Microsoft ADC announces winners of Season 2 of Game of Learners competition
April 23, 2021
An innovation featuring a unique digital platform with capabilities to link students and teachers across Africa has been voted winner in the just concluded Season 2 of Game of Learners (GOL) competition sponsored by Microsoft’s…
Instagram Adds New Feature to Filter Abusive Direct Messages
April 23, 2021
Instagram is adding another tool to its suite of filters to help combat abuse on the platform.
Twitter Experiments New Ecommerce Feature
March 3, 2021
Last week, during Twitter’s Analyst Day presentation, the company revealed working on a couple of new eCommerce-oriented features. Twitter’s foray into eCommerce would follow other social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram, who have cast…
Facebook “unfriends” Australia Over Milestone Media Code
February 23, 2021
Facebook has implemented new measures in Australia in retaliation to the country’s proposed new Media Bargaining law. The proposed law would require Facebook and other big technology companies like Google to pay for news. In…
Why You Shouldn't Post Reels with a TikTok Logo on Instagram
February 12, 2021
Instagram wants users to stop posting Reels that have watermarks and logos of other apps, including TikTok. Saying it is easier – and nobody may give a darn anyway. But the company is taking extra…
Twitter Ends 2020 with 192 Million daily Active Users
February 10, 2021
Twitter has the pandemic to thank for after seeing an uptick in daily active users, which it prefers to call monetizable daily active usage (mDAU). The company says usage in the three final months of…
Twitter Ends Experiment that Made Retweeting Tedious
December 17, 2020
Back in October, Twitter made some changes on its platform around sharing tweets that confused and irked some of the platform’s users. Ahead of the US elections, the company decided to amplify quote tweets over…
Google Messages now Allows you to Schedule SMS Texts
December 2, 2020
Truecaller added three new exciting features in an update shipped last month, allowing users to tell their recipients why they are calling, translate texts within the app, and an option to schedule SMS messages. Google…
Twitter will Allow Users to Apply for Verification Publicly in 2021
November 25, 2020
Twitter will open its public verification program in early 2021 after a three-year-long hiatus. The company paused public verification in November 2017 as it tried to redefine what the blue checkmark meant following a backlash….
