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Renaming Facebook is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, marketing and branding experts told Reuters. Tech publication The Verge reported on Tuesday that the California-based firm is planning to change its corporate branding to reflect that as well

Most of us know and love Instagram. It’s the highlight reel of everyone’s lives, but the pressure to fit in has made many of us superficial on the app. Instead of being a platform where we can casually share authentic moments of our lives, Instagram has become an unspoken competition of who has the most

Britain’s competition regulator has fined Facebook GBP 50.5 million (roughly Rs. 520 crores) for breaching an order imposed during its investigation into the US social media giant’s purchase of GIF platform Giphy, the agency said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Facebook had deliberately failed to comply with its order, and the penalty served

Facebook is looking for 10,000 people across the EU to work on its newest project. The idea? To build a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experience called the metaverse that would give internet users new ways to connect and share information. If you’re based in the EU and have a working knowledge of

Telegram has become the latest app to surpass 1 billion installs on the Google Play store. The sudden increase in downloads could be attributed to major outages at Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram earlier this month. Founded by Pavel Durov Telegram is slowly increasing its market presence and gained more users due to the outages at

When it comes to social media, there are countless complex relationships that arise from staying connected to people that you may have already outgrown. As we get older, our opinions on certain things change as we enter new life stages, gather experiences, and encounter new facts. Unfortunately, some of these people that we no longer

Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the metaverse, a virtual reality version of the Internet that the tech giant sees as the future. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a leading voice in Silicon Valley hype around the idea of the metaverse, which would blur the

Whether you’re an influencer or just a Twitter user, you may want to know what’s going on with your Twitter profile, like who is viewing it, and maybe even how often it is being viewed. This article will explore whether it’s possible to see who has visited your Twitter profile, and help you understand other

Facebook will now count activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week. The social media company, which allows more critical commentary of public figures than of private individuals, is changing its approach on the

Clubhouse will let you share short clips from discussions in Rooms with your friends and social media communities at just the tap of a button. Clubhouse is helping creators grow with the launch of several features, including Clips. Clips allows listeners to record and share short audio snippets of discussions on the Clubhouse app, which

Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch, marking the retreat of the last major US-owned social network in China as authorities there further tighten their control over the Internet sector. LinkedIn said in a blog post on Thursday that it would replace the platform later this year

While passing away is a normal part of life, the process of grieving can be incredibly complex in our modern world. With social media, we’re confronted with how losing loved ones go hand in hand with managing what they’ve left behind, including their Instagram profiles. While some users prefer to keep their profile online for

The attorneys general of 14 US states sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking if the top disseminators of vaccine disinformation on the platform received special treatment from the company. The line of inquiry was generated after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen used internal documents to disclose that the social media platform has built

You may have noticed a bunch of red flags making the rounds on Twitter thanks to tweets from the accounts of seemingly everyone from ordinary users, to influencers and brands. That’s thanks to the red flag emoji trend which has taken Twitter by storm, with people using red flag emojis to indicate metaphorical “red flags”

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has proposed fining Facebook up to EUR 36 million (roughly Rs. 310 crores) in one of more than a dozen probes it has opened into the social media giant, according to a draft decision published by the complainant. Under European Union 2018 data protection rules, the DPC must now share the

Twitter has made it easy to remove a follower if they are annoying you or you do not want them to continue following you for any reason. Previously, to remove one of your followers, you had to use a workaround that involved blocking and unblocking them. However, with the introduction of this new option, removing

A new study by Online Mortgage Advisor has revealed that India has five of the top 20 happiest cities in the world to buy a home. The study also revealed that Mumbai is the least happy city to buy a home in the world, while Surat was at the fifth spot in the same list.

Snapchat Stories are infamous for their short life span on the Snapchat app, but there’s a way to make them live forever on your phone. Maybe you haven’t quite figured out how to actually save Snapchat videos to your phone to watch or share later, or maybe you weren’t even aware that Snapchat allows you

Twitter is rolling out a new privacy-related feature that lets users remove a follower without blocking them. The latest tool is designed to provide users greater control over their follower lists and is currently available on the Web version. Twitter was testing this option from September this year. Once a Twitter user has removed someone,

These days, almost every move we make somehow gets recorded online. Whether it’s because we purposely share it, our devices do it for us, or someone else uploads it, there are endless ways that we refine our digital persona that determines everything from the content we see, what ads we get served, and even our

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov seems to know just the right way to celebrate his 37th birthday. The founder of the cross-platform cloud-based instant messaging system turned a year older on October 10, and chose to drop some life lessons for his followers. He chose to do it on Telegram itself. Given that he

As we continue to digitize most parts of our day-to-day lives, we inadvertently create room for malicious individuals to exploit. While we socialize, do business, and search for love online, cybercriminals exploit the loopholes that exist in these online activities to wreak havoc on our finances. Owing to widespread awareness, common internet scams like the

Facebook on Friday said users around the world again had problems accessing its services for hours due to a tweak of its system, just days after a massive outage caused in a similar fashion. “Sincere apologies to anyone who wasn’t able to access our products in the last couple of hours,” a Facebook spokesperson told

It’s easy to believe that Instagram spies on you, especially given the amount of personal information the app requests and users give permissions for. And doubly so because it’s owned by Facebook, a company not known for its privacy rights. But is that paranoia talking? Does Instagram actually spy on you? Can Instagram read your

Clubhouse competitor Twitter Spaces continues to mature as Twitter adds more features to the platform and rolls it out to more people. What was once a limited beta has grown into a fully-fledged part of the site. But many people still have questions about using the feature, such as how to get access to it

Facebook on Friday said it will stop allowing the sale of land in Amazon rainforest conservation areas at marketplaces on the social network or its Instagram and WhatsApp services. The announcement came as Facebook defends itself against accusations that it has long put profit over societal good, and caused some online to question why it

Facebook has redesigned its Page sections in India to make it easier to differentiate between personal and public profiles. Facebook Pages are different from profiles and they are specifically meant for businesses, brands, organisations and public figures to share their stories and connect with people. The new Page design, Facebook says, aims to make it

Social media creators are constantly seeking ways to grow their social media accounts, and exposure is the name of the game. Those creators who are able to learn and master the algorithms of the social media platforms they use stand a better chance at attaining viral success. As is often the case with viral content,

Snap is launching an in-app tool to educate users searching for drug-related key words on Snapchat about the dangers of drugs and is working on tools for parents to help keep teenagers safe on the service, the company said on Thursday. The announcement comes after a public safety alert from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Discord allows you to tweak your profile in a number of ways—including changing your profile picture from the default avatar. Whether it is because you don’t like the current one or just want a new one for fun, it’s a simple process. In this article, we’ll show you how to show to change your Discord