WeChat surpasses 1 billion mark
Social messaging app WeChat has just surpassed its 1 billion mark, according to its parent company Tencent’s CEO, Pony Ma. …
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Facebook improves facial recognition to help you find your untagged photos & videos
Facebook has share that it will use facial recognition to help its users do more than just tag their friends …
Facebook Lists are about to make the newsfeed even more annoying
Facebook Lists is new status updates option currently been tested with a few users that lets them create, obviously, lists. …
How to tell if your Twitter followers are fake
Reaching over 6000 Twitter followers on my personal account had me feeling like OMG I could be an influencer! But …
Facebook joins hands with partners across Africa for a safer Internet
Celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) under the connected theme of “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”, Facebook today announced …
10 tips on social media etiquette and ZICTA’s warning
Last week, the Zambia Information and Technology Communication Authority (ZICTA) issued a statement on social media usage and ita abuse …
Twitter will let you tweet your threads easily
Twitter has recognised how many users love to tell a story in multiple tweets, aka a thread. These stories may …
Instagram introduces hashtag follows
Instagram has announced an extra feature to allow users follow their interests by enabling the ‘follow’ of hashtags. Yup, if …
How to share Live Location on WhatsApp
WhatsApp launched a new feature that allows users to share their location, calling it Live Location, and here’s how you …
‘Me Too’: Social media coming together against sexual harassment & abuse
There has been hundreds of people online, mostly women, posting the status update ‘Me Too’ over the past few days …
The 3 biggest internet revolutions of our time
The internet as we know it came to the fore in 1976 when an email was sent from a beer …
Twitter 280 character limit test trial met with a ‘no’
Last night Twitter shared that it’s testing an increased character length for tweets from 140 to 280 with a few …
Instagram now autoplays video sound as you scroll
Popular visual sharing app Instagram has changed its sound settings for videos uploaded to a user’s newsfeed to autoplay as …
Facebook shares 2017 Q2 earnings
Statista shared in a chart the Facebook earnings since 2016 second quarter (Q2) till this year’s and we see the …
Twitter’s new UI is refreshing
Twitter’s new UI seems less cluttered and lighter, creating more white space. I noticed the update on one of my …
The world’s top 10 Android apps as of May 2017
Priori Data has complied a list of the top 10 Android phones around the world and Facebook and Facebook-owned apps …
What platforms social media marketers are using
If you’re a social media manager you’ll agree with the stats in the chart below on which apps you use, and …
MTN Zambia launches free Facebook Flex
In partnership with Facebook, MTN Zambia has today launched Facebook Flex, a service that allows subscribers on the MTN network …
Instagram hits 700 million users
Instagram shared news of hitting 700 million monthly active users (MAUs) in a post: We’re thrilled to announce that our …
Tech brands topping the 2017 Brand Africa charts
Brand Africa is an annual survey and valuation of the Top 100 brands in Africa. In a representative survey across 19 …