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TikTok removes millions of suspected underage accounts

TikTok has removed over 7.2 million accounts it suspects belonged to users under the age of 13, as part of its guidelines enforcement on…

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….

How to make group video calls on Telegram

Telegram has introduced group video calls to its messaging app, making it available to use on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. The company announced…

YouTube bans political, alcohol ads from masthead

YouTube has banned ads about gambling, alcohol, politics, and prescription drugs from its masthead, the website’s most prominent advertisement slot. Axios reported the ban…

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…

Opera launches Hype chat app in South Africa

Opera has launched a chat service called Hype in its Opera Mini mobile web browser app in South Africa. The Norwegian tech giant announced…

Can’t connect to Twitter in SA? Thank the broken undersea cables for that

If you’re in South Africa and struggling to load Twitter today, don’t worry you’re not alone. Due to undersea fibre cable breaks off the…

Facebook scraps plans to shove ads into WhatsApp

Facebook will no longer be included in WhatsApp according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal (paywalled). Initial plans detailed by The…

Facebook will notify you when you sign in to other apps

Facebook is launching a new feature that will send users an in-app notification and email when their Facebook account has been used to login…

Facebook updates Privacy Checkup to ‘guide you through’ privacy on the platform

Facebook has updated its Privacy Checkup tool to help users better understand their privacy choices on the platform. According to the company, the new…

Instagram is letting some users send DMs from the web

A report by The Verge on Tuesday revealed that Instagram is testing a new direct messages feature on the web version of the platform….

Facebook plans to roll out more ad transparency tools this year

In an effort to be more open with users, Facebook is expanding the level of transparency regarding advertising on its platform. According to the…

New WhatsApp scam fools you into sending cash to ‘friends’

A new WhatsApp scam is spreading across South Africa this week, tricking people into sending money to friends’ numbers that have been compromised. The…

As WhatsApp says bye to 2019, what does 2020 hold for the chat app?

If WhatsApp was a kid in 2019, we’d struggle to find reasons to give it an A+ report card. A slew of additions to…

WhatsApp’s ‘delete messages’ feature may only affect group chats

WhatsApp’s upcoming delete messages feature will be more useful for keeping groups neat and tidy rather than your personal messages private, this according to…

From people to hashtags: Twitter rounds up its biggest everything of 2019

Twitter’s all about opinion, but at the end of the day, the social network’s also all about numbers. What’s popular is all based on…

Instagram reveals South Africa’s 10 most followed hashtags of 2019

2019’s sure been a year. For South Africa, that means extreme highs and depressing lows, but one things for sure, the country didn’t stop…

South Africa’s celebs have plenty to say about Eskom and load shedding

South Africa’s celebrities and politicians are weighing in on the country’s current load shedding crisis, which on Monday night fell to Stage 6 power…

Twitter’s new tweak will make your photos look a lot better

Twitter’s about to get a little more photo friendly for users. The social network, according to engineer Nolan O’Brien, will no longer further compress…

Flooding reported across Gauteng and Mpumalanga as the rain continues to fall

Update, 10am, Tuesday 10 December: The South African Weather Service on Tuesday issued further warnings and watches for potential flooding across Gauteng, Mpumalanga and…

WhatsApp for Android finally receives a ‘call waiting’ feature

WhatsApp for Android now includes a “call waiting” feature that will show users incoming calls during another call, reports 91Mobiles. This means that you…

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Can’t connect to Twitter in SA? Thank the broken undersea cables for that

Facebook scraps plans to shove ads into WhatsApp

Facebook updates Privacy Checkup to ‘guide you through’ privacy on the platform

Instagram is letting some users send DMs from the web

Facebook plans to roll out more ad transparency tools this year

New WhatsApp scam fools you into sending cash to ‘friends’

As WhatsApp says bye to 2019, what does 2020 hold for the chat app?

WhatsApp’s ‘delete messages’ feature may only affect group chats

From people to hashtags: Twitter rounds up its biggest everything of 2019

Instagram reveals South Africa’s 10 most followed hashtags of 2019

South Africa’s celebs have plenty to say about Eskom and load shedding

Twitter’s new tweak will make your photos look a lot better

Flooding reported across Gauteng and Mpumalanga as the rain continues to fall

WhatsApp for Android finally receives a ‘call waiting’ feature

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