Monday, August 8, 2022
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
Scoftware Magazine
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Scoftware Magazine
Home Tech

Signal registrations go ‘through the roof’ after WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook outage

Jaleel M. by Jaleel M.
March 20, 2021
in Tech
0
Signal registrations go ‘through the roof’ after WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook outage
0
SHARES
25
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook faced an outage in many parts of the world during midnight hours of Saturday. Users reported problems in sending and receiving messages on WhatsApp during the outage. On Instagram, users were not able to refresh their feeds and on Facebook, many users reported a total blackout. However, it seems one’s loss is another’s gain.

Signal, an instant messaging application that rivals WhatsApp, claimed to have seen a spike in registrations during the outage. The chat application took to twitter to announce that their registrations were “through the roof”. They also referred to WhatsApp’s downtime and welcomed all the new users.

Here’s what Signal said on Twitter: “Signal registrations are through the roof; welcome everyone! Solidarity to the folks working on the WhatsApp outage. People outside of the tech industry will never understand how weird it sounds when someone says that they are “looking forward to some weekend downtime.”

The cause for the blackout or downtime hasn’t been made clear. However, most of the services were restored soon after.

Signal application rose to prominence after WhatsApp released their new privacy policy which initially came with a short deadline. Despite the delay in deadline to accept the new policy, many prominent celebrities advised their followers to move to Signal.

The application claims to be a non-profit organisation that has a high emphasis on privacy and safety. The instant messaging application has also been increasing their features to match with WhatsApp and to retain the users who recently shifted to the platform.

Subscribe to Mint Newsletters

* Enter a valid email

* Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.



Source link

Related posts

This WhatsApp feature allows users to hide unwanted group chats without leaving them. Here’s how

This WhatsApp feature allows users to hide unwanted group chats without leaving them. Here’s how

July 29, 2021
WhatsApp in line for fine as data watchdogs resolve dispute

WhatsApp in line for fine as data watchdogs resolve dispute

July 28, 2021
Previous Post

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger suffer brief global outages

Next Post

Microsoft unveils new vaccine tools to address earlier failures

Next Post
Microsoft unveils new vaccine tools to address earlier failures

Microsoft unveils new vaccine tools to address earlier failures

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Life on the Edge: At home in Mount Agung’s Danger Zone

2 years ago
Regis Philbin Dead at 88: Kelly Ripa and More Stars Pay Tribute to Legendary TV Host

Regis Philbin Dead at 88: Kelly Ripa and More Stars Pay Tribute to Legendary TV Host

2 years ago
AARON MARTYN releases uplifting track ‘Worse For Me’

AARON MARTYN releases uplifting track ‘Worse For Me’

2 years ago
West Indies Skipper Jason Holder Will Save His Advice For Ben Stokes

West Indies Skipper Jason Holder Will Save His Advice For Ben Stokes

2 years ago

FOLLOW US

  • 116 Followers
  • 29.5k Followers
  • 174k Subscribers

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Business
  • Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Music
  • National
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • World News

BROWSE BY TOPICS

2018 League Balinese Culture Bali United Budget Travel Champions League Chopper Bike Doctor Terawan Istana Negara Market Stories National Exam Visit Bali

POPULAR NEWS

  • Charles B and Kamil Ghaouti Collaborate on Groovy New Track “You’re Not Mine,” featuring LauraBrown. Out on Protocol Recordings

    Charles B and Kamil Ghaouti Collaborate on Groovy New Track “You’re Not Mine,” featuring LauraBrown. Out on Protocol Recordings

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish Are Men in Kilts for Travel Show

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Kris Jenner Spills Details About Her Sex Life With Corey Gamble: Watch

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Salted vs. Unsalted Pistachios

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Common Saints Release New Single “Idol Eyes”

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers

© 2020 Scoftware.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • National
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Opinion

© 2020 Scoftware.com

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy