WhatsApp has started rolling out support for QR codes that enable monetary transactions. This feature is currently being enabled for users in the Android beta channel, with a wider rollout expected in the next few weeks. To be able to send money via QR codes, you will have to enable …

SINGAPORE — The bulk of Singaporeans who came across “fake news” stumbled upon them on messaging and social media platforms, with Whatsapp overtaking Facebook as the top source, based on latest findings from a survey conducted by government feedback unit Reach. Released on Monday … Read More

Facebook and WhatsApp were identified as the two main sources of bogus news here by people who responded to a government survey on attitudes towards fake news. About half of the Singapore residents polled who have come across fake news said they had seen it on the two popular applications. …

On Monday Twitter confirmed to multiple outlets that the social network will ban some advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related products in the next 30 days. After Reddit, Facebook, and finally Google all banned cryptocurrency advertising, rumors circulated last week that Twitter—a hub for the … Read More

A panel of Senate lawmakers aims to grill the top executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter next month. It is the latest indication that the controversy surrounding Facebook's data privacy practices now threatens to envelope the whole of Silicon Valley. The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman, … Read More

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey's belief in Bitcoin doesn't seem to extend to all crypto. At least for now. Joining Google parent company Alphabet and Facebook, Twitter revealed Monday its plans to ban some cryptocurrency-related ads in a bid to decrease fraud and deception on the site. Namely … Read …

Facebook's privacy practices are being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission, the government agency confirmed on Monday. The announcement helped cause a slide in the company's stock. The investigation follows reports that the data collection firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on … Read More

Facebook hasn't yet woken up from the ongoing PR nightmare brought on by Cambridge Analytica, and it may already be facing yet another: an Ars Technica investigation found that Facebook collected and stored data on Android phone users' calls and texts, including phone numbers and length of … Read More

Illinois' Cook County, which includes Chicago and surrounding areas, is joining the legal fight against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over the misuse of data scraped from social media profiles, claiming that both companies violated state fraud law. The lawsuit claims that Cambridge Analytica, … Read More

Good customer service is typically shared with friends and family, but word about bad customer service spreads like fire and it can harm your business efforts. These days, consumers are looking to Social Media to get assistance, in fact 42% of consumers are now using Social Media to express … Read …