Latest version of Whatsapp post the 19bn deal..

WhatsApp for Android users can now hide 'last seen' notification, their profile pic and status as well. That sounds exciting !!!

After the buyout by Facebook for a whopping $19 billion, the cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp has rolled out two new features for mobile users on the Android platform. The new reports say that the update for the Android platform will allow users to hide the 'last seen' notification from other users, with the choice of hiding it from everyone, from certain contacts, or only those not on the user's phonebook.

This feature has been available to iOS users for a while. It is now included under the privacy settings on the WhatsApp for Android app. Currently the new features are not available for download on the Google Play store.

But for the latest version you need to go to Whatsapp official website www.whatsapp.com/android as it is not available on Google Play store yet.

WhatsApp has added another update, which lets users of WhatsApp for Android hide their profile pictures and status from select friends, strangers or just about everyone. The new privacy tab will only be visible under the new settings tab under account settings after the new version has been downloaded.

 

How  to use the latest version???

1)     Download the latest Android app from www.android.com/android

2)     Install the apk that you downloaded (None of you saved chats will be affected :-D)

3)     Now go to Settings > Account> Privacy> WHO CAN SEE MY PERSONAL INFO

4)     Select option of your choice and its done.

 

So will this feature increase the Whatsapp users or will it bring down its popularity is something  to see in coming in future.

 

Naming Convention in Linux:

When I started working with Linux, I didn't knew what hda, sda, sdb, sdc meant( I have been using Windows for long where is shows C drive and my expectation from Linux was same). I initially used to ignored it thinking it might be this is how Linux shows the drive letters.

But while working with my Linux peers I realized that they can simply tell what type of drive it is by seeing the drive name and I was :-O. So thought of writing this article explaining how is drive named in Linux for my Linux beginner friends.

Linux uses a very different naming scheme that provides far more

information than that used by MSDOS or Microsoft Windows

                                                          

                                                                       /dev/xxyN

• �� The dev refers to the devices directory. The devices directory is where all

information about devices is stored

• �� The xx refers to the type of hard disk. The xx is replaced by hd for an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard disk and by sd for a Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) hard disk

IDE Hard Disk = /dev/hd

SCSI Hard Disk /d /sd

/dev/xxyN

Primary Master = /dev/hda

Primary Slave = /dev/hdb

Secondary Master = /dev/hdc

Secondary Slave = /dev/hdd

• Primary partitions are represented by the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
• Logical partitions start with 5.
• �� /dev/hda1 is the device file for the first primary partition on the first EIDE disk.
• �� /dev/hda5 is the first logical partition on the second IDE disk.