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Meta Family Centre shows steps towards accountability and responsibility on the platform
Like it or not, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger make up a signficant portion of peoples social media lives. There have been a few rudimentary attempts at giving parents some control, but they have been...
Facebook Watch app no longer supported by Apple TV, is this a sign of...
It's not something you see often but Meta has dropped support for the popular Facebook watch app on Apple TV. The change came without warning to users with an update to the app, all...
WhatsApp emoji reactions are finally rolling out
Following a very brief testing period, the emoji reactions are rolling out to stable channel users. The update was announced by none other than Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a brief and somewhat unceremonious...
CES 2022 is going ahead, but without several major names
Google is just one of the names that have withdrawn from CES 2022 in Las Vegas amid concerns around the Omicron COVID-19 variant. This is despite the requirement to produce evidence of vaccination...
Telegram blazes through 1 billion installs on the Play Store
For some time, Telegram has been steadily gathering momentum but the recent Facbook, Instagram and Whatsapp outage provided a huge boost. In fact that boost was so significant that during the outage, Telegram...
The winner from the Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook outage was Telegram
Believe it or not, when the biggest social media and messaging provider goes down there can be a winner. Clearly, it's not their users since critical services are offline. But when that...
Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp services returning to normal after a major overnight outage
A major outage has impacted Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp overnight for Australian users. The impact to users was that messages weren't sending, feeds weren't loading and access to some features simply broke. ...
Facebook partners up with Ray-Ban to announce Stories, smart glasses without looking like smart...
Smart glasses are an interesting concept that, for the most part, haven't exactly taken off. Google's Glass, while cool, has largely remained a niche product used in enterprise with no consumer-oriented product ever really...
WhatsApp will support multiple devices soon, but only one phone at a time
Since the furore around changes in the data-sharing arrangement with Facebook, WhatsApp has been scrambling to maintain its market. As part of this, the company has been adding features (often that other platforms...
Confirmed: WhatsApp multi-device functionality is coming
The team over at WhatsApp Beta Info had a chat with WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart recently. During the conversation, Cathcart discussed a number of issues facing the platform currently, particularly privacy.
During the conversation,...
Not getting enough likes on Facebook and Instagram? Just hide it!
Social media can be a harsh mistress, particularly if you're in the influencing realm. So much so that not enough likes can have an effect on your income or even mental health. ...
Shots fired: Telegram and WhatsApp take their war to Twitter
When the messaging war began, who knew we would end up with over a dozen viable options? The issue that most people face is that not everyone you want to message is on...
Facebook Messenger hits 5 billion installs
If there was ever any doubt that Facebook has a stranglehold on the messaging market, they've hit 5 billion installs on another messaging app. Following -- Facebook-owned -- WhatsApp hitting the marker in...
Facebook follows Twitter and suggesting users read articles before sharing them
Social media can be a wonderful, entertaining thing, or it can be cesspool of misinformation perpetuated by laziness. Thankfully last year, Twitter started prompting users to read articles before re-tweeting, now Facebook is...
PSA: You’ll need to accept the WhatsApp privacy policy soon or lose functionality
Since the announcement that WhatsApp was changing their privacy policy and sharing more data with Facebook, there's been quite the buzz. This has resulted in a lot of concern about user privacy and...