Get on a conference call in seconds by copying in this email address

Setting up conference calls can be a pain, but with this new service, it doesn’t have to be. All you need to do to set up your next meeting is copy in this email address: talk@anymeeting.com.

Anymeeting, the company behind the new service, launched it today to help reduce the friction to actually getting on a call. Once you copy in the email address, all attendees get a reply from Anymeeting with the conference call details.

The service doesn’t require an account to get on a conference call and the only limitation is you can’t have more than 200 attendees. This makes it great for a quick work phone call, setting up the football team or even a family call.

The only drawback I found when trying the service was that it signed me up to their newsletter once I’d used it, but it was easy enough to unsubscribe. There are paid plans available for Anymeeting’s more advanced service if you need fully-fledged phone conferencing.

If you need a quick, free, no frills service for getting on a conference call, Anymeeting’s new service might just do the trick.
Source : www.thenextweb.com

Send money to friend using FB Messanger

Today facebook adding a new feature in Messenger that gives people a more convenient and secure way to send or receive money between friends. This feature will be rolling out over the coming months in the US.

It’s easy and free.

To send money:

1. Start a message with a friend
2. Tap the $ icon and enter the amount you want to send
3. Tap Pay in the top right and add your debit card to send money

To receive money:

1. Open the conversation from your friend
2. Tap Add Card in the message and add your debit card to accept money for the first time

The money you send is transferred right away. It may take one to three business days to make the money available to you depending on your bank, just as it does with other deposits.

Secure Network

A dependable and trusted payments processor for game players and advertisers since 2007, Facebook processes more than one million transactions daily on the site and also handles all the payments processed on Messenger.

Incorporating security best practices into our payments business has always been a top priority. We use secure systems that encrypt the connection between you and Facebook as well as your card information when you ask us to store it for you. We use layers of software and hardware protection that meet the highest industry standards. These payment systems are kept in a secured environment that is separate from other parts of the Facebook network and that receive additional monitoring and control. A team of anti-fraud specialists monitor for suspicious purchase activity to help keep accounts safe.

The first time you send or receive money in Messenger, you’ll need to add a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a US bank to your account. Once you add a debit card, you can create a PIN to provide additional security the next time you send money. On iOS devices you can also enable Touch ID. As always, you can add another layer of authentication to your account at any time.

The new payments feature is rolling out in the coming months in the US across Android, iOS, and desktop.

Source : www.newsroom.fb.com

Activate WhatsApp Calling Feature

WhatsApp's latest voice calling feature that had been under testing is finally available. The WhatsApp voice calling feature is enabled in the latest version of the WhatsApp Messenger that is now available for download for Android devices on Google Play (version 2.11.561).

However, the feature doesn't come right away to the users. Those who want to have the voice calling feature will need an invite, in the form of a WhatsApp call from any other WhatsApp user who has the feature activated on his/her app.

The steps involved are fairly simple:

1. Go to Google Play and download/update the free WhatsApp Messenger app.

2. Ask any other WhatsApp user you know with the voice calling feature activated to call you via WhatsApp.

Post the call, a user can find the WhatsApp voice calling feature activated on their phones and a new 'Calls' tab to the left of the Chats and Contacts tab on the WhatsApp home screen.

While there have been unofficial APKs floating around promising the feature, but it is advisable that users install the app from Google Play or the official WhatsApp website.

How to enable WhatsApp voice calls (with root)

In case none of this is still working for you, there is another way for rooted users to force the feature onto their phones, but it is a bit of a pain, as you’ll need to be connected to your PC and open a terminal every time you want to WhatsApp call someone (until it is enabled permanently for you).

Just open a terminal emulator and enter the following command:

su -c am start -n com.whatsapp/com.whatsapp.HomeActivity