Category: Social Media
France to Impose Digital Tax This Year Regardless of Any New International Levy
France will tax big digital businesses this year whether there is progress or not towards an international deal on…
Telegram Passport Will Allow You to Share IDs Easily Across Apps and Services
Popular messaging app Telegram on Thursday announced the launch of a new feature called Telegram Passport on its platform. This is essentially an end-to-end encrypted service…
Facebook shielding far-right activists, under-age accounts: Report
Moderators at Facebook are protecting far-right activists, preventing their Pages from being deleted even after they violate the rules set…
Snapchat Gets Snap Kit, Spreading Its Reach to Other Apps
Snapchat messaging service on Thursday set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit…
Twitter Now Lets You Mute Notifications From Accounts You Don’t Follow
Twitter, in its latest step to curb abusive behaviour on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help…
Facebook Messenger Ad Testing Expanded to Global Audiences
Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in…
Twitter Hires Ned Segal, Former Goldman Sachs Managing Director, as CFO
Twitter Inc on Tuesday hired Ned Segal, senior vice president of finance at Intuit Inc and a former managing director at…
Facebook Spaces Live Streaming Goes Live, Lets You Share VR Video
Facebook has brought live streaming to virtual reality (VR) by enabling people to share live video with each other using Facebook Spaces virtual reality…
Facebook Data Shows India Is Now Its Biggest Market, Ahead of the US: Report
India seems to have become Facebook’s biggest market, edging past the US, according a report that cites data Facebook shares with advertisers….
Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages
Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under…
Facebook Camera Gets Its Own Animated GIF Image Creator
When it comes to communication on social media platforms, animated GIF images are perhaps as important as emojis. These two…
Twitter Kills 90,000 Accounts Associated With SIREN Botnet Campaign
After a US-based digital security company alerted Twitter about a massive botnet campaign promising online sex to its users, the micro-blogging website…