After a long time in the rumour mill[1], messaging platform WhatsApp[2] finally started rolling out its much anticipated[3] message recall/ delete feature[4] last week. This week the feature, called Delete for Everyone, has become available to all WhatsApp users[5]. You can select a message and delete it, and when you do that, you have the option of deleting it for everyone in the chat.
WhatsApp's delete for everyone feature, which was already available to select users, works in both group chats and private conversations, and allows you to delete the message not just from your phone, but also on the devices of the other users in the conversation. There is one limitation, which is that the message has to be deleted within seven minutes, or it's going to stay visible to others. Also, once you delete a message, it doesn't entirely disappear - instead, it's replaced with the text "This message was deleted".
WhatsApp Status, Instagram Stories Now at Over 300 Million Daily Active Users Each[6]
That was one of the top stories from this week in tech, but there was a lot more that happened as well, including several phone launches. In India, one of the highlights was the launch[7] of the Xiaomi Redmi Y1[8] (first impressions[9]), and also the Redmi Y1 Lite[10]. The new Y-series from Xiaomi[11] are "youth focused", which is another way of saying that these are part of the growing wave[12] of selfie-phones[13]. The Redmi Y1 is available at Rs. 8,999 and Rs. 10,999 for its 3GB/ 32GB and 4GB/ 64BG RAM...