Galaxy S9: Microsoft is treating us to another customised Samsung flagship
Once again TouchWiz remains in place, you just get a bunch of free apps, and the ability to add people to your network on LinkedIn right away. “A Microsoft customisation is applied to the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus Microsoft Edition when the devices are unboxed and connected …
Researcher creates ‘Instagram’ of immune system, blending science, technology
This allows the German native, who recently joined the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina's departments of immunology and dermatology, to accomplish an interesting feat. He creates a sort of 'Instagram' of a person's immune system. For cancer patients on experimental immunotherapy … Read More
Snapchat and Instagram removes Giphy feature due to racial slur GIF
Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw an extremely racist GIF as an option to add to their images. Snapchat confirms to TechCrunch “As soon as we were made aware, we removed the GIF and have disabled Giphy until we can be sure …
This royal family member just joined Instagram, so can Meghan Markle reactivate her account now?
If you try to do a Google search for “Meghan Markle Instagram,” you will come up empty-handed. The actress-turned-royal used to have a colorful Instagram and blog (rest in peace, The Tig), but once she and Prince Harry announced their engagement, she deleted her entire social media presence. Read More
How I lived without a smartphone for ten days
I had no clue what was happening in the WhatsApp groups I was part of, or on news websites. What would be the latest trending story? How would people be reacting to it? There was no means of googling who Elisha Grey is, or what exactly is happening in Syria. …
Laxmicoin doing rounds not legal tender: Officials
Over the past one week, several Whatsapp messages were doing the rounds asking people in Hyderabad to sign up for Laxmicoin following rumours of a new cryptocurrency by the government. Hyderabad: Over the past one week, several Whatsapp messages were doing the rounds asking people in … Read More
Using Whatsapp to break the law?
REGULATORS are having to change their way of looking at breaches as the world of the net has changed how information is transmitted. You also wonder if the creators of these new tech systems ever envisaged that their work would be part of criminal activity. From carrying boxes of paper …
Bruno Mars Is the Center of Twitter’s Latest Cultural Appropriation Debate
That's the debate posed by The Grapevine's video panel that's sparked a heated Twitter debate on Friday causing the pop star to become a trending topic. Over the two-part discussion, which lasted over 50 minutes, the speakers broke down their sides of the argument. Some panelist argued that Mars … Read …
Twitter Is Revamping Its Verification Process
According to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the San Francisco-based social media platform is developing a process to allow users to become verified in order to better distinguish real people from Russian trolls and bots. According to Dorsey, the move could help improve the overall dialogue on the platform … Read More
Twitter might be opening that big blue “verified” checkmark up to us poor, unwashed schlubs
We're reasonably sure Thomas More didn't have Twitter in mind when he wrote his 1516 speculative political masterpiece, Utopia. (Citation needed.) And yet, the internet micro-blogging site may soon be about to usher its users into More's hypothetical perfect society, with The Verge reporting today that … Read More