{"id":388321,"date":"2020-04-09T13:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=388321"},"modified":"2020-04-17T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T06:45:49","slug":"discovery-is-testing-a-new-whatsapp-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/388321\/discovery-is-testing-a-new-whatsapp-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery is testing a new WhatsApp service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has invited select clients to test its new WhatsApp help service called &#8216;Ask Discovery&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that the service features a bot and will allow users to ask a question or ask for an important document and receive an immediate answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ask Discovery, our service bot, is available on WhatsApp. You can ask a question or ask for an important document and receive an immediate answer. Discovery WhatsApp is available any time of day,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>How to register<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confirm your phone number on the group&#8217;s registration page<\/li>\n<li>Log in to the Discovery website<\/li>\n<li>Type in the one-time password that Discovery will send to your phone to complete your registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Discovery2-e1586433182778.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388659\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Discovery2-e1586433182778.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A BusinessTech journalist was able to sign up for the service, to confirm that it is active.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Discovery10-e1586433116240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388655\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Discovery10-e1586433116240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discovery was asked for comment about the new service but had not replied at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Active meanwhile, says that its members can earn Vitality points for completing workouts at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30 minutes = 100 Vitality points <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have worked in partnership with the Vitality team, to ensure that we continue to reward you for keeping active during these uncertain and challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For every workout, or combination of workouts, over 30 minutes you can earn 100 Vitality points per day, for this lockdown period. Each day you will have a new opportunity to earn points just by doing another 30+ minute workout,&#8221; Virgin Active said.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that Vitality has also launched Vitality at Home, a new platform to help keep members healthy and stay rewarded while they achieve their fitness and nutrition goals at home.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/388037\/whatsapp-is-making-changes-to-its-messaging-system-to-curb-coronavirus-fake-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WhatsApp is making changes to its messaging system to curb coronavirus fake news<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has invited select clients to test its new WhatsApp help service called &#8216;Ask Discovery&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":245533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,9878],"tags":[4883,26],"class_list":["post-388321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","category-technology","tag-discovery","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388321"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388663,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388321\/revisions\/388663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}