Honey Boo Boo Says She Doesn’t ‘Act Black’ On Instagram
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is denying charges from social media users of “acting black” on Instagram. RELATED: Mama June Shows Off Dramatic Weight Loss With 'Baywatch'-Inspired Bathing Suit Photos. The 12-year-old reality star posted a series of videos in her Instagram stories addressing … Read More
WhatsApp Beta for Windows Phone, Android to allow group description
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app, is currently testing a new feature in the beta release of Android and Windows Phone app. In the latest beta, the instant messaging app allows adding a group description to group chats. As of now, the description could be edited by members of the … …
WhatsApp enables descriptions for group chats
The feature could come in handy, especially when group chats are created for a particular purpose, such as an event, meeting, or any other occasion. However, access to this feature could lead to regular modifications, or further still, misuse of power. To counter this, WhatsApp said admins would be able … …
WhatsApp now lets you add group description, Messenger-like stickers coming soon
WhatsApp now lets you add description to your groups. The feature seems to be available to Android users only. The roll-out comes shortly after the feature was spotted in one of the latest beta versions of WhatsApp for Windows Phone. Group description is different from the group names on WhatsApp. …
Twitter sets crackdown on automated ‘bot’ accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Twitter announced on Wednesday (Feb 21) a crackdown on accounts powered by software "bots" which can artificially amplify a person or cause and which have been accused of manipulating the social network during the 2016 US election. The San Francisco messaging … Read More
Twitter suspends thousands of suspected bots, angering some human users
The social media service Twitter is believed to have suspended thousands of accounts for being automated bots, or for other policy violations, drawing outcry from fringe conservative media figures who lost followers in the move. Many of these figures, such as pro-Trump host Bill Mitchell and white … Read More
Twitter sets crackdown on automated ‘bot’ accounts
Posting duplicative content, replies, or mentions from an array of accounts one controls, by hand or by bot, is forbidden, according to Twitter. … Twitter announced Wednesday a crackdown on accounts powered by software "bots" which can artificially amplify a person or cause and which have been … Read More
Facebook Now Has a Music Licensing Deal With a Major European Rights Company
The partnership, which includes 290,000 rights-holders across 160 territories, will help provide royalty payments whenever an ICE-represented song is used on Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, and Messenger. The deal does not include WhatsApp, since the app does not require music licensing … Read More
Facebook’s Hardware Chief Says ‘Biggest’ AR/VR News Coming in May
Bosworth didn't expand on his remarks, made on Twitter, but Facebook has been working on several new products in the category, people familiar with the matter have said. The company is working on two smart speaker devices, including a model with interactive video-chat capabilities, Bloomberg … Read More
‘Abhorrent’ Hoax Facebook Posts Are Claiming the Florida School Shooting Survivors Are ‘Crisis …
“Hoax images that attack the victims of last week's tragedy in Florida are abhorrent,” Tessa Lyons, a product manager at Facebook, said in a statement reported by CNET. “We are removing this content from Facebook.” A number of posts on the website have targeted 17-year-old survivor, David Hogg, … Read More