Welcome back to your weekly roundup of all the news from the world of tech that you need to know about. One of the hottest topics right now is that WhatsApp[1] has finally brought in the much-awaited ability to delete sent messages[2]. There's been talk[3] about this feature for a long time[4], and it seems that it's finally being rolled out to all users. WhatsApp features are rolled out to users in batches so if you haven't seen the feature on your phone yet, don't worry, it's coming, but might take a few days to get to you.
Until now, if you deleted a message on WhatsApp, it was removed on your device, but the person/ group you were chatting with could still see it. The new feature, called 'Delete for Everyone' will remove the message from all participants. To do this, you'll just have to select a message and tap the trash icon, after which you'll get the option to either 'Delete for Everyone', or 'Delete for Me'. However, it seems you only have seven minutes to exercise the new option/
Meanwhile, after BSNL[5] launched the Bharat-1[6] last week, now Vodafone[7] has also jumped into the fray, launching the Bharat-2 Ultra[8] 4G capable feature phone, to take on the Jio Phone[9]. As usual, the focus here is on "effective price", and if the user sticks to Vodafone for three years, that works out to Rs. 999, accounting for all the cashbacks and other benefits. Jio Phone also has a similar 3-year commitment requirement that brings down the effective price to zero, while Airtel and Karbonn's A40 Indian[10] Android...