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…
Nice Attack: world politicians use Twitter to condemn Bastille Day attack
In the late hours of 14 July 2016, during France’s Bastille Day celebrations, a gunman drove a truck through a crowd of people in…
More than a fad: the numbers behind Snapchat’s remarkable growth
Snapchat is a social media monster. From its relatively humble beginnings in 2012, to its current almost-super massive status among millennials, the app is…
The Pretty Cities of Instagram: 9 scenic snaps of Knysna
As much as Instagram’s a great platform for cat pictures and brunches, it’s also rather great for couch travellers. Speaking of which, welcome to…
Selena Gomez now owns Instagram’s most-liked post ever, remains most-followed
A few weeks ago, we reported that Selena Gomez toppled Taylor Swift‘s reign as Instagram’s most followed. Well, now the 23-year-old recording artist has…
Google Hangouts for Android gains video messaging, loses SMS merging
Google vehemently denied at its I/O 2016 conference that it would be ditching Hangouts in favour of its two new chat apps. And good…
John Oliver shows everyone how to deal with YouTube comment trolls
We all love laying down a few scathing words beneath YouTube videos now and again. Oh, just me on Mondays? Okay. Nevertheless, one chap…
Alton Sterling, Philando Castile & Dallas shootings: celebrities weigh-in on America’s violent week
It has been a destructive, divisive week for America. In less than 72-hours, three incidents of gun violence — two by police officers and…
Oscar Pistorius: social media slams sentence, global search spikes
After three years of back-and-forth legal battles, Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six-years behind bars for shooting and murdering Reeva Steenkamp. The legal…
Snapchat Memories lets users save, back up and repost previous snaps
Snapchat’s latest update is decidedly, well, unlike Snapchat. The ephemeral messaging app, which has made a name for itself as such, today announced that…
WhatsApp ‘back up’ in Zimbabwe, regulator issues state warning [update]
Update #1, Wed 7 July, 8.20pm: According to a report citing the Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, Zimbabweans who share and spread…
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