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400m people now use Instagram Stories every day

It’s been two years since Instagram first released Instagram Stories, an interactive photo sharing feature that can be found on its main app. In…

Instagram and Facebook launch new activity monitoring tools

Instagram and Facebook have released new activity tools that will help you understand and control the amount of time you spend using their apps….

#Unemployment trends in South Africa as jobless rate rises

South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased by 0.5% to 27.2% between April and June 2018, according to Stats SA’s latest report. More than 100…

YouTube’s web player now auto adjusts for vertical video (but users hate it)

Vertical video is making quite the comeback in 2018. After Instagram launched its IGTV platform, YouTube’s now accommodating users who upload and watch video…

Group voice and video calling is now live on WhatsApp

WhatsApp on Monday announced that video and voice calling for groups is rolling out globally. Competing against the likes of Apple’s FaceTime and Microsoft’s…

The WhatsApp questions you were too embarrassed to ask, answered

WhatsApp is simple enough in theory. It’s a messaging application with voice and video call support. But that’s merely its elevator pitch. When diving…

Twitter to cut 8% of workforce – report

Twitter may be considered an icon of today’s internet era, but its financial status has never been shining by most accounts. Now, Bloomberg reports…

Kansas City Diaries: can brands beat Snapchat at its own game?

Kansas City Diaries is an exclusive article series by Natalie Pool as she goes undercover at VML’s global agency headquarters in Kansas City, USA,…

Facebook Messenger on Windows 10 now boasts voice, video calls

Facebook Messenger’s Windows 10 app has now gained the ability to place voice and video calls. Much like Messenger on Android and iOS, the…

Twitter reacts to Dyn’s massive DNS DDoS

For much of Friday, some of the internet’s biggest websites were rendered useless after a DDoS attack hit Dyn DNS. In typical internet fashion,…

10 WhatsApp tricks you should know about

One of the world’s most popular messaging platforms, WhatsApp has gone from strength to strength since its 2011 launch, eventually being swallowed by the…

12 inspirational tweets from Thuli Madonsela

Serving as Public Protector from 10 October 2009 to 14 October 2016, Thuli Madonsela has become one of South Africa’s most recognisable and respected…

Weekend News in Tweets: Trump remains bullish, Thuli bids adieu

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Mark the Rhino (and a tyre) become internet sensations

If you thought you were having a bad Monday, consider Mark the rhino. Likely minding his business doing things rhinos traditionally do on the…

Facebook Messenger beta arrives with data saver

Future versions of Facebook Messenger will boast a data saving feature, this according to new beta builds of the app. In the same vein…

EFF: 4 big security concerns for WhatsApp

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been on WhatsApp‘s case this year, taking the platform to task over its new data-sharing policy with Facebook….

It’s fascinating to watch a YouTuber grow up online

We’ve all seen those “dude takes a picture every day for five years” type of YouTube videos, but it’s incredibly fascinating to watch the process…

Google buys branded content platform FameBit

Marketing and branded content platform FameBit has this week been acquired by Google. This is in an attempt to bring brands and creators, especially…

Facebook Workplace now available worldwide

Facebook has taken a break from algorithms and bots this week, and announced that Facebook Workplace is now open to all teams and organisations…

Weekend News in Tweets: Haiti recovers after Hurricane Matthew & #Khwezi dies

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

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400m people now use Instagram Stories every day

Instagram and Facebook launch new activity monitoring tools

#Unemployment trends in South Africa as jobless rate rises

YouTube’s web player now auto adjusts for vertical video (but users hate it)

Group voice and video calling is now live on WhatsApp

The WhatsApp questions you were too embarrassed to ask, answered

Twitter to cut 8% of workforce – report

Kansas City Diaries: can brands beat Snapchat at its own game?

Facebook Messenger on Windows 10 now boasts voice, video calls

Twitter reacts to Dyn’s massive DNS DDoS

10 WhatsApp tricks you should know about

12 inspirational tweets from Thuli Madonsela

Weekend News in Tweets: Trump remains bullish, Thuli bids adieu

Mark the Rhino (and a tyre) become internet sensations

Facebook Messenger beta arrives with data saver

EFF: 4 big security concerns for WhatsApp

It’s fascinating to watch a YouTuber grow up online

Google buys branded content platform FameBit

Facebook Workplace now available worldwide

Weekend News in Tweets: Haiti recovers after Hurricane Matthew & #Khwezi dies

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