Instagram launches in-platform shopping function for retailers
The feature, Instagram shopping, has been available in the United States since October 2017 but was rolled out in Australia on 21 March. Instagram shopping allows retailers to affix tags displaying product and pricing information to items in their photos. The feature can also link directly to the product … Read …
Did You Stumble Upon The Fake Whatsapp That Steals Your Personal Data?
WhatsApp is a necessity of the world at large today. Almost all smartphone users use WhatsApp for one reason or another, be it for connecting with loved ones or for taking their business up the ladder. Such reasons to use an application would require you to share your personal and …
Whatsapp-based travel agent launched to make group holiday planning easy for millennials
Friends fed up with the time-consuming stress of trying to book a cheap group holiday online have launched a WhatsApp-based travel agent for millennials — and it is free. My Swft allows users to message key information on their holiday and receive an itinerary and estimated cost per head — …
These easy WhatsApp codes let you change the way you text
These easy WhatsApp codes let you change the way you text … WHATSAPP is full of secrets — and we've uncovered a hidden feature that lets you change how your messages look. It's possible to make your WhatsApp texts bold or italics, add a strike-through effect — and even change …
This “sorrow-scope” Twitter account is for every pessimist who secretly wants to know their horoscope
Horoscopes are my safe space. When every day was a bad day at age 16, I would come home from school and sandwich my body on my bed while simultaneously opening up a horoscope app. It was my post-school snack and I was always ravenous. In college, after my first …
Women describe themselves ‘as male author would’ in Twitter challenge gone viral
Women describe themselves 'as male author would' in Twitter challenge gone viral. One tweet read: “Carolyn was old. And fat. Wore glasses… She may have won a Nobel in her day, but she was nothing to look at.” 23:04, UK, Wednesday 04 April 2018. The challenge set was to describe …
Twitter reacts to famous funeral artist’s drawing of Ma Winnie: Who’s that?
Popular celebrity funeral artist Lebani Sirenje didn't get Twitter's approval on his drawing of Mama Winnie. Image: Via Penwell Dlamini. Lebani Sirenje has made a name for himself as the artist who pays tribute to late celebrities and prominent figures through his canvas, but his latest attempt has been … Read …
Australia begins privacy investigation into Facebook
Australia's Privacy Commissioner said on Thursday she had opened a formal investigation into social media giant Facebook after the company confirmed data from 300,000 Australian users may have been used without authorization. The investigation will consider whether Facebook has breached … Read More
Facebook can’t count, says Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica has disputed Facebook's claim that it had access to 87 million records from The Social Network™. “Today Facebook reported that information for up to 87 million people may have been improperly obtained by research company GSR,” the company said in a statement. “Cambridge … Read More
Facebook confirms it spies on your Messenger conversations
Facebook revealed this week that it's scanning users' Messenger conversations – including text chats, pictures, and links – in an effort to ensure that people play by its rules. CEO Mark Zuckerberg first spilled the beans in an interview with Vox's Ezra Klein, in which he brought up an incident …