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Facebook owned social networks were down in different countries

Muhammad Abdullah
April 14, 2019

Facebook-owned social media networks experienced outage worldwide this morning. The social networking apps including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were unavailable for more than two hours around the globe. The issue…

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Linux creator calls modern social media a ‘disease’

Rizwan Anwar
April 5, 2019

Linus Torvalds, who gave the world Linux OS in 1994 has always been an outspoken individual. He is recognized for always being blunt and speaking his mind, and it has…

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WhatsApp now allows you to control who adds you to groups

Rizwan Anwar
April 4, 2019

A new WhatsApp feature allows users to take control of who adds them to groups. The feature is doing a steady global roll-out with the first sighting taking place in…

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Facebook tried to get passwords to attached emails of users

Rizwan Anwar
April 3, 2019

Facebook has been having a bittersweet last few days. Earlier this week, the company opened up their policy to facilitate transparency between posts suggested to users, allowed them to see…

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Facebook now tells why you’re seeing certain posts

Rizwan Anwar
April 1, 2019

Facebook has announced a new feature, one that gives more control to users. The social media behemoth has announced, “Why Am I Seeing This?” to your news feed posts. The…

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Twitter for iOS turns Lights Out with a real dark mode

Rizwan Anwar
March 30, 2019

Twitter has had a blue-ish dark mode – as opposed to a proper black dark mode – for a few years now. But this week the company now rolled out…

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New WhatsApp update tells you how many times a message has been forwarded

Rizwan Anwar
March 29, 2019

There are some important changes on the horizon with WhatsApp’s newest beta update, including efforts to curb the spread of fake news. If you are on the beta channel for…

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WhatsApp dark mode and other great features coming soon to Android

Rizwan Anwar
March 28, 2019
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Is WhatsApp finally going to give Android users a dark mode? What else is in store with the WhatsApp Beta 2.19.83 update? First, there are hints that it will allow…

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Latest Facebook security snafu means we should all go change our passwords

Rizwan Anwar
March 22, 2019
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Facebook issued an important statement about account security from their Newsroom yesterday. It turns out that the company discovered back in January that “some user passwords were being stored in…

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Facebook Messenger rolls out threaded replies for conversations

Rizwan Anwar
March 21, 2019
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Facebook Messenger seems to be adding some new features with relatively little fanfare. First, they gave users a clever way of activating dark mode in the app, and now Messenger…

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Facebook removed millions of uploads of the Christchurch shooting, but is it enough?

Rizwan Anwar
March 19, 2019

On Friday, March 15th, the world witnessed a horrific mass shooting as a lone gunman attacked 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Friday is a holy day for Muslims as…

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WhatsApp to combat “fake news” with reverse image search

Rizwan Anwar
March 15, 2019
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2018 saw WhatsApp significantly step up their efforts to combat the spread of “fake news” on their app. The app now tells users if a message is “forwarded” and limits…

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EXCLUSIVE: Facebook 3D reactions makes first appearance on iOS device

Rizwan Anwar
March 7, 2019
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We have just discovered the first instance of Facebook’s new 3D Reactions for smartphones. One of our writers has enabled the feature on his iPhone, but other iPhone users in…

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Chronic pain patients using Pinterest to cope with symptoms

Jessica Baron, PhD
February 28, 2019
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When it comes to using the Internet or social media to cope with medical conditions, Pinterest isn’t the first platform that comes to mind. But new research from Virginia Commonwealth…

Mark Zuckerberg addressing at the first Q&A at Facebook Headquarters

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Facebook CEO to meet with UK culture minister on his own turf

Hassan Farooq
February 23, 2019

After refusing several requests to testify in front of a UK parliamentary committee, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to meet with the U.K’s culture minister Jeremy Wright at Facebook headquarters…

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