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 A smartphone with a displayed Meta logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoSAO PAULO, March 2 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank on Thursday approved Meta Platforms' (META.O) payments launch for small and medium-sized business in Brazil via its messaging application WhatsApp, building on the app's existing local peer-to-peer payment system.The approval comes as Meta seeks to use the Brazilian market as a key test space for business messaging, an area that has assumed greater urgency as Meta's core advertising business has stalled.WhatsApp users in Brazil have been able to make payments between users through the application since 2021, but the new development clears the way for merchants to receive payments."Soon, WhatsApp users will be able to pay for products and services directly in a conversation with Mastercard and Visa debit and credit cards," Guilherme Horn, head of WhatsApp Latin America, said in a Linkedin post.Shortly after the central bank's greenlight, Meta's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said on his Instagram broadcast channel that "people will be able to pay small businesses right on WhatsApp".Latest UpdatesView 2 more stories "Excited to roll this out soon," he said.Reporting by Peter Frontini and Andre

Matt Hancock's handling of the COVID pandemic has come under fresh scrutiny following a leaked trove of more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages.An investigation by The Daily Telegraph alleges the former health secretary rejected testing advice on care homes and expressed concern this could get in the way of meeting his targets. The MP strongly denied the "distorted account" with a spokesman alleging the conversations, leaked by journalist Isabel Oakeshott after she worked on his Pandemic Diaries memoir, have been "spun to fit an anti-lockdown agenda".Former chancellor George Osborne and Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg are also the subject of some of the messages.Politics live: Government 'considered ordering death of all pet cats'Here, Sky News looks at the key exchanges that reportedly took place:Hancock says care home testing 'muddies' waters The Telegraph's investigation claims chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty told the then health secretary in April 2020 there should be testing for "all going into care homes".Mr Hancock described it as "obviously a good positive step".But the messages suggest he ultimately rejected the guidance, telling an aide the move just "muddies the waters".According to the investigation, he said: "Tell me if I'm wrong but I would rather leave it out

WhatsApp groups and WhatsApp communities enable you to stay in touch with several people at a time, but many users haven't been able to understand the difference between the two. What features set WhatsApp groups and communities apart from one another? This guide to help you understand the differences between a WhatsApp community and a WhatsApp group. 1. The Number of Members In November 2022, WhatsApp changed the number of members that can be added to a group. WhatsApp allows you to add up to 1024 members in one group. This figure was initially 254, raised to 512, and ultimately to 1024. It helps businesses and professionals on WhatsApp to stay connected. WhatsApp community is a directory feature, a way to organize groups under one umbrella, allowing you to reach more audiences effectively. The admin can add a total of 50 groups or 5000 people to WhatsApp community announcement group. You can start adding members and groups right after creating a WhatsApp community. 2. Content Sharing WhatsApp communities and groups are different in terms of content sharing. Users can send texts and media in groups, react to messages, create polls, and mention others. All members can share their desired content

WhatsApp has rolled out a new update on iOS that brings the ability to create custom stickers from photos saved in the gallery. This feature allows users to use any photo from the Photo app on iPhone as WhatsApp stickers without the need of any third party apps.All that said, this is the first time iOS users will be able to create custom WhatsApp stickers as previous solutions only included Android platform and iOS users had to use an Android to first create a sticker pack and then forward those stickers to their iPhone via WhatsApp. If you are looking to create some fun WhatsApp stickers using the photos saved in the Photos app on your iPhone, here’s our step-by-step guide for you. In addition to this, we will also talk about a few things that you should know about creating custom stickers using WhatsApp on iPhone. Things you need to know about creating custom stickers on iPhoneFirst foremost, you’ll need an iPhone running iOS 16 or newer as the feature relies on iOS 16’s API that allows users to separate the subject from a photo with a long press. The photo must be taken using Portrait mode otherwise iOS

Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA Web Desk |Updated: Feb 28, 2023, 11:13 AM ISTWhatsApp. (Image: WABetaInfo)WhatsApp rolled out a custom sticker maker for Windows users last year. The tool allows users to create their own stickers using images on their device. Until now, the option to create a custom WhatsApp sticker was only available to Windows users but now, the company is rolling out the feature for Apple iPhone users as well. According to a report by WABetaInfo, the Facebook-owned messaging platform has rolled out a new beta update for Apple iOS users that comes with the ability to convert images into stickers. The new feature eliminates the need for third-party applications to create stickers, reports WABetaInfo. After extracting a subject out of an image, users just need to paste it within a chat to create a custom sticker from an image. If the feature is available, the platform will instantly turn the image into a sticker that can be added to the user's collection of stickers. This tool was available to some users in the past few days, however, now it is rolling out to everyone on iOS 16. Users now don't have to switch

WHATSAPP can be great if you know all the ins and outs – but mistakes are easy to make. We've picked three common WhatsApp woes and reveal how to fix them quickly. 1Disappearing Messages is a great WhatsApp feature – try it out todayCredit: WhatsApp Not using self-deleting texts WhatsApp recently added a feature that will automatically self-destruct new texts after a day. The new update is aimed at boosting your privacy – by destroying old WhatsApp messages. You can set Disappearing Messages to automatically turn on for all new chats – without affecting existing conversations. And two new durations have been added for Disappearing Messages, 24 hours and 90 days. So now you can choose from four options in total: 24 hours, 7 days, 90 days or Off. Go to Settings > Account > Privacy and then turn on Default Message Timer. This feature only rolled out a few weeks ago, so make sure you've updated WhatsApp to its latest version. Bear in mind that this system isn't perfect. Someone could still screenshot or copy your texts to keep a record of them. So if you really want to keep something off the internet, consider not posting it – unless you're messaging someone

Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Feb 27, 2023, 01:33 PM ISTMeta-owned WhatsApp is one of the most used apps. Whether it is for personal use or business, many people rely on WhatsApp for better communication. What started off as a simple messaging app is now growing steadily over the years. Today, we will dig deep into the app and list out some useful WhatsApp features that you may have missed. Here are 10 secret WhatsApp tips and tricks for Android or iOS. Pin important chats: You can pin important chats on top of the chat list for easy access. Simply swipe right on the chat you want to pin, and tap on the pin icon. Use WhatsApp without a phone number: You can use WhatsApp without a phone number by downloading a third-party app called TextNow, which provides you with a free virtual phone number. Format your text: You can format your text by adding asterisks (*) before and after a word for bold, underscores (_) for italics, and tildes (~) for strikethrough. READ | Zee Cine Awards 2023 Winners List: Alia Bhatt, Kartik Aaryan win Best Actor awards, The Kashmir Files wins Best Film

ChatGPT may write your WhatsApp text replies, is it really necessary to give AI the reins? Pakyong, 27 Feb: An AI-based chatbot called ChatGPT can have natural and human-like conversations with people. The chatbot may now be integrated with WhatsApp, unquestionably the most widely used messaging service in the world, thanks to a recent update. Developer Daniel Gross built this integration by utilizing Java Script to enable ChatGPT to respond to WhatsApp messages. To carry out this WhatsApp-ChatGPT connection, Gross has shared the files and posted all the necessary information. A language library must be downloaded by the user. They must then execute the “server.py” file from the “WhatsApp-gpt-main” file to start the ChatGPT setup on WhatsApp. After the server is up and running, users can configure their registered phone number on the OpenAI chat page by typing “Is,” pressing enter, and choosing “python server.py.” To verify their account, customers simply need to click the “Confirm I am a Human” button. Why integrating WhatsApp with ChatGPT is risky The developers of ChatGPT and WhatsApp, OpenAI and Meta, respectively, have not publicly endorsed the feature. When using an unauthorised integration, such as the one made by Daniel Gross to make ChatGPT

New Delhi: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature, which will allow users to keep messages from disappearing on iOS and Android beta. This feature is rolled out to some beta testers after installing the latest beta version of the application from the Play Store and the TestFlight app, reports WABetaInfo. With the new feature, beta testers can now prevent the expiration of certain disappearing messages by using the "Keep" option. Kept messages are marked with a bookmark icon within the chat bubble and they are also listed within the "kept messages" section. Moreover, users in the conversation will still be able to control this feature. Users can unkeep messages in the chat by using the "unkeep" option, however, the group admins might be the only people with the ability to keep a message from disappearing if they have restricted who can edit the group info. The ability to keep messages from disappearing is currently available to some beta testers, and is expected to roll out to even more users over the coming days, the report said.

temporary messages from The WhatsApp It is a privacy function that after activating it will automatically delete all conversation content after 24 hours, 7 days or 3 months, remember that you and your contacts have the opportunity to choose this exact amount of time. All the photos and videos that you share or receive through WhatsApp are immediately stored in the gallery or internal folders of your smartphone, after downloading them of course, otherwise they will be automatically deleted if you have temporary messages turned on. Did you know that there is a trick to prevent the deletion of text files and media files multiplayer even with the aforementioned tool activated? It’s something we’ll let you know from Depor right away. Look: These are the iPhones that will finish WhatsApp on March 1st With the new tool called Saved Messages, you will be able to keep the texts and multimedia files of the conversation that enabled the disappearing messages function, something that has created confusion among users as it is against this privacy option. The trick to keep saving WhatsApp messages First, you have to download the trial version of The WhatsApp For iOS and Android users, for now, it