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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…

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…

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…

Instagram is letting companies ‘promote’ influencers’ posts as ads

Instagram is about to shove even more advertising down your throat according to a new blog post on Tuesday. The social network announced that…

Instagram now welcomes landscape videos on IGTV

Instagram will now let users upload landscape videos on IGTV, the platform’s video upload channel. This means that both the landscape and vertical video…

Millions of Instagram celebs’ data reportedly exposed online

A report by TechCrunch on Tuesday revealed that millions of popular Instagrammers’ personal data was exposed after a public database was discovered online. The…

Instagram reveals new designs for Explore feed, Stories included

Instagram on Thursday revealed new designs for its Explore feed that are better tailored to users’ personal preference on the platform. “When you go…

Meghan Markle posts the cutest Instagram pic of Archie’s toes for Mother’s Day

Brace yourself for an adorable picture of baby toes. Her Royal Highness of Sussex Meghan Markle for Mother’s Day posted a picture of her…

Instagram launches new @shop account to promote ’emerging brands’

Instagram launched its new @shop account on Thursday, the platform’s new dedicated space for small business promotion and sales. “The content on this account…

Brace yourselves, voters thumbs are about to take over social media

You’ve dodged Endgame spoilers (Frodo does it), still dodging Game of Thrones spoilers (Rose lives, Jack doesn’t), and survived incessant campaigning from political parties….

F8: These are the updates coming to Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Among the many Facebook updates announced at the F8 conference this week, Facebook also revealed updates for Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook Messenger Facebook…

Instagram releases new quiz feature for Stories

In a tweet on Tuesday, Instagram revealed a new quiz sticker for Stories that lets users ask their followers multiple choice questions. Starting today,…

Update: WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down in South Africa

Update, Monday 10am: WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are now all functional once more for us. Update, Sunday 2pm: It seems that Instagram’s back,…

The internet gets carried away by JK Rowling-inspired predictive text game

Frustration towards JK Rowling has been on the rise ever since the author revealed that Dumbledore and Grindelwald of the Harry Potter universe were…

Instagram’s Checkout feature lets you buy stuff directly through the app

Instagram has added a new feature that will let you buy things directly through the platform. Called Checkout, it will allow users to shop…

Instagram will soon preview IGTV videos in your feed

Instagram has revealed that users will now get IGTV previews in their feed. This means that, while you’re happily scrolling through pictures, you will…

10 big stories from February 2019 worth reading again

It’s come an gone in the blink of an eye, almost as if it’s the shortest month of the year. (Get it?). February, for…

Instagram reportedly testing ‘Donation’ sticker for Stories

Instagram is reportedly testing a “Donation” sticker in Stories, a feature that will most likely allow users to ask their following to contribute to…

Is this the purge? Instagram users lose thousands of followers thanks to ‘issue’

On Wednesday, a slew of Instagram users took to other social networks to complain about their dwindling follower numbers. But it seems that people…

Instagram launches #ShareBlackStories to celebrate Black History Month

February is Black History Month in the United States, and to honour the occasion Instagram has released some new features to celebrate the African-American…

Instagram is testing DMs for the web

Instagram is reportedly testing a web version of its direct messages feature, according to TechCrunch. This means that, soon, Instagrammers could be chatting to…

Instagram to stop showing graphic self-harm content

Instagram has announced a new mental health and suicide prevention strategy where it will prevent self-harm related images from being seen by users. This…

WhatsApp will take legal action against spammers, starting December

Showmax rolls out new sports streaming feature to all customers

African ventures can compete on the global stage – Seedstars head [Q&A]

New AfDB fund to help grow electronic financial services for low-income communities

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [14/6/2019]

Google’s new Game Builder lets you make 3D games on Steam

Huawei users are getting Booking.com ads on their lock screens

The 5 games that totally won E3 2019, according to social media data

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals