How to add a bank account in WhatsApp Payment to send or receive money over UPI
I am sure you are already aware that WhatsApp has added a Payments feature in the messenger for some time now. In our previous guide, we walked you through a procedure on how to get a WhatsApp Payments feature enabled for yourself. Today, we will show you how you can …
Twitter appoints Parag Agrawal as Chief Technology Officer
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc appointed Parag Agrawal as Chief Technology Officer on Thursday, according to an update on the social media company's website. FILE PHOTO: The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo. Parag Agrawal, who joined … Read More
Twitter plans to give verification ticks to everyone (yes, that means you)
It comes after Dorsey admitted verification is "broken" on the platform, and a small team under Twitter product director David Gasca has been tasked to rethink how the verification system works. Originally intended for users to distinguish between the real and parody Twitter accounts of high profile … Read More
Science Has Confirmed How Fake News Spreads Faster Than Truth on Twitter
False news moved through Twitter "farther, faster, deeper and more broadly" than the truth, said Sinan Aral, a professor of information technology at MIT who studies social media networks. The study authors aimed to be apolitical in distinguishing what was true or false. They deliberately did not use the … Read …
Latvia thinks of temporary blocking of Facebook
The Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) is in active talks with management of major social networks regarding promotion of political parties in the internet, writes mixnews.lv. “It is not ruled out that if the talks bear no results, Latvia will need a court decision to block the Facebook … …
Jeremy Corbyn admits being member of controversial Facebook group
"I replied by Facebook message to a couple of things about a suggestion on the vote on recognising Palestine, which I supported, and inviting a doctor to speak at an event. "I have never trawled through the whole group. I have never read all the messages on it. I have …
Facebook Just Patented a Secret Robot That’s Basically R2-D2
Facebook Just Patented a Secret Robot That's Basically R2-D2 … Admittedly, the diagram in Facebook's patent doesn't look an awful lot like R2D2, which does feel like a wasted opportunity, but, then with Disney owning Artoo's likeness, the company can't exactly copy the famous astromech exactly. Read More
Social media sites harming pupils’ mental health, heads warn
Nearly all of those polled said that they had received reports of pupils being bullied on social media, with 40% saying incidents were reported on a daily or weekly basis, while almost all had received reports of pupils encountering material including sexual content, self-harm, bullying or hate speech, with … Read …
Comment – Abuse of our children can occur on any social media
I might be paraphrasing what Communications Minister Denis Naughten is saying, but his basic point is Facebook (including Instagram), Twitter and Snapchat are putting more effort into safety initiatives than smaller, newer services. In one sense he is right. Because of its size and pervasiveness, … Read More
Empowering our youth with social media guidance: Katie Coombs
1) There is nothing private about social media. Snapchat is probably one of the most dangerous applications that teenagers use and they feel safe sending inappropriate pictures because they disappear in seven seconds. But a screen-shot takes just a second and whatever is sent is now captured on a … Read …