Author: Staff Reporter

02.12.18

How to get unblocked from all your WhatsApp ‘enemies’

BY Staff Reporter 2 MINUTE READ

Some of us may have experienced this once or twice before, that awkward moment when you get blocked on WhatsApp. For those of us who have and still are victim of this, there is good news. There is a way that you can get unblocked on WhatsApp. Here’s how:

In order to unblock yourself on WhatsApp from an Android device, there are a few steps that have to be followed.

It involves deleting your WhatsApp account and uninstalling the app. Then, reinstalling the app from Play Store and setting up a new account. This will eventually unblock you from all your contacts.

1. Deleting WhatsApp

First open WhatsApp Messenger on your Android device. Search for the ⋮ (settings) icon, located in the top-right corner of your screen. When tapped, the icon will present a drop-down menu.

Then tap “settings” and then “account”, which is located next to a key icon, just below your profile. Once you tap “account”, navigate to the last icon which reads “delete my account”.

A pop-up will appear which tells you that you will be removed from all your WhatsApp groups and your message history will be erased.

The next step is to select your country and insert your phone number, associated with your account, in the allocated field.

Then, tap the orange “delete my account” button at the bottom of your screen.

This action will need to be confirmed on the next page.

Then, uninstall the WhatsApp Messenger app and restart your Android device.

This action will delete all temporary cache files from your device.

2. Re-installing WhatsApp

Open the Google Play Store on your Android device and search WhatsApp Messenger.

Then, tap the green “Install” button next to Whatsapp.

Once the download is complete, tap the green “open” button which will transfer you to WhatsApp.

Accept the terms and conditions and WhatsApp will prompt you to set up a new account.

When you have completed all the necessary fields, you will then have to verify your phone number with an SMS text message.

Finally, your new account will then be unblocked from all the contacts who previously blocked your old account.

– BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE 

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Breaking: Bank of Baroda is leaving South Africa

BY Staff Reporter 2 MINUTE READ
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Monday announced that Bank of Baroda had notified the Office of the Registrar of Banks of its exit from South Africa.
 
The Registrar, which is part of SARB, is in discussions with the Bank of Baroda (BoB) to ensure its orderly withdrawal from South Africa. The banks says this is to ensure that no depositor is disadvantaged. 
 
An anodyne footnote to the BoB’s quarterly results made mention of a fine levied by SARB, back in June 2017.
 
A sum of R11 million was insignificant for an institution the size of BoB. No further details were given; the penalty passed unnoticed in India.
 
SARB’s actions pointed to BoB’s involvement in State Capture, in the wake of allegations that President Jacob Zuma was under the influence of, Uttar Pradesh, Ajay, Atul, and Rajesh Gupta, collectively known as “The Guptas”.
BoB’s has attracted speculation from South African regulators, political leaders and the media for it’s role as Gupta family’s banker of choice.
 
In a statement on it’s website, BoB said, “In this regard we would like to clarify that the South African operations of Bank of Baroda (Bank) have always been conducted in accordance with the laws and regulations of the South African Reserve Bank and the Reserve Bank of India. 
 
We reiterate that the Bank has at all times acted in good faith and all activities of the Bank have been conducted in a professional and transparent manner.
 
The client relationship which is subject matter of the media reports is sub-judice and the Bank is also bound by client confidentiality. It is also the policy of the Bank to not comment on speculative reports.  The Bank, having due regard for all lawful requirements, remains  committed to cooperate with the regulators for all enquiries in this connection”.
 
BoB shares increased by over 7% ( 7.83 % ) after multiple brokerages remained optimistic on the counter even after BoB registered a dip of 56% in its net profit at Rs 112 crore for the third quarter to December. 
 
The South African Reserve Bank has said that it currently has no further comments on the matter.
 
– BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE 
 
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WhatsApp launches peer-to-peer payments in India

BY Staff Reporter < 1 MINUTE READ

WhatsApp first announced the feature in April 2017, the company finally took the leap and launched the peer-to-peer payments service in beta in India, one of its most important markets.

A select amount of users in India have noticed the feature popping up in both the iOS and Android version of WhatsApp, with many celebrating the launch on Twitter.

WhatsApp chose the country because the app is hugely popular in India.

Mobile analytics firm App Annie, confirmed this data stating that the Indian WhatsApp user base is more than 200 million daily active users, with India surpassing the US.

WhatsApp has reportedly signed up a number of Indian banks to help bolster its payments service.

The company also makes use of the Indian government’s Unified Payments Interface, or UPI, framework, which allows for instant transfer between participating banks.

It’s not clear when the service will launch to rest of the world.

– BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE

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02.09.18

20 richest people in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

BY Staff Reporter 2 MINUTE READ

The cryptocurrency world offers investors to claim overnight fortune and fame. This is because the cryptocurrency value has been booming since its first inception.

We take a look at nineteen of the richest people in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which may well inspire you to enter the digital currency phenomenon.

With the popularity and profit yield of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Forbes has released a new report on the nineteen richest people based on their estimated holdings in cryptocurrency.

These statistics are based on estimated holdings or cryptocurrencies, post-tax profits from trading crypto-assets and stakes in crypto-related businesses.

These are locked in the estimates, using prices on 19 January 2018.

Although the report aims to reveal every cryptocurrency millionaire, the report acknowledges that not all millionaires will be presented on the list, due to the secretive nature of bitcoin.

The list also exclusively pin-points only the richest of the rich in the digital phenomenon because people would have to be in possession of a minimum of $350 million in order to make the cut on the list.

Also, the findings show that the average age of the cryptocurrency’s richest people was just 42. This is remarkably lower than the average age of the Forbes 400 list which is 67.

Meanwhile, a secret code, hidden in a Satoshi Nakamoto painting has finally been solved which revealed a $50 000 Bitcoin wallet. The artwork which was first published online in early 2015, is by Rob Myers.

He goes under the pseudonym, @coin_artist. The Nakamoto puzzle contained a code that revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the full wallet of bitcoins.

After being held in the wallet for nearly three years, the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.

It is reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the bitcoin, after searching online for puzzles related to crypto-currencies. The programmer allegedly asked to conceal his identity as he lived in a country where it was “not safe” to own Bitcoin.

The puzzle encoded a series of zeros and ones, in complicated rows of flames painted around the edge of the canvas.

Interestingly, the colour and shapes of each flame determined a four-character piece of the binary series. The further part of the code was represented by six ribbons of different lengths in the bottom right-hand corner.

Once all of these codes were worked out and pieced together, the puzzle-solver was able to translate the full string of zeros and ones into a Bitcoin private key with the assistance of a simple computer program.

It wasn’t surprising that it had taken so long for someone to solve the painting’s code, said Peter Todd, a cryptography consultant.

“Puzzles like that one aren’t things you can just throw computing power at – they’re genuine brain puzzles”.

– BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE 

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