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YouTube is changing the way notifications work on the platform

YouTube on Tuesday announced that it’s finally tweaking how notifications work on the platform. As part of this, the company has changed its default…

Instagram adds new features to celebrate Pride month

Instagram on Monday revealed new features and hashtags aimed at commemorating Pride month. “We’re rolling out colorful tools to help our community celebrate, updating…

Twitter left bewildered after Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to a fight

If you happened upon Twitter on Monday morning, you might have noticed a certain Tom Cruise trending with over 30 000 tweets in his…

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

A report by Reuters on Friday revealed that Facebook has suspended pre-installation of its mobile apps on Huawei devices. This means that Huawei phones…

Tito Mboweni’s latest late night culinary journey involved a tin of Lucky Star

Finance minister Tito Mboweni on Thursday evening was once again cooking with Twitter open as he live-tweeted his latest culinary adventure. Kicking off a…

Adding music to your Instagram Stories? You can now include song lyrics too

In May, The Verge reported that Instagram was testing a song lyrics feature for the music stickers in Instagram Stories. Today, the social network…

YouTube CEO offers vague plans for 2018

After a tumultuous 2017, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has published a blog post highlighting the company’s five priorities for 2018 — but the post…

Facebook lost daily active users in its most valuable markets

Facebook rounded out a difficult 2017 by losing daily active users (DAUs) for the first time ever in the US and Canada, the company’s most…

Pictures: the ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ lights up social media

There’s something mythical about the Moon — that little spherical ball roughly the size of Australia revolving around the Earth more or less once…

Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads

Facebook has said it will ban ads related to financial products and services like cryptocurrency, binary options and initial coin offerings. The move is a bid…

You can now schedule Instagram posts (but not from the app)

You can now schedule posts to automatically publish on Instagram, even when you’re asleep or far, far away from your device. But there’s a…

Social data suggests the 2018 Grammy Awards may have got it wrong

To say not everyone is happy about the winners at the 2018 Grammy Awards would be an understatement. In fact, based on commentary from…

Prepare to see more local news stories on Facebook this year

Earlier this month, Facebook reevaluated its image as a social network rather than a media company, quelling its long-time urge to clog your news…

White House issues tickets for the ‘State of the Uniom’

We’ve all made a spelling error or two in our time, but there are a few occasions when you really, really want to make…

This is what happens when you call the Gwara Gwara the stanky leg

Rihanna lit up the Grammy stage last night with her performance of “Wild Thoughts” with DJ Khaled, but it was her final dance move, the…

Zille responds to DA criticism, states colonialism isn’t all bad

I regret to inform you that Helen Zille is back on her bullshit. Last year, the Western Cape Premier ignited outrage when she defended…

Namibia’s ‘shithole’ video campaign reaches 600m users online

Earlier this month, we uncovered a novel advertising campaign subverting Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” remark. We thought it was pretty damn funny. And it…

#MarkFishChallenge: South African Twitter’s latest meme

Former South African soccer player Mark Fish became the laughing stock of the web this week when he tweeted about jazz legend Hugh Masekela’s passing on…

Snapchat’s videos can now be shared outside the app

After years of seeing its novel ideas ripped from its app by Facebook, Snap still has the moxie to develop new features for Snapchat….

Facebook Marketplace is now live in South Africa

Facebook Marketplace is now available in South Africa… for some. Taking on the likes of OLX and Gumtree, Marketplace will allow users to formally…

Facebook invents a new unit of time called Flicks

Not content with just feeding you awkward revelations you wish your family had kept to themselves, Facebook now wants to toy with your time….

Fenty Beauty will give this guy free makeup for 1 million RTs

We’ve seen how a stupid tweet about chicken nuggets can break the arbitrary most retweeted tweet ever record, but what about something more wholesome?…

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YouTube is changing the way notifications work on the platform

Instagram adds new features to celebrate Pride month

Twitter left bewildered after Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to a fight

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

Tito Mboweni’s latest late night culinary journey involved a tin of Lucky Star

Adding music to your Instagram Stories? You can now include song lyrics too

YouTube CEO offers vague plans for 2018

Facebook lost daily active users in its most valuable markets

Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads

You can now schedule Instagram posts (but not from the app)

Social data suggests the 2018 Grammy Awards may have got it wrong

Prepare to see more local news stories on Facebook this year

White House issues tickets for the ‘State of the Uniom’

This is what happens when you call the Gwara Gwara the stanky leg

Zille responds to DA criticism, states colonialism isn’t all bad

#MarkFishChallenge: South African Twitter’s latest meme

Snapchat’s videos can now be shared outside the app

Facebook Marketplace is now live in South Africa

Facebook invents a new unit of time called Flicks

Fenty Beauty will give this guy free makeup for 1 million RTs

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