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Facebook Business Coach launches on WhatsApp with free lessons

Facebook Business Coach has launched on WhatsApp, allowing users in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and other English-speaking countries to access lessons through the messaging…

Facebook to ditch facial recognition system: What this means for users

Facebook has announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system, the technology it uses to identify people in photos and videos. The shutdown…

What to know about Facebook’s new name Meta

Facebook has announced it has changed its company’s name to Meta to reflect its focus on building the so-called “Metaverse”. The company made the…

Facebook is reportedly getting ready to change its name

Facebook is reportedly planning to change its company name to reflect its focus on building its ‘metaverse’. On 19 October, The Verge reported the…

Facebook explains cause of outage as WhatsApp, Instagram come back online

Facebook has explained the cause of an hours-long global outage affecting its services and apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram. The company shared a statement…

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down in global outage

*Update: Facebook has now issued a statement on the cause of the outage, which Downdetector has said is one of the largest it has…

Facebook pauses development of “Instagram Kids” app

Facebook has announced it is pausing development of an Instagram app aimed at children and will instead focus on parental supervisions tools. The pause…

Messenger celebrates its 10th birthday with themed features

Facebook is celebrating the 10th birthday of its Messenger app with a collection of birthday-themed features and updates. “Over the last 10 years, we’ve…

Facebook adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls on Messenger

Facebook has announced it has added end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls on its Messenger app, as well as new controls for disappearing…

Facebook group admins can now appoint users as experts

Facebook has introduced a feature where group page admins can invite users to their page and appoint them as experts on a topic or…

Facebook launches Soundmojis (emojis with sound)

Facebook has introduced Soundmojis, short audio clips in the form of traditional emojis that users can send to each other in Messenger. The social…

Facebook launches newsletter platform Bulletin

Facebook has launched a standalone newsletter service called Bulletin that lets writers send free or paid content out to subscribers. The social media giant…

Facebook rolls out rules for political ads in SA

Facebook has expanded its rules around transparency for electoral and political ads to South Africa and Zambia, in light of both countries’ upcoming elections….

Instagram adds new shopping features for creators

Instagram has announced several new features for creators to promote and sell their products in the app, including a way to earn extra payouts…

Facebook limits Trump ban to two years

Facebook has limited the formerly indefinite ban of former US president Donald Trump to two years. The social media giant announced the new suspension…

Facebook and Reuters launch free online course for journalists

The Facebook Journalism Project and Reuters have launched a free online programme called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course. The course is available to journalists…

Instagram users can now hide like counts – Here’s how

Instagram has rolled out the option for Instagram users to hide like counts on other people’s posts as well as their own. The social…

German data regulator bans new WhatsApp terms of service

Germany’s data protection regulator has issued an emergency ban against Facebook collecting WhatsApp user data under the messaging app’s new terms of service. The…

Facebook testing prompt asking you to read before re-sharing

Facebook wants to make sure you’ve actually clicked on that news link before re-sharing it on the social media platform, with the company testing…

Changes to Facebook News Feed in the works

Facebook is making changes to how it uses feedback to improve users’ News Feed. The company announced the changes on 22 April. The changes…

Facebook audio features bringing podcasts, Soundbites to app

Facebook unveiled several new audio features coming to the social media app, including the ability to listen to podcasts. The company announced the new…

Over 14 million South Africans included in Facebook data leak

Over 14 million South Africans had their Facebook data leaked in the recently revealed data incident that hit the social media giant. That was…

Facebook testing new social app called Hotline

Facebook is testing a new social Q&A app called Hotline. On 7 April, TechCrunch reported that the app had entered public beta testing. “With…

11 South African channels make it into 2022 YouTube Black Voices Creator Class

When is Disney+ coming to South Africa? Company confirms launch

Sex in Afrikaans: Showmax documentary wants to start a conversation

CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms

Speedinvest leads $3M pre-Series A funding for Ghana fintech OZÉ

South African fintech raises R47M funding in Series A

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro review: mid-range never felt so good

Studio-Ready: Why the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Gives You a Lot to Smile About [Sponsored]

Audi brings electric vehicle fast-charging to South Africa

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

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