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The Facebook-owned messenger with 2 billion users revamps its privacy policy. WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger that claims to have privacy coded into its DNA, is giving its 2 billion plus users an ultimatum: agree to share their personal data with the social network or delete their accounts. The requirement is being delivered through an in-app alert directing users to agree to sweeping changes in the WhatsApp terms of service. Those who don’t accept the revamped privacy policy by February 8 will no longer be able to use the app. Share and share alike Shortly after Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, its developers built state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption into the messaging app. The move was seen as a victory for privacy advocates because it used the Signal Protocol, an open source encryption scheme whose source code has been reviewed and audited by scores of independent security experts. In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having acco

Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook The company has been heading toward a major crash for a long time. Facebook is starting to look desperate. Over the past weeks, the world's largest social network has taken out several full-page ads in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. The ads attacked Apple's new privacy changes, which Facebook claims will severely hurt small businesses, and "will change the internet as we know it--for the worse."  Facebook's recent desperation isn't surprising. It's the culmination of a series of events that began years ago, and that we've been building toward for a long time. How Facebook moved fast and broke things "Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough." --Mark Zuckerberg "Move fast and break things" was Facebook's official motto for years. It was intended to provide direction to

Facebook is bringing fundraisers for personal causes to the Instagram platform, which small businesses can utilize to raise money. “Starting today, we’re rolling out a new way to raise money on Instagram for a personal cause, like yourself, your small business, a friend or a cause that’s important to you. You can already raise money for personal causes on Facebook and we’re excited to bring this tool to Instagram.” A personal fundraiser on Instagram can be started by following the steps below: Navigate to your profile and tap “Edit Profile” Tap “Add Fundraiser” Tap “Raise Money” Choose a photo Add a fundraiser category Add details about the fundraiser Then submit the fundraiser for approval. Facebook Brings Small Business Fundraisers to Instagram Why Start a Fundraiser on Instagram? With 14 categories to choose from, fundraisers can be started for a wide array of different reasons. Chances are you’ve seen many of the different types on Facebook already. However, the ‘business’ category

Many farmland has been wasted and produce supply chain disrupted, Let us take a look while this skills is need in Agric business 1. People Are Searching For You Online As a marketer myself, I check Google trends all the time. Google is not only Google anymore. It has become Dr. Google. There are so many queries about or around coronavirus. However, people are not only searching for coronavirus trivia. They are searching for entertainment sources, essential services, and even grocery shops online and even how to prepare food. Of all the times, the current ones are not when it’s just fine to hide online. It’s time to make it easier for people to find your farm and agric business online, you can use dedicated platform like DayDone to sell online if you don't want to spend more time on this Many businesses including Agriculture have been taken advantage of the guidelines that pop up on Google on the trending queries. They are also taking into consideration how people are now checking

This is the second of this series. See the first Here   This is a stories and power of the beginning and control of them all, Facebook. We been using this platform as an advertorial one but this is changing and about to change. Especially for Online Store Small business owners can now host their e-commerce efforts on Facebook through its recently launched Facebook Shops, which the social media giant began rolling out on May 19, 2020. It’s not an entirely new product; instead, it’s a renaming and enhancement of its existing Facebook Page Shops offering. Learn how it works and whether it makes sense for your business. What is Facebook Shops? Facebook Shops is a full-fledged e-commerce solution. While it lacks some features of more advanced third-party e-commerce platforms, it lets customers to buy from businesses on Facebook without leaving the platform. Although Facebook Shops is only an incremental improvement over Facebook Page Shops, it goes a big step beyond the  Marketplace and Ins

Ecommerce Tools of the decade If you have an online store and you are yet to be harnessing and using this tools is and will be becoming more important to the survive and growth of your business. 1. WhatsApp 2. Facebook 3. Instagram Many of this tools are owned by the facebook family, but are integral force to recon with in the ecommerce space, now if you are yet to start using them. Let us start with; WhatsApp If you are yet to know that in the latest update of WhatsApp been tested in some country. Payment processor system have been launched, couple with WhatsApp business store catalogue. This can be a great deal in the ecommerce space About WhatsApp New Feature With over 2 billion users on WhatsApp, the tech giant is creating non-advertising revenue. WhatsApp added a feature for in-app payment, currently operational for only users in Brazil, its second-biggest market after India. It is free for consumers to use, however, businesses are charged a 4% processing fee. WhatsApp says in its