1 million paid users to run Snapchat. | Who blocked you on WhatsApp? Unknowable now. | Thinking of buying an iPhone? Wait a while.

1 million paid users to run Snapchat

The number of paid users of Snapchat has exceeded 1 million. Recently, the company has given new information about the users of Snapchat's paid service Snapchat Plus.

This premium service of Snapchat can be taken after paying 4 dollars per month. After this, the company provides users with access to various features that are being tested.

This is an example of how social media is making money other than advertising.

Twitter has also been providing a subscription service of this nature, which has been named 'Twitter Blue'. However, Twitter has not yet disclosed the number of users who have taken the subscription service.

Snapchat has more users than Twitter. Snapchat has 347 million monthly active users while Twitter has 238 million monthly active users.

According to a survey report published by the Pew Research Center, only 59 percent of young people in America use Snapchat, while only 23 percent of young people use Twitter.

Snap has said that it will include more features in the subscription service. The company has said that it will bring various features like Snap Stories, more background for Bitmoji.

"Snapchat Plus" is available in various countries including America, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Who blocked you on WhatsApp? Unknowable now

Recently, the company has been including various features to attract users to the messaging platform WhatsApp.

Like other platforms, WhatsApp now includes features that can share location, send various files, and make video and audio calls.

Similarly, if someone blocked you on WhatsApp, you can also get information about it. Now, the company is working on a feature that will not let you know which account blocked you.

The company is about to bring this feature focusing on user privacy. Recently, WhatsApp released a feature where users cannot show themselves online.

This means that users can show themselves online or not in WhatsApp, just like Facebook Messenger.

If the user hides himself from online, other people can't find information about whether that person is online/not online.

WhatsApp now through the public feature, it is not possible to get information about who has blocked you on WhatsApp.

How to check if someone has been blocked on WhatsApp? 

If a user has blocked you, you will not be able to see their 'Last Seen' or 'Online Status' in the chat window.

You cannot see that person's profile photo.

If someone has blocked you, only one OK sign will appear on the text or message you send.

When you call, the call does not go through.

Now it will be difficult to identify the blocked person

In this messaging platform, users can hide their profile photo and status from the settings menu. In the coming days, WhatsApp is working on a feature that can be hidden from online status as well.

The company has informed that this feature will be available by the end of August. Internet connection is required to talk to any person on WhatsApp.

If the user's Wi-Fi or mobile data is off, the message sent by them will not go through, so it may be thought that the person who sent the message has blocked it.

If the user hides online status, profile photo, and status, it is difficult to distinguish whether the user is blocked or not.

If someone has blocked you, a tick will appear on the sent message. If it is not blocked, two tick marks will appear on the sent message.

Thinking of buying an iPhone? Wait a while

If you are looking to buy an iPhone now is not the right time. If you are thinking of buying the latest iPhone or planning to buy an old phone, wait a little longer.

Based on some news spread online, Apple is releasing the iPhone 14 series next month (September).

The phone is available in the market shortly after its release. Today, we are giving information about why you may regret buying an iPhone at this time.

Apple is bringing new iPhone series

If we look at the time when Apple has released new Apple products so far, it is possible that the iPhone will be released in the second week of September 14.

As soon as iOS 16 is released, there is talk that Apple will bring the iPhone 14 series. For example, the iPhone 13 was released on September 14, which was available in the market on September 24.

Similarly, iPhone 11 and iPhone 8 were also released on this date.

The iPhone 14 Pro model will have a 48-megapixel main camera and a notch-free look. Similarly, there is a rumor that the new model will be slightly bigger than other models.

As the release date of iPhone 14 approaches, now is the wrong time to think about buying older models or iPhone 13 models. Because the price of the old model will automatically decrease or may come down within a few days after the new model is released.

Last year, the price of iPhone 12 with 64GB storage dropped from $800 to $700 within a few days of the release of iPhone 13.

Even if we look at the data before that, the price of the old models seems to have decreased in the same proportion.

So, if you plan to buy an iPhone after the release of the iPhone 14 after waiting for some time, then that time is suitable for you.

After the new model is released, the price of the old model will decrease and if you want to buy the new model, you can buy that too.

But it is unlikely that the iPhone 14 series will come soon after its release in Nepal. Because the government has banned the import of mobile phones above 300 US dollars due to the impact on foreign exchange reserves, expensive phones will not be imported until another decision is made.