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WhatsApp might be working on a dedicated app for Apple's iPad. According to a report from WABetaInfo, references of WhatsApp for iPad are spotted on the latest version of desktop app. If true, this suggests popular instant messaging service WhatsApp for Apple’s iPad could be a possibility.
Facebook-owned WhatApp has recently updated its desktop and web clients which seems to added references to icons for the iPad. However, the report does not mention whether WhatApp for iPad will come in the form of a dedicated app or will it just be a client application like WhatApp Web. So, it could either work as WhatsApp Web or as standalone app since Apple is also selling iPads with cellular support. The former option works in a similar fashion as the Windows and macOS desktop versions. This also means your phone will always be connected all the time to cast messages.
There is no official WhatsApp app for iPad at the moment, but one can always download third-party apps from the App store that makes the instant messaging service accessible on the tablet. Unfortunately, the experience isn’t that great.
WhatsApp app for Apple iPad in the works, report says
Facebook-owned WhatApp has recently updated its desktop and web clients which seems to added references to icons for the iPad. However, the report does not mention whether WhatApp for iPad will come in the form of a dedicated app or will it just be a client application like WhatApp Web. So, it could either work as WhatsApp Web or as standalone app since Apple is also selling iPads with cellular support. The former option works in a similar fashion as the Windows and macOS desktop versions. This also means your phone will always be connected all the time to cast messages.
There is no official WhatsApp app for iPad at the moment, but one can always download third-party apps from the App store that makes the instant messaging service accessible on the tablet. Unfortunately, the experience isn’t that great.
WhatsApp app for Apple iPad in the works, report says
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How a WhatsApp message can get you arrested
The UPA-era Section 66A of the IT Act, scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2015, was broadly worded enough to book you if you caused annoyance, inconvenience, insult or injury online. In 2012 and 2013, a girl from Palghar, Maharashtra was arrested for criticising Bal Thackeray's state funeral on Facebook, another girl for merely "liking" that comment; a professor from Kolkata was arrested for forwarding a cartoon about Mamata Banerjee; as was a man who tweeted about Karthi Chidambaram's disproportionate wealth. But now, even though Section 66A is gone, the muzzling of speech continues unabated. And perhaps more than political dispensation, this is about the misplaced zeal of the criminal justice system, its general disregard for free speech, and its hypersensitivity to speech that irritates the political establishment.
"There's a trend of using Section 144 of the CrPC, which applies to unlawful assemblies, to WhatsApp discussions," says Gupta. Recall the Indore collector who invoked it to deter any conversation about demonetisation, or the Varanasi DM who said that any false content on a WhatsApp group was grounds for arrest. "This is a threat, rather than a fair legal warning," says Gupta.
How a WhatsApp message can get you arrested - Times of India
- Indiscriminate social media arrests are cramping speech and debate, even though the controversial Section 66A is long dead.
- The UPA-era Section 66A of the IT Act, scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2015, was broadly worded enough to book you if you caused annoyance, inconvenience, insult or injury online.
The UPA-era Section 66A of the IT Act, scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2015, was broadly worded enough to book you if you caused annoyance, inconvenience, insult or injury online. In 2012 and 2013, a girl from Palghar, Maharashtra was arrested for criticising Bal Thackeray's state funeral on Facebook, another girl for merely "liking" that comment; a professor from Kolkata was arrested for forwarding a cartoon about Mamata Banerjee; as was a man who tweeted about Karthi Chidambaram's disproportionate wealth. But now, even though Section 66A is gone, the muzzling of speech continues unabated. And perhaps more than political dispensation, this is about the misplaced zeal of the criminal justice system, its general disregard for free speech, and its hypersensitivity to speech that irritates the political establishment.
"There's a trend of using Section 144 of the CrPC, which applies to unlawful assemblies, to WhatsApp discussions," says Gupta. Recall the Indore collector who invoked it to deter any conversation about demonetisation, or the Varanasi DM who said that any false content on a WhatsApp group was grounds for arrest. "This is a threat, rather than a fair legal warning," says Gupta.
How a WhatsApp message can get you arrested - Times of India
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- New WhatsApp Web features have been spotted in the updated app
- It looks set to add the picture-in-picture mode for videos
- Web client will also let you send replies to group members privately
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