Johor loses half a million to scammer posing as brother on WhatsApp

Woman in Johor loses half a million to scammer posing as brother on WhatsApp

JOHOR BARU, Jan 20 — A woman lost more than half a million ringgit after she fell for a scammer posing as her brother on social media. Iskandar Puteri district police chief ACP Rahmat Ariffin said the 31-year-old local woman, who is the manager of a company, lodged a police report on the scam at … Read more

WhatsApp: A double-edged sword in workplace communication — Syazwani Ahmad

WhatsApp: A double-edged sword in workplace communication — Syazwani Ahmad

JANUARY 7 — Communication technology, notably instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp and Telegram, has become integral in organisational dynamics today. These platforms, designed initially for personal use, have seamlessly infiltrated professional settings, reshaping how colleagues collaborate and share information. Their swift adoption within organisations stems from their real-time messaging, multimedia sharing, and user-friendly interfaces, … Read more

WhatsApp introduces Secret Code for Chat Lock to further protect your sensitive conversations

WhatsApp introduces Secret Code for Chat Lock to further protect your sensitive conversations

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — WhatsApp has officially announced the Secret Code functionality for the platform’s Chat Lock feature. The new function is meant to provide another layer of protection for conversations that users deem too sensitive for others to see. Extra protection for locked chats First introduced back in May, the Chat Lock feature … Read more

WhatsApp chat backups on Android will soon take up Google cloud storage quota

WhatsApp chat backups on Android will soon take up Google cloud storage quota

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — For the vast majority of us Malaysians, WhatsApp is the main form of online communication, so much of our lives is stored in our chats. As such, porting over our chat history when we get a new phone is a high priority, and that means using a built-in function to … Read more