{"id":21139,"date":"2020-01-19T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=21139"},"modified":"2020-01-19T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:59:39","slug":"whatsapp-dubai-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/whatsapp-dubai-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Freak Out: No One Else Is Able To Send Images And Vnotes On WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp users in Dubai immediately rushed to Twitter after realising none of their images, voice notes and other multimedia files were sending on the app, on Sunday afternoon. 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