Chat with Leo: UBA Chat Banking Bot Now Available on Messenger and WhatsApp
“Hi, I’m LEO an artificial intelligence personality bringing banking through a simple conversation.” Honestly, if your favourite bank isn’t offering chatbots yet, then maybe open a new account with one that does. We first saw ‘Ada’ from Diamond Bank, and now we have ‘Leo’ by UBA. And just like we saw in Leo’s brief introduction […]
5 Ways to Secure Your WhatsApp
WhatsApp messaging has become an integral part of our social lives. We share memories, multimedia, bank account details, contacts and so on. With all the sensitive information we share on this platform, it’s imperative that we take steps to secure the app and keep our stuff private. Here are few steps to take to secure […]
Tip of the Day: How to Use WhatsApp Group Video Call
In a recent update, WhatsApp has now included support for group video calls or video conferencing in its mobile app. Group calling on WhatsApp was first announced by Facebook at its annual F8 developer conference in May this year. The new WhatsApp feature is now available for users around the world on iOS and Android. […]
Tip of the day: How to Hide Your WhatsApp Status from Specific Contacts
WhatsApp‘s Status update feature, which allows you to share photos, videos and GIF’s with your contacts, was introduced as a reinforcement of the previous status feature that no one ever sees unless they open your profile. Apparently, all Facebook-owned social and IM apps share the same feature too. By default, status updates are set to […]
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage on WhatsApp
If you are one of the many smartphone users who can’t fathom why their data bundle finishes so quickly, your favourite messaging app, WhatsApp may be responsible. Endless sharing of multimedia content (images, videos etc) on WhatsApp is one of the reasons your data bundle drains rapidly. Luckily, you can control the data consumed by […]
Whatsapp Business Launches New Services For SMEs
WhatsApp, a messaging platform has launched a new service, WhatsApp Business, which is aimed at small businesses that have used their accounts, a step closer to monetizing its free platforms. Currently, WhatsApp is focusing on getting the small businesses on its platforms for free, although it has plans to charge small businesses in the future. The app had been launched on Google Play […]
#Privacy: How to Hide Your Last Seen on WhatsApp
WhatsApp Last Seen is a timestamp you can see at the top of the screen on WhatsApp that shows when last you opened the app. Your contacts can check your last seen just by opening your chat with them, and they’ll have an idea of when you last opened WhatsApp. However, when a user comes […]
WhatsApp Ends Support for Old BlackBerry and Nokia Devices
Last year, we saw a number of tech giants ditching some of their non-profitable and or old products and services, in order to refocus their energies to build for the now. WhatsApp has long reigned as the most popular instant messaging app with billions of users worldwide. In a blog post released in 2016, the […]
2018 Social Media Trends That Would Influence Your Business
The year has begun in earnest, an increase in the power of social media trends that would affect both the users and brands have forced us to slowly examine what these trends are in Nigeria and how to harness these trends into productivity. As seen from the emerging issues of last year, Social norms are […]
How To Break Smartphone Addiction
Smartphones have, no doubt, been beneficial to us in many ways. A device that has totally changed how we communicate. It’s small enough to fit into the pocket, allows you to communicate with practically anyone on the surface of the earth, take incredible pictures, and access the collective data of individuals, really amazing! But just […]
WhatsApp Now Lets You Delete Sent Messages for All Recipients
In its most recent update, WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature called ‘delete for everyone’ which allows you delete or retract sent messages for all participants of the chat. In the IM ecosystem, message retraction isn’t quite a new thing. Chat apps like BBM already introduced the feature some years back. However, the more […]
Top 5 New Features Whatsapp Introduced in 2017
One would think that Whatsapp being the most popular messaging app in the world would cause them to relax, but that’s not the case, the brains behind Whatsapp continue to release new features on the app that keep them at the top. Here are a few recent Whatsapp updates this year that has been significant: […]
Can We Talk About Whatsapp Groups?
The advent of the internet has brought about speed and convenience in virtually every aspect of our lives. The Nigerian space has been no small beneficiary. Our unexplainable drive to churn out what we commonly call “Associations” or when we want to sound unique, “Progressive Unions”, has always left members exhausted or even frustrated about […]
WhatsApp Rolls Out New Status Update Feature
As part of its commitment to ensuring that messaging remains fun and engaging, WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature, or better put, they have revamped the old status update feature on the messaging platform. This is part of a long streak of updates released by the Facebook-owned company over the past few months. The […]
Zuckerberg-led Facebook takes over communication via WhatsApp Video
Zuckerberg-led Facebook isn’t backing down on taking over communication via text, audio and video. Months after launching Stories on Instagram, Facebook launched Video Calling for WhatsApp on Tuesday, the 15th. How-To (Android): First, update your WhatsApp on PlayStore else you won’t be able to make – or receive – video calls. Second (and this right […]
Video Calling Comes To WhatsApp
We’ve waited and waited and waited and finally it’s here. According to Android Authority, WhatsApp the world most popular messaging app is rolling out support for video calls on the android version of its app. This update is not yet available to everyone. It’s only available on the latest WhatsApp beta version for now. Using […]