Hide Last Seen Status, Profile Pic on Whatsapp For Android..

WhatsApp is heading to punch its Android users with a surprise after the famous acquisition by Facebook for a whopping $19 billion. The users can now hide their 'last seen' status on Android as well. The feature already exists in the iOS version, though.

This new feature is currently available on the WhatsApp apk, only, which is available on the website. In a tweet by @NotPriyanka, who apparently discovered the settings on Android, the users will now have time privacy on Google powered platform. Furthermore, the users can also hide their profile pictures and status messages, too.

The added advantage to the app's Android version is that unlike on the iOS, the user can swap freely between visible and invisible status, and not wait for 24-hours. The feature enabling hiding of profile pictures and status messages are nice surprise by WhatsApp, for its users.

This privacy feature is not available on the Google Play Store version of WhatsApp, yet. It needs to be fresh downloaded and installed from the website using an apk file. The new version of WhatsApp enables the new privacy tab in Settings and then listed in Account Settings.

Now Book Your Bus Tickets Through An Android App

With the growing smartphone market in India, the easy availability of the Android and iOS platforms, has got us hooked on to the operating systems with devices ranging from budget segment to elite. In a new, the online bus ticketing portal, Ticketgoose.com, has reportedly announced to launch its very own Android and iOS mobile app, to make ticket bookings, in Mangalore, Karnataka.

 Karthi Easwaramoorthy, the president and co-founder of Ticketgoose.com, said that the app was developed three months ago. It was introduced among some loyal customers for testing of the portal, as reported by the Hindu Business Line. After the sample testing succeeded, the company formally launched the app.

The Ticketgoose.com app can be download from both, the Google Play store and the Apple iTunes store. Easwaramoorthy also said that the ‘bus tracking’ option in the app allows the passengers / customers to keep track of their buses, with frequent updates on the location of the bus.

The company says that since bus ticketing is Rs 300 billion market, and upcoming technology is steadily gaining pace. Easwaramoorthy said only 5 per cent of bus tickets are sold through online system, in the country, in the same report. The feedback for this app, right now, counts to nearly 300 to 400 tickets per day sales. The Ticketgoose.com's customer support service helps the customers get information on pick-up points, approximate time of arrival and also bus delays.

The company also has an agreement with the United India Insurance, that will provide travel insurance to its passengers, with an optional service. The service is priced at Rs 20 per passenger, exclusive of the ticket charge. As per the policy, it provides personal accident cover for Rs 200,000 to each passenger, and damage or loss of baggage can be claimed at up to a maximum of Rs 15,000.