WhatsApp blocking Telegram links on Android

Facebook-owned popular messaging service WhatsApp has been found blocking links to rival messaging app Telegram. Although you can send/receive Telegram links, they appear as non-clickable (just plain text) and you cannot copy/forward them (see screenshot below).
In general, it looks like any link having 'telegram' as a sub-domain is affected. Only WhatsApp's Android app is currently exhibiting this behavior, which was first spotted by users on Reddit. A new update pushed yesterday is said to be the culprit - it didn't bump the app version, which remains at 2.12.367.
On its part, Telegram has confirmed the situation, but the company doesn't seem much concerned. "Typically after a media backlash, FB steps back and blames their intelligent filtering for the problem," a Telegram spokesperson said. "We expect the same to happen this time as well." Facebook and WhatsApp are yet to comment.
It's worth mentioning that Telegram recently received some bad press over the fact that the company knowingly allowed members of the Islamic State terrorist organization to use the app.

Windows 10 Mobile for Xiaomi Mi 4 officially launching this week

Windows 10 Mobile for the Xiaomi Mi 4 will be released this week - on December 3, according to a new teaser (shown below) posted by the Chinese company’s Founder and President Lin Bin on Weibo.
This comes nearly nine months after Microsoft and Xiaomi entered into an agreement to provide support for the Windows 10 Technical Preview on the Mi 4 handset.
For those who aren't already aware, the recently unveiled Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 tablet also has a Windows 10 version that comes only in 64GB memory configuration and carries a price tag of around $205.

Egypt Coach Rains Fire, Says Nigeria Will Not Get The Olympic Ticket. culled from NAIJA.COM

The national u-23 coach of Egypt, Hossam El-Badry, has vowed to stop Nigeria’s Dream Team VI from going through to the knockout stages of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations and then consequently getting the ticket to the Rio 2016 Olympic games.

Hossam El-Badry

El-Badry boasted that despite their 1 – 1 draw against Algeria in their opening encounter at the ongoing championship in Senegal, his team will beat Nigeria and Mali and progress to the semi-finals, Vanguard reports.

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The tactician blamed goalkeeper Mosaad Awad for his lack of concentration which allowed USM Alger attacking midfielder Zinedine Ferhat to equalize for Algeria, after Mahmoud ‘Kahraba’ Abdel-Moneam  had put his team ahead in the 54th minute.
He said: “Keeper Awad’s error cost the team a goal but such kind of errors are frequent in football.”
“We were close to winning the game, especially in the first half, but we failed to capitalise on our goal-scoring chances.
“We didn’t lose the game. There are two matches remaining in the group phase and we are determined to earn positive results in these games to advance into the semis.” 
The Flying Eagles will square-up against the Egyptians who will be looking forward to their first win at the tournament against Nigeria on Wednesday December 2, 2015.