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  • First Bank excites social media users, launches chat banking on WhatsApp

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Determined to ensure effective service to its customers, First Bank of Nigeria on Thursday unveiled its chat banking on WhatsApp. Mr Chuma Ezirim, the bank’s Group Head, E-Business, said the application would enable customers leverage the real-time messaging capabilities of the WhatsApp Business Solution to check their account balance. Ezirim said that customers would also…

  • WhatsApp to start charging business users

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger service will start charging businesses for sending marketing and customer service messages, it said on Wednesday, as the social network company’s flagship brand faces slowing usage and revenue growth. The messages will be charged at a fixed rate for confirmed delivery, ranging from 0.5 cents to 9 cents per message depending on…

  • Information Minister cautions Nigerians on social media use

    Information Minister cautions Nigerians on social media use

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians on social media use. The Minister admonished Nigerians not to share any information they cannot vouch for on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp as a measure to curtail fake news menace. He made the admonition in Abuja at the launch of National Campaign against…

  • WhatsApp introduces new feature to curb fake news

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally that will highlight when a message has been forwarded and not composed by the sender. The messaging application made the move public on Tuesday through its official blog following calls from various parts of the world, including India, to tackle the spread of fake news.…

  • Users groan as Govt. imposes new tax on Facebook, WhatsApp, IG, others

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    A tax on the use of social media in Uganda has come into effect with many users complaining that it is costly and will also limit their freedoms. Telecommunication companies on July 1 started enforcing the excise duty charge on Over-The-Top services dubbed ‘social media tax’. The tax affects social media platforms such as Facebook,…

  • WhatsApp raises minimum age in Europe to 16

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, is raising its minimum age from 13 to 16 in Europe to help it comply with new data privacy rules coming into force in May. WhatsApp will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree new…

  • France builds WhatsApp rival due to surveillance risk

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    Bayo Millz
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    The French government is building its own encrypted messenger service to ease fears that foreign entities can spy on private conversations between top officials, France digital ministry said on Monday. None of the world’s major encrypted messaging apps, including Facebook’s (FB.O) WhatsApp and Telegram, a favorite of President Emmanuel Macron, are based in France, raising…

  • Patent infringement: BlackBerry files lawsuit against Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

    Patent infringement: BlackBerry files lawsuit against Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. “Defendants created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry’s innovations, using a number of the innovative security, user interface, and functionality enhancing features,” Canada-based BlackBerry said in a filing with…

  • WeChat officially crosses one billion monthly active users

    WeChat officially crosses one billion monthly active users

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Chief Executive Offer (CEO) Pony Ma of Tencent, parent company of WeChat on Monday has said accounts on the all-in-one WeChat app have crossed the one billion mark. Pony Ma revealed the figure on the sidelines of China’s parliamentary session underway in Beijing enthusing “WeChat’s worldwide monthly active users have surpassed the critical one billion…

  • WhatsApp suffers global outage

    WhatsApp suffers global outage

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    WhatsApp suffered a global outage on New Year’s Day 2018 for about an hour before the problem was fixed. A spokesperson of the messaging platform confirmed the development, but said experts at the social media firm immediately had no idea what happened. “WhatsApp users around the world experienced a brief outage today that has now…