WhatsApp calling feature coming to Windows Phone

If you are using WhatsApp on your Windows Phones, then get ready to enjoy the experience of making phone calls on a go via your favorite instant messaging space. The WhatsApp calling feature is expected to come soon to Windows Phones.

Earlier this year at MWC2015, the WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed the plans of the company to add the voice services to its feature list. After rolling out this new functionality on the Android platform, the developers of WhatsApp are all set to showcase it to their Windows Phone users in the near future.

WhatsApp Calling feature for Windows Phone

The new voice calling feature will soon arrive on the Windows Phone platform, probably in the upcoming weeks. The email shown below from the WhatsApp team shows that the company is inviting the Italian developers to locate the menu items related to the new feature for Windows Phone. The text confirms that the feature will be soon headed to the WhatsApp Windows Phone version.

This new feature for VoIP calls will not only enables users to make voice calls over the Internet, but also allow them to access the history of incoming as well as outgoing calls. In order to enjoy this new feature, you might have to update your app to the stable version (without any bugs).

Following his announcement, Koum and his team has already rolled out the voice calling services for the Androiddevices and are testing the same for the iOS platform. The latest news even confirms the arrival of the service on Windows Phone devices soon to be followed by the BlackBerry.

WhatsApp is the popular instant messaging client and with the arrival of the voice-calling feature to Windows Phone devices it might impose tough challenge to the already existing services such as Skype and Viber.

At the moment, there are no confirmed details regarding the public release of the voice calling functionality on the WhatsApp for Windows Phone.

Recover accidentally deleted Files with Disk Drill for Windows

The popular Mac data recovery software, Disk Drill, is now available for Windows PC. The most important aspect of this app is that it is completely free and comes with a host of features to keep users happy. Disk Drill is perfect for recovering lost data, fixing a damaged partition, hard drive reformatting among many more.

Disk Drill for Windows PC

Disk Drill is a feature-rich software that should be easy for anyone to use, even the biggest newbie in the room. Using this tool you can backup a volume or partition from a failing drive and save it as DMG image to a new drive. Disk Drill for Windows can also help in the case of Partition loss, Accidental deletion, Failed bootups and Memory card corruption. This data recovery software can also help you with Hard drive reformatting and Recycle bin cleanup. Let us have a look at some of its features.

Recovering Data

After extensively using Disk Drill, we’ve come to the conclusion that this software is capable of recovering data from any storage, or should we say the ones we have tested. Whether it be USB flash drives, external drives, an MP3 player or memory cards, Disk Drill will get the job done without a fuss.

Ease Of Use

What really caught us off-guard about Disk Drill is how easy it is to use. The interface is friendly and not cluttered when compared to similar programs. Getting something done usually takes just a few clicks of the mouse, so complication is instantly thrown out the door.

Protection From Data Loss

The primary focus of Disk Drill is to recover lost data, but it can also protect against future data loss. The software comes with a feature called Recovery Vault, and basically what this does is to keep track of every file deleted since activation, so should something happen to the drive, recovering these files shouldn’t be too hard.

File Systems Support

One of the things we love about Disk Drill, is the amount of file systems it supports right off the bat. These systems includes the likes of FAT, exFAT or NTFS file system, is HFS+ Mac drive Linux EXT2/3/4 and more.

Overall Thought

Disk Drill is powerful and easy to use. The learning curve is far from being complex despite the amount of features available right now. We’ve tested it on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and even the latest version of Windows 10 Technical Preview. Folks who are still rocking Windows XP shouldn’t come across an ounce of problems.

Folks who want a powerful file recovery software should jump on the Disk Drill bandwagon right away because we expect the developers to venture down a similar route to the Mac version. In the coming months, look out for a Basic and Pro version of Disk Drill for Windows. Some of the cool features available in the free version right now will likely be removed in order to draw users to the Pro version of the software.

Download Disk Drill for Windows, by clicking on the green Download tab on its home page.

Manage Trusted Root Certificates in Windows 8

In one of our earlier posts, we have seen what Root Certificates are. There may be times, when some companies or users may feel the need to manage and configure Trusted Root Certificates, so as to prevent other users in the domain from configuring their own set. In this post, we will see how to manage Trusted Root Certificates & add certificates to Trusted Root Certification Authorities store in Windows 8.1.

Manage Trusted Root Certificates in Windows

To add certificates to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store for a local computer, from the WinX Menu in Windows 8.1, open Run box, type mmc and hit Enter to open the Microsoft Management Control.

Press the File menu link and select Add/Remove Snap-in. Now under Available snap-ins, click Certificates,and then click Add.

Click OK. In the next dialog box, select Computer account and then on Next.
Now select Local computer and click on Finish.
Now, back in MMC, in the console tree, double-click on Certificates and then right-click on Trusted Root Certification Authorities Store. Under All tasks, select Import.
The Certificate Import Wizard will open.
Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the process.

Now let us see how to configure and manage trusted root certificates for a local computer. Open MMC and press the File menu link and select Add/Remove Snap-in. Now under Available snap-ins, click Group Policy Object Editor,and then click Add. Select the computer whose local GPO you want to edit, and click Finish / OK.
Now, back in the MMC console tree, navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings. Next Public Key Policies. Double-click Certificate Path Validation Settings, and then select the Stores tab.

Here, select the Define these policy settings, Allow user trusted root CAs to be used to validate certificates and Allow users to trust peer trust certificates check boxes.

Finally under Root Certificate stores, select the root CAs that the client computers can trust and click OK.

To see how you can manage trusted root certificates for a domain and how to add certificates to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store for a domain, visit Technet.