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Share: KARACHI-In a step towards facilitating passengers for online confirmation of tickets and seats, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced WhatsApp chatbot. According to the national flag carrier, with the help of the chatbot, passengers can get guidance on ticket confirmation, seat and other matters before their flight. Moreover, passengers can check their flight schedule and timings with the help of WhatsApp. “PIA is stepping ahead further for customer support services by introducing another value-added service WhatsApp chatbot,” read the tweet shared on official handle of PIA.  It is pertinent to mention here that in the past, passengers used to visit offices or call a helpline to access these services. Share:

Meta-owned WhatsApp is widely rolling out a new feature for iPhone users. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, the latest WhatsApp for iOS 23.5.77 update brings the ability to extract text right off an image. Available on Apple App Store, the update’s changelog, however, does not mention the text detection feature. It only states the ability to record a voice note and share it through Status along with other features. But WaBetaInfo in its report confirms that more people who install the update will be able to use this feature. What is WhatsApp text detection feature? The feature enables users to extract text from images shared on WhatsApp. Once the feature is available, users will need to open an image that contains text and they will see a new button that lets them copy text from the image. Readers must note that the feature is only available on iOS 16 as WhatsApp uses iOS 16 APIs to detect text within images. Additionally, the feature is not compatible with view once images for added privacy. In other news, WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will make it easier to recognize messages received from unknown contacts in WhatsApp group

Date 3/18/2023 3:00:05 AM (MENAFN- IANS) San Francisco, March 18 (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature for some beta testers on Android and iOS which allows users to see a list of groups they have in common with the contact they are searching for.Beta users will see a new 'Groups in common' section when searching for contacts within the search bar, reports WABetaInfo.The new feature gives users more information when searching for contacts within the search bar.It is currently available for some testers, and is expected to be rolled out to more users over the coming days, the report said.This feature is the same as the one rolled out on WhatsApp Desktop, which allows users to see the groups they have in common with their contacts without opening their chat information to see the list of groups in common.Meanwhile, last week, it was reported that the messaging platform was rolling out a new 'approve new participants' feature in group settings for some beta testers on Android and iOS.--IANSaj/shb/ MENAFN18032023000231011071ID1105806956 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images

But there is a catch. The feature requires iOS 16 to be installed on your iPhone March 18, 2023 / 05:59 PM IST (Representative Image) Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp short messaging service has reportedly launched a tool that will allow iOS users to copy text from images but there is a catch.According to WABetaInfo, the feature uses iOS 16's APIs, which means it will only work on iPhones with iOS 16 installed.The feature uses the iPhone camera for text recognition and copies any text it finds on an image. To use it, you go to WhatsApp app and open the image that contains text. You will see an option that will let you copy text.WhatsApp for iOS 23.5.77: what's new?After announcing voice status updates within the official changelog on the App Store, WhatsApp is now rolling out the ability to extract text right out of an image to everyone!https://t.co/tkehS2T6pl— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 16, 2023This feature won't work with images set to "view once" due to security reasons.Also Read | Assam boards question paper sold for up to Rs 3,000 on WhatsApp: PoliceApart from this, iOS users also get two more features — a tool that turns images into stickers, and a new

Pulling text out of an image has never been easier. The hugely popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp has started to roll out a feature that makes it easier for people to extract text from an image that they received. The new WhatsApp feature is only available to iPhone users thanks to a new iOS 16 API that the app's latest update now employs. While WhatsApp's latest App Store release notes don't make a big deal about the feature's arrival, we're told that it's there. The WhatsApp beta watchers at WABetaInfo say that while those release notes don't mention a thing about image text extraction, some people who have updated to WhatsApp version 23.5.75 have already reported seeing the feature go live. The report also suggests that the new feature is still being rolled out to people. adding that it "can also confirm that more people that will install this version of WhatsApp can finally extract text right out of images." Testing whether the feature has been enabled on your specific account is easy - just open an image that contains text and you should finally see a new button that lets you copy that text out. You will of course

The government has launched a WhatsApp chatbot to register consumer complaints. It was jointly launched by the ministry of consumer affairs, the conversational platform GupShup, and messaging platform WhatsApp. To register a complaint, earlier consumers had to reach out to National Consumer Helpline (NCH) through the app or log in to the helpline portal. The new 24X7 WhatsApp chatbot will allow logging in a complaint within a short time. Currently, NCH receives the highest number of complaints from e-commerce, banking, telecom, and digital payment modes. The chatbot is available in both English and Hindi. Consumers can send message to 8800001915 to register complaints, check the status of the filed complaints, and read frequently asked questions (FAQ) within the same chatbot. Alternatively, consumers can scan the QR code on NCH’s website to enter the chat. “The launch of the WhatsApp chatbot for filing consumer complaints is a step forward in our efforts to empower consumers through awareness and education and underpins our efforts on consumer protection in India. We are committed to providing access to efficient query resolution and redressal mechanisms to consumers and the WhatsApp chatbot is a significant step in that direction,” said Nidhi Khare, additional secretary, Department of

Steven Senne/AP As SVB careened towards catastrophe, some 50 founders, VCs, economists and comms experts gathered in a WhatsApp group to draft a memo calling for urgent preservation of its deposits for the sake of the broader economy. Then they sent it to Washington. Just after 5:30 pm Pacific on Saturday, a memo started making the rounds among policymaker staff. Called “United States Cascade Bank Failure Scenario,” the private document laid out the case for why the U.S. government needed to take “decisive action” to avoid a continued bank run in the wake of the abrupt closure of Silicon Valley Bank. “Today, most Americans assume the SVB failure is contained to the tech economy, but this is not true,” the document said, before laying out a primer on how SVB collapsed and the dire consequences for inaction — insolvency for regional banks, massive job cuts and the loss of banking services for wide swaths of the country, far from Silicon Valley. “The risks to the U.S. economy could be sudden, severe, and extensive,” it warned. Whereas some prominent voices in tech took to Twitter for all-caps concern tweets, the memo was unsigned, but it was authored by a coterie of

Former BBC staffers have expressed concerns about the leaked WhatsApp and email messages suggesting the corporation bowed to pressure from No 10 to avoid using the word “lockdown” at the start of the pandemic and to turn up criticism of Labour.Rob Burley, a former senior editor in charge of political programmes, described the messages as “very troubling” while veteran BBC journalist John Simpson stressed that it was “not our job to do Downing Street’s bidding”.The messages revealed by the Guardian on Tuesday date from 2020 to 2022, and show the BBC coming under pressure from No 10 over the corporation’s political reporting.One email shows a senior editor informing correspondents that Downing Street was requesting them not to use the word “lockdown” in relation to the shutdown ordered by Boris Johnson on 23 March 2020 – the day the first lockdown was announced.Another WhatsApp message asked correspondents to “turn up the scepticism a bit” towards Labour after a complaint from Downing Street that the corporation was not reflecting the “mess” of the opposition’s call for plan B Covid measures.Burley said the messages were “very troubling evidence of the way that BBC executives operate in relation to government and how they put

Merchants can easily initiate a payment request as a WhatsApp message to their customers and get real-time notifications when payments are made by integrating WhatsApp Payments into WATI's platform.WATI's flow builder provides seamless integration with WhatsApp payments in a few easy clicks. WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox), an end-to-end WhatsApp API solution for SMBs, today announced its partnership with one of the largest aggregators of EV chargers across India, Pulse Energy. WATI has built a custom automated flow for Pulse Energy, using its low-code flow builder and out-of-the-box integration with WhatsApp payments. According to the IVCA-EY-Induslaw report, EVs account for 1.1 percent of total vehicle sales and are expected to account for 39 percent of total automotive sales by CY27. However, there are only 1,742 charging stations at present and the number is expected to increase to 100,000 units by 2027 to meet growing demand. At present, the EV charging process is primarily app driven and a large majority of these users are non-English speakers. In order to align itself with India's EV mission and accelerate growth, Pulse Energy launched a project to decipher how to reduce the cognitive load required to start and stop any charging station across the country.

F1 drivers are among the most popular and recognizable athletes in the world. Throughout the year, they travel to different places around the world, where they drive the fastest cars around the most exciting circuits and entertain millions of fans. However, when George Russell revealed what goes on in their WhatsApp group, it becomes evident that they are human after all! Drivers may clash on the track, develop rivalries or even take verbal jabs at each other but when it comes to issues that affect the whole of F1, they come together. Hence, it’s only natural that they have a WhatsApp group of their own, where they talk about various things and also share banter. George Russell is the type of guy who posts shirtless photos on social media 😜😁 pic.twitter.com/aXWDZBmVgn — Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) July 19, 2022 In 2022, Russell confirmed the existence of this group, and in a recent interview, the Brit also shared what kind of content is passed around in it. While mostly, they share banter, there are times when an incident that occurred on track makes them talk about it extensively. They also share jokes and memes about the same, which makes the