In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Instagram wants you to reply to friends’ photos with their own photos
Instagram is about to give its 700-million users another way to annoy one another through visual replies. According to a blog post, the Facebook-owned…
Reddit’s video upload feature is now ready for primetime
Some Reddit users will no longer have to rely on third-party services to upload videos to the platform. The social link aggregator and self-proclaimed “front…
Twitter is extra chill tonight as cold front freezes South Africa
It’s not every day that actual weather jargon trends on South Africa’s social media networks, but this is seemingly no ordinary week. Talk of…
Nelson Mandela helps Barack Obama to the most liked tweet in history
Former US President Barack Obama’s recent response to Charlottesville has become the most-liked tweet in history, Twitter today announced. Quoting former South African President…
Gartner forecasts 7% jump in global information security spend in 2017
According to global analytics firm Gartner and its latest global expenditure forecast, companies are no longer taking information security for granted. The firm notes…
Data saving app Opera Max is officially dead
After a stellar run of three years, Norwegian internet company Opera has announced that its data saving app, Opera Max, is officially dead. The…
Cape Town dams breach 30% full mark as City throttles supply pressure
If you’re in Cape Town and were caught in the rain this morning, don’t worry, your socks will dry. More importantly, the current precipitation…
Charlottesville: Twitter slams Trump’s response, lauds Obama and Clinton’s
It has been a landmark weekend for the United States. On Saturday at a “Unite the White” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a car ploughed…
Snapchat’s owner publishes its latest chapter of troubling financial results
Judging by its latest batch of financial results, Snap is seemingly driven to outdo Twitter as one of the worst performing social media companies…
Uber now lets you message your driver through in-app chat
Uber has just solved another small but niggling problem with its service. The transportation company has announced a new chat system, that allows drivers…
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