
With the shift to the cloud, the setup time for integrating with the API will drop from weeks to only minutes, the company claims, so businesses can more quickly transition to WhatsApp’s API platform to communicate with their customers who have opted in to receive their messages. WhatsApp is launching new, cloud-based version of its WhatsApp Business API, hosted on parent company Facebook’s infrastructure. WhatsApp brings its Business API to the cloud to speed adoption Praise be! But there's also increased size for audio calls (they'll be able to accommodate 32 users), increased file sharing size to 2 GB, and the ability for admins to delete messages.Ģ021. Most notably, that includes emoji reactions. WhatsApp is also rolling out some general changes to Groups that also have a Slack-ish ring to them. Communities sounds a lot like Slack, the messaging platform that's extremely popular in the digital workplace. There will also be a mechanism for admins to send announcements to all the members. A "Community" will be composed of people who are all part of the same organization or group - WhatsApp gives the example of a school or apartment building - and sub-groups for people to discuss specific topics. So, while its value to the UK and US may seem pitiful at best, in Russia the acquisition of ICQ by such a large local company offers a possibility of new life.WhatsApp has added a new feature - Communities. Integration with, the Web-based email service of choice for millions of Russian internet users, is also likely. With the news of the DST acquisition, the several million-strong army expects ICQ to keep up with the times and open this protocol to third-party developers. There are over 11 million ICQ users in Russia alone, and that's if you don't count users of alternative clients that use ICQ's proprietary OSCAR protocol, such as Miranda or QIP. Next for ICQ in RussiaWhat Russian ICQ users are concerned about right now is what happens next. Enter "break icq number" in and you'll be exposed to another two million offers of anything from tips and tricks, to brute force password cracking databases and paid-by-SMS "services". And if the number of your dreams is not for sale, there's always the black market. There are hundreds of online stores such as selling UINs for anything upwards of one ruble, to the equivalent of hundreds of dollars or pounds.
