Welcome to the Connected Church News by Natchi Lazarus.
This news item is part of the top 5 news (Week 4, Feb 2024) specially curated for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
WhatsApp has announced that they are launching new text formatting options inside the app. So if you are an organization that uses WhatsApp for ministry, whether it is internal communication or external communication, I know many of you use WhatsApp for inter-regional communication, whatever is the case, this is an important announcement for you. Because sometimes having these formatting options can help you communicate your ideas a little more clearly. For example, the new formatting options that they have introduced include bulleted list, which could be super useful, numbered list, block quote and inline code. Apart from that, you already have the existing formatting options, which is bold, italic, strikethrough, monospace, and all of it. So, pass this information on to your communications team so that they can start thinking about how to restructure your WhatsApp messages using these new formatting tools.
Here is the full list of the news items from Week 4, Feb 2024 with source links from Gemini AI, WhatsApp, Nvidia, Instagram, X.
🗞️ News 1: Google Launches ‘Gemini Business’; Brings AI into Performance Max
Source: Gemini | Google Ads
🗞️ News 2: Instagram Expands ‘Creator Marketplace’ to Eight New Countries
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 3: Nvidia Launches ‘Chat with RTX’ AI Chatbot That Runs Locally on a PC
Source: Nvidia
🗞️ News 4: X Starts Rolling Out Audio, Video Calls Feature for Non-Premium Users
Source: X
🗞️ News 5: WhatsApp Brings New ‘Text Formatting’ Including Lists, Block Quotes
Source: WhatsApp
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Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.
