WhatsApp: Have you tried the modified version of ‘delete for everyone’ feature?
It seems that WhatsApp is in no mood to slow down. The instant messaging service keeps on rolling new features regularly to make the messaging app more intuitive and enhance user experience. It may have happened to a lot of users when a file, image, document or a video sent …
Britain’s first WhatsApp fingerprint conviction leads to flood of new cases
An officer managed to spot the photograph among a string of WhatsApp messages going back months, which included texts such as "what do you want to buy". Mr Thomas said: "There was then the photograph of the hand holding pills that seemed like it was sent to potential customers saying …
WhatsApp fixes ‘Day’ bug in 2.18.109 beta for Android which was responsible for messing up the …
In other news, WhatsApp is also looking to hire a country head in India. The update was posted on the app's Facebook page. India will be the first country to get a country head. The headquarters will be located in Mumbai and the country head will report directly to WhatsApp …
Nigerian national party twitter account sold, party disowns it
The official Twitter account of Nigeria's All Progressive Congress (APC)Twitter was hacked, amid claims that the account was sold for USD 2,000. The new handler of the account, one John McAfee changed the name but maintained the account name as '@APCNigeria'. The account is currently being … Read More
Beyoncé Just Smashed Coachella & Twitter Can’t Handle It
Last night, Beyoncé became only the third female solo act (after Björk and Lady Gaga) to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Many fans who weren't lucky enough to bag tickets for the California weekender watched a live-stream online, which meant a pretty early start to Sunday … Read …
Verified @APCNigeria Twitter handle sparks controversy
Bolaji Abdullahi, publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says @APCNigeria, a verified Twitter handle, is not the account of the party. The verification tag on Twitter is given to accounts with supposedly credible information. As of January, only 150,000 users were verified out of the 330 … Read More
Facebook and the murky world of digital advertising
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was called in front of the US legislators on Capitol Hill this week after it was discovered that millions of users' data was improperly obtained by a UK-based political consultancy group, Cambridge Analytica. They allegedly used that information to help target ads to … Read More
Facebook’s real fake-news problem: It’s the memes, stupid
The omission is glaring because memes, which are often associated with jokes — like the American Chopper guys yelling or a distracted boyfriend — are also a significant driver of misinformation on Facebook. They're designed to go viral, giving them a far better chance of reaching your newsfeed thanks … Read …
Facebook shuts down white supremacist Richard Spencer’s pages
The two pages on the social media site belonged to Spencer's National Policy Institute and his website altright.com – both of which are listed on the far-right leader's Twitter bio. Links to both pages – which had less than 15,000 followers in total – now show error messages. Facebook told …
No time for social media: Kangana Ranaut believes it is time-consuming
The national award-winning actress, when inquired about the reason behind her absence on social media, stated that she finds it time-consuming. “I am not on social media for many reasons and one of them is that I feel it's so consuming. People tell me open an account because there can …