The feature lets users answer calls with video or voice, as well as message back and forth with other users while they're on a call. Facebook Messenger also has a video calling feature. Currently, users can upload videos to their Instagram feed or broadcast a live Instagram stream, but they …

Life also rolled out a plan for WhatsApp users to keep messaging while overseas, without the need to tap on expensive roaming services. Called WhatsApp Passport, it costs S$2 a day and lets users send as many messages as they want in the 18 destinations that support it. These include …

Mrs Foster's photograph — along with the comment “Never mind the beast from the east, here's a c*** from the north” — was posted into a business WhatsApp group from the account of Dungannon councillor Denise Mullen. The DUP is calling on SDLP leader Colum Eastwood to take action against …

In the new Bill, admins of WhatsApp groups will be held accountable for any fake news spread through the platforms. “The administrator will be liable, the persons who forwards such information to another group or person will be accountable, everyone in that chain are liable to an offense,” the Garissa … …

Now Twitter founder and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced his company is going to try a different tack — but Dorsey's approach is arguably even more far-fetched than his Facebook peer Mark Zuckerberg's: It's an attempt to view Twitter's social mess as an engineering problem. Read More

Twitter has asked for help in devising a "health check" to measure its contribution to public conversation. It said it hoped to work with "outside experts" and is inviting proposals. Its chief executive, Jack Dorsey, said the platform's "instant, public, global messaging" had "real-world negative consequences" … Read More

These days, Twitter has built-in GIF functionality. When you're making a tweet, just click on the tiny 'GIF' icon and you'll get a massive selection of GIFs to suit any context. You can also search by keyword if you're looking for a niche GIF – so tap out 'Love Island' …

Kim Kardashian West is creating a celebrity prank series for Facebook Watch. The 10-episode series, called You Kiddin' Me, will be produced by Lionsgate and executively produced by Kardashian West, Jennifer O'Connell, Melissa Stokes, Brian Tannenbaum, and Peter M. Cohen. The producers say … Read More

More intimate than text but easier to record than video, Facebook hopes voice could get people sharing more on its aging social network. And internationally where users may have to deal with non-native language keyboards, voice lets them speak their mind without a typing barrier. Facebook is now … Read More

This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logo of US online social media and social networking service Facebook.News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson says Facebook and Google need to pay publishers for the contest they post in a manner similar to how cable TV providers pay media … Read More