Twitter accidentally suspended users for tweeting a certain word

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter began suspending the accounts of people who tweeted the word “Memphis” on Sunday, in a weird platform-wide glitch. As reported by The Telegraph, sharing…

WhatsApp CEO exposes Apple, puts up serious allegations

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The long-running rivalry between Facebook and Apple is nothing new, with both companies’ CEOs, i.e. Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg, having explicitly criticized each other’s…

Clubhouse announces accelerator program for creators on its platform

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In one of Clubhouse’s weekly town hall, CEO of Clubhouse, Paul Davison, announced that the Clubhouse Creator First program will accelerate hosts and creators on…

Facebook finally launches Instagram Lite

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook had been testing a lite version of Instagram called ‘Instagram Lite’ and now has been officially launched. This app is less data-intensive and utilizes…

Apple’s new privacy policy is a nightmare for Facebook

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Apple has toughened its privacy policy with iOS 14, with plans to introduce multiple new features that let users control how third-party apps use their…

Concerns arise about WOMBO.AI – the “deepfake” singing app

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Wombo.AI, a new app sensation that creates deepfakes by making any photo sing, has been doing rounds on social media, but concerns have arisen about…

TikTok gets banned weeks after the tech-sector warns of “Ban-Astan”

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TikTok, a major mobile app popular amongst the teens, used to create short clips of up to 1-minute, has been banned for the second time…

Indian government aims to have Facebook decrypt user’s WhatsApp messages

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Casey Newton – a Silicon Valley journalist associated with The Verge and the founder of Platformer News, has revealed that India plans to force Facebook…

Instagram releases an auto-caption sticker for stories

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Instagram has taken the next step forward in ensuring inclusivity for all through the introduction of automatic captions on stories. The demonstration of this feature…

The first ever Tweet to be sold could be bought for $2.5 million or more

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey aims to sell the first-ever tweet he published on the micro-blogging site as an NFT, Non-fungible token. NFTs comprise digital assets…

US lawmakers to tighten the noose around social media with ‘censorship’ lawsuits

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Republican state lawmakers plan to push the social media giants towards facing expensive lawsuits for politically motivated policing of user content. As per the Associated…

Twitter rumored to introduce an ‘undo send’ feature for users

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a recent tweet, well-known application researcher Jane Manchun Wong showed an animation that could be an upcoming feature of Twitter. https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1367704041942179841?s=20 The feature shows…

TikTok is introducing a Q&A feature for creators to answer their fans’ questions

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TikTok has officially launched a new feature that allows creators to answer questions from their fans. This feature is applicable on pre-recorded and live videos…

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