Neowin News Feed for: Groups

WhatsApp Communities gets an event planner, replies to announcement groups

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 01 May 2024 20:12:02 +0000

WhatsApp now lets you create events in group chats that are part of a community. The feature has been under testing for some time, and it will roll out to all group members in the coming months. Read more...

Telegram launches nine new features for group chats

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:44:01 +0000

Telegram has released nine new features for group chats as part of its latest feature drop. Groups can now post Stories in the app and gain levels from boosts to access various premium features. Read more...

WhatsApp gives group admins more control in latest update

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:12:01 +0000

WhatsApp is soon getting two new group features that bolster the powers of group admins and help you to discover shared groups with your contacts by just searching for their names. Read more...

WhatsApp rolls out Communities and 32-person video chats

Justin Luna — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:44:01 +0000

WhatsApp has now rolled out its Communities feature, which it has been testing since April. Communities allows users to connect multiple groups together under one umbrella to organize group chats. Read more...

Facebook is testing a sidebar for Groups and channels for focused discussions

Usama Jawad — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:38:01 +0000

Meta has started testing two new features for Facebook, namely a dedicated sidebar for Facebook Groups and channels for focused discussions in three formats: chat, audio, and feeds. Read more...

WhatsApp's latest update introduces reactions, large file transfers, and bigger groups

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 May 2022 20:52:01 +0000

WhatsApp has been updated with three new features: reactions, 2GB file transfers, and 512 member groups. The new features bring WhatsApp closer to Telegram in terms of the things you can do. Read more...

Facebook announces new measures to keep groups safe

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:32:01 +0000

Facebook has announced a series of new measures that aim to keep groups as safe spaces for users on the social network. It will stop recommending groups that break its rules, and it may delete them. Read more...

Google Maps update makes group outings much simpler

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:24:02 +0000

Google is about to push a new update to Google Maps which will remove the complication from deciding which venues you want to go to with friends. The feature allows groups to vote on where to go. Read more...

Facebook gives admins more power over the groups they control on WhatsApp

Paul Hill — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 19:08:03 +0000

Facebook has announced a new update to WhatsApp that allows admins to toggle a switch in the group settings to enable one-directional messaging. This will be helpful for more formal groups. Read more...

Telegram messenger supergroups can now have up to 30,000 members

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:14:02 +0000

Telegram has decided to bump the limit of supergroups to 30,000 members. The company said it was considering phasing out normal groups because they're not too different from supergroups now. Read more...

Microsoft quietly kills OneDrive groups

Brad Sams — Thu, 22 May 2014 19:22:31 +0000

It seems that Microsoft has quietly killed groups for OneDrive. You can no longer create them - although existing groups can still be used - but this is certainly a bit of a downgrade for the tool. Read more...

Rumor: Windows Phone 8 to include "Rooms" group chat & sharing feature

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:36:37 +0000

The latest Windows Phone 8 rumor has pegged a new feature called "Rooms" that will allow friends and family to share a bunch of content via private interactive rooms, as well as chat. Read more...

Facebook launches file sharing for groups

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:55:00 +0000

Facebook has begun updating its groups to provide members with the ability to upload files. The feature started rolling out yesterday and will be available to all groups soon. Read more...

Youtube gives live-stream opportunities to select groups

Zoe Austin — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:02:07 +0000

Youtube has begun allowing certain members to stream live videos online, this select group features mainly partners of the company. This is a huge change in the functionality of the site, which up until now,... Read more...

Facebook's smoke and mirrors announcement

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:22:26 +0000

When it came to be known that Mark Zuckerberg would be delivering an announcement to the world from his Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, everyone immediately directed their attention Westward (or Eastward, for some). The... Read more...

No Facebook Redesign? Don't worry, it's coming

Tom Dwyer — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:21:34 +0000

As Neowin reported earlier today, Facebook was expected to announce a site redesign at a press event held at its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. At 10:30am PDT, the conference started and CEO Mark Zuckerberg started... Read more...

Facebook Update: New Dashboard, Download Your Info, and Groups

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:23:49 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, spoke today at an event at Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, CA. He explained what the company has been working on over the summer during their "intense" employee lockdown period.... Read more...

Facebook kills anti-Muslim group

James Hall — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:08:41 +0000

Facebook has disabled an anti-Islamic group called "I Hate Muslims in Oz" after the issue was brought to their attention by CNet's Chris Matyszczyk. Facebook's stance toward Holocaust-denying groups is more ambivalent. The company's terms... Read more...

Facebook will not entirely ban anti-Holocaust groups

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:29:09 +0000

Following site complaints, a Facebook spokesperson barry Schnitt has told CNN that certain groups on the world's largest social networking, do harbour 'Nazi ideals'. He continues to to state that Facebook finds Holocaust denial... Read more...

Microsoft to replace MSN Groups with Windows Live Groups

Tom Warren — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:28 +0000

Microsoft has been planning to remove MSN Groups and re brand them with Windows Live since the introduction of Windows Live. Now it seems Windows Live Groups will launch on November 17th, replacing MSN Groups,... Read more...

Privacy groups seek 'do not track' Web list

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:34:48 +0000

Nine privacy and consumer organizations asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to create a "do not track" list for Internet users who don't want their online activities tracked, stored and used by advertising networks.... Read more...

Antispam groups come under heavy DDoS attack

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:50:19 +0000

Spammers have been taking over unsuspecting computer users' machines for years in order to send out unwanted e-mails, but recently they have been getting even more aggressive. The SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) recently... Read more...

Groups Offer Ringtones With a Statement

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:56:29 +0000

An environmental group is hoping to get people interested and informed when they hear the sounds of threatened animals, from a passerby's cellphone. Already, some 24,000 people have downloaded the free rare ringtones from the... Read more...

Google Groups gets an Update

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:32:34 +0000

Google Groups is all about helping users connect with people, access information, and communicate effectively over email and on the web. Now there's a new version on the block. We didn't want to say it,... Read more...

Two Major Linux Groups Merge to Fight Microsoft

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:54:30 +0000

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) have merged to form the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin, FSG's executive director, will be in charge of the new company. He announced Tuesday the... Read more...

European Consumer Groups Unite to Pressure iTunes

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:53:37 +0000

Consumer groups in Germany, France, Norway, and Finland are in talks with consumer authorities in Sweden, Denmark, and the U.K. The countries are pressuring Apple for a unified iTunes policy in Europe. At the top... Read more...

Child Welfare Groups Slam Rockstar for Bullying Game

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:04:39 +0000

Bully is "no worse than Just William", claims publisher - but expect an adult rating. Anti-bullying charities have strongly criticised Rockstar's Bully, pointing out that children commit suicide over issues which the... Read more...

Google Groups 2 Beta Hits the Web

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:22:09 +0000

Google has swapped out its main Groups service with a beta of Google Groups 2, which the search giant has been testing since last May. Users who click the "Groups" link on the Google homepage... Read more...

Patent Suit Roils RFID Standards Groups

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:57:08 +0000

RFID vendor Intermec is suing rival Matrics for patent infringement, in a case that could impact which emerging protocols are deployed with the technology. The Everett, Wash.-based Intermec, owned by UNOVA, said Matrics'... Read more...

MSN Groups to remove calendar feature for non-members

Steven Parker — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:41:39 +0000

I just got a mail from MSN Groups informing me that the calendar feature will be removed for non-subscribers. Much like the limitation of the inbox storage when MSN Hotmail became a member service, non... Read more...

Blacklisted e-mailers sue anti-spam groups

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:06:19 +0000

Today is anti-Spam day here at neowin.net :) A recently formed group of e-mail marketers has opened a new front in the escalating war over unsolicited e-mail, suing several organizations that track... Read more...

Privacy groups target Amazon again

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:43:20 +0000

Arguing that Amazon.com is not doing enough to protect customer privacy, two privacy groups are urging state and federal regulators to force the e-tail giant to live up to past privacy promises and allow customers... Read more...

Hacker groups declare war on US.gov

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:56:13 +0000

A record number of malicious hacking attempts were made this month, and anti-American groups are responsible. So says Mi2g, the London-based security consultancy, which notes that US government on-line computers belonging to... Read more...

Dueling DVD groups head for showdown

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:33:11 +0000

The two industry groups fighting to set a rewritable DVD standard are showing no interest in working together, but technology tricks and behind-the-scenes talks could inch the sides toward a compromise. The DVD+RW Alliance,... Read more...