Blogger shows how our plastic consumption is destroying your Instagram holiday feed
While there are many valid, important reasons why plastic use should be limited, it can seem slightly pointless when you live somewhere so far removed from the effects of plastic pollution. Go on holiday to some of the most Instagrammable of locations, however, and you'll see exactly why we need …
Meet Miquela – the Instagram cyborg with 900k followers
She's a 19-year-old Brazilian American influencer, model and pop star who's Instagram is chock-full of photos of her sporting Chanel, Supreme and Prada. Among all the candid selfies, her feed also shows her hanging out with other models and musicians. And although she's got 900,000 followers, … Read More
These smartphone users may not get WhatsApp Business
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp tapped into a completely new market in India earlier this year by launching a new app for small and medium-sized firms – WhatsApp Business. While the app was launched for Android, over the weekend a report from MSpoweruser indicated the app to reach Windows 10 Mobile. Read …
WhatsApp beta for Android will notify contacts when they change number
WhatsApp beta for Android is getting a bunch of new features for the testers, recently WhatsApp got some new features on the Android beta app including audio message recording lock. Today, WhatsApp has rolled out a new beta update which enables the user to send notifications to all the contacts … …
DGP abused in police WhatsApp group over move to introduce beret caps
All personnel from the Thrissur armed reserve police camp are members of the WhatsApp group titled 'Sayudhasena Thrissur'. … beret cap for police personnel has met with stiff resistance from his colleagues, with the director general of police (DGP) being showered with abuses in a WhatsApp group. Read More
Twitter Says Bye-Bye to @Bitcoin
Bitcoin's rogue Twitter account @Bitcoin has been once again banned, re-igniting the relentless BTC/BCH debate. As of Sunday, April the 8th, the infamously free-spirited Bitcoin handle @Bitcoin has been reprimanded by Twitter, the social media giant suspending its account indefinitely. The account … Read More
Twitter is taking part in a study designed to reduce online abuse
Online abuse is a real problem, and it's an issue many critics have long accused Twitter of failing to adequately address. But right now Twitter is planning to help academics test a simple premise: If publications or social media outlets make an effort to make their rules more visible, will …
Twitter Cancels @Bitcoin Account as its CEO Invests in Competing Lightning Network
“So this is how free speech dies,” wrote Bitcoin Cash enthusiast Roger Ver on Twitter. “With thunderous applause.” Roger Ver, a former Bitcoin 'evangelist' who was once known as the 'Bitcoin Jesus', was responding to Twitter's decision to suspend the @Bitcoin account, an account that had been used … Read More
Zuckerberg to face angry lawmakers as Facebook firestorm rages
WASHINGTON: Amid a firestorm over Facebook's data privacy scandal, Mark Zuckerberg appears before US lawmakers this week with mounting pressure for new regulations for social media platforms. The 33-year-old chief executive is expected to face a grilling before a Senate panel on April 10, and … Read More
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says Facebook users’ data could be stored in Russia
The number of Facebook users affected by the recent data sharing scandal could exceed 87 million and records could be stored in Russia, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie said on Sunday. Wylie said that Aleksandr Kogan, whose quiz app harvested the data of tens of millions of … Read More