WhatsApp will soon introduce multi-device support. (Image credit: AP) The most frustrating thing about WhatsApp is its limited cross-platform support. Sure, WhatsApp is easily the best messaging app on the market right now but you can’t use the app on multiple devices. Well, it looks like WhatsApp is hard at introducing the feature in the […]
Last week, the social media app Parler went after Twitter. Now, it wants a piece of Google. Hot on the heels of the Google Chrome Privacy Lawsuit, Parler CEO John Matze called for the tech giant and search engine creator to reveal the facts of its spying allegations. The Parler challenge to Google comes days […]
Amid an ongoing feud with food writer Alison Roman, model Chrissy Teigen has shared that she is taking a “little break” from social media. Last week, cookbook author Roman took a dig at Teigen’s business model in the food world. After the comments, people came forward to defend Teigen, but it seems things took an […]
New Delhi: Instagram chat group Bois Locker Room wherein rapes were glorified and underage girls were objectified shook the national consciousness and now, leading behavioral experts have urged the society to strongly consider the application of gender sensitization and social media literacy for the school-going children. The incident came to light after a girl from South […]
The wave of coronavirus (COVID-19)-related content has become a high-stakes test for social media platforms’ abilities to fight misinformation. False recommendations about how to avoid contracting the virus or what measures infected people should take to avoid spreading it have the potential to cause more sickness and death from a pandemic that has already taken […]
Regulator Ofcom is set to be given the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, cyber-bullying and child abuse, the government will confirm on Wednesday. Platforms will need to ensure that illegal content is removed quickly. They will also be expected to “minimise the risks” of […]
Hoping to capitalize on social media’s growing influence in U.S. politics, Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign announced it will offer “influencers” an opportunity to make money promoting the former New York City mayor. Bloomberg’s team posted the advertisement for social media influencers on the service Tribe, which connects influencers to paid opportunities promoting brands. The ad says […]
Social media engagements surrounding Bitcoin and its upcoming halving have been steadily increasing, recently reaching new highs in 2020. LunarCRUSH, a cryptocurrency data platform that provides data on the social engagement surrounding cryptocurrencies, has reported that Bitcoin social media engagements have reached 319,636,032 unique engagements. [email protected] UPDATE: Bitcoin social engagement continues to climb with 319,636,032 unique engagements, […]
Social Media is no more just about fun, but also about easy access to learning resources and experts from various industries – all cost-effective! Here are 7 ways social media is helping education today. The preceding decade ushered in quite a few prominent changes in technology, namely social media. It began as a concept of […]
The much-awaited dark mode feature was rolled out by Whatsapp recently for its Android beta users and Facebook too is thinking about jumping into the area of dark modes soon. As per latest reports, Facebook is working on the dark mode for the Android users and some beta users have already received the dark mode […]